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14 years ago

gigabit ethernet

For a Cyclone IV: Does Gigabit ethernet need to be implemented using transceivers, or can it be implemented using the normal IO pins? The PHY that was selected for this implementation has four separa...
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14 years ago

I need to implement a 1 Gige on a Cyclone IV. It looks like I can either use a transceiver to implement a serial SGMII, or use standard IO to implement an RGMII. For the RGMII implementation, it is not clear to me whether there are restrictions on what IO pins I can use to connect to the PHY.