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New ContributorFPGA-PHY layer
Hi,
I'm quite new to PHY implementation. I would like to do it on FPGA( EP2C5144TC8). I need to connect it to a network card through ethernet port, which would be connected to fpga pins. Do you have any suggestions or ideas how to do it, and possibly in the easiest way?
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ak6dnRegular Contributor
Well, the easiest way would be an existing FPGA development board with etherNet support.
Something like this is pretty inexpensive way to get started. About US$100 at most suppliers.
It is not a CycloneII EP2C5 which is at this point old, almost obsolete, technology. But a more recent Cyclone10 LP series part.
If you are specifically looking for EP2C5 (or any CycloneII series part) you are going to be disappointed.
The EP2C5 is a pretty low end part and not common in development boards.
