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16 years ago

Lock a clock to a 8B10B data stream?

Hi there, I am trying to find a way to synchronize a chain of equipments but don't want to use a dedicated clock network. If I use the transrecivers in Arria II GX to implement GIGE protoc...
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16 years ago

Considering a typical crystal clock accuracy of 100 ppm, you won't necessarily need a PLL to achieve this specification. With 500 Hz sync rate, the timing error would be below 200 ns.