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10 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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10 years ago

I decided to go with Ethernet using Nios and an external module like W5300, cause it seems to be the easiest solution for me at the moment. As protocol I am thinking of using TCP/IP cause is really important not to miss any packet coming from FPGA. Using the internal ethernet controller of ARM seems to be the best solution but its not so straightforward for to start with. Theoretically the W5300 has a bandwidth of 50Mbits/s which is more than enough for my application.