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12 years ago

ethernet mac availability in cyclone II devices

Hi, is there any soft or hard EMAC is available in Cyclone ii devices. In all valuation boards the altera or terasic have used DM9000A which is a controller with general processor inter...
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12 years ago

Altera has a "Triple Speed Ethernet" IP that you can use, or alternatively there is a MAC available on opencores.org. Both those MACs need an external PHY chip to connect to an Ethernet interface.