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13 years ago

Interfacing STRATIX 3 FPGA with RS485 and RS232.

Hello sir, I am designing a hardware multipurpose board using STRATIX 3 FPGA(EP3SL340F1517C3N). I have never worked on Fpga practically. So kindly let me know how to interface this Fpga with...
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13 years ago

You will need transceivers that can translate the RS232 or RS485 voltage levels to I/O standards compatible with your FPGA. You can find lots of transceivers compatible with 3.3V I/O for example.

Linear rs232 (http://www.linear.com/products/rs232%7crs562_transceivers), rs485 (http://www.linear.com/products/rs485%7c422_transceivers)

Maxim rs232 (http://para.maximintegrated.com/en/search.mvp?fam=rs232&tree=master) , rs485 (http://para.maximintegrated.com/en/search.mvp?fam=rs485&tree=master)