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9 years ago

Fast data tranfer to PC

Hallo, I am trying to implement a new project where I want to use an FPGA as a kind of DAQ system. Basically the FPGA is reading about 70 sensors sending asynchronously with a maximum bit rate ...
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9 years ago

You don't need a full TCP implementation to send data to a PC over Ethernet. Your board could use UDP packets picked up by the PC. You would need software on the PC to pick up the data, but not a windows device driver. Even so, this is a substantial software undertaking. Also, think about using an SD card to store the data from the FPGA. It's way simpler than Ethernet, USB or PCI express.