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With all the applications for SERDES and 1000BASE products, I would think that there might be a device which I could program that will perform the 100BASE-TX and/or 100BASE-FX function that I am look...
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Honored ContributorIf you took a detailed look at the ethernet physical layer of the said network types http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.3.html, you'll recognize, that each uses specific features, that are not provided by available fast serial interfaces of FPGA.
P.S.: Newer Altera FPGA with Gigabit interface are providing a GIGE (Gigabit Ethernet) protocol. As far as I understand, it's (almost ?) equivalent to IEEE 1000BASECX (short-haul copper) that uses unidirectional twisted pairs. Standard 1000BASE-T uses 4 twisted pairs at 250 Mbit each, bidirectionally operated through hybrids.
