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13 years ago

stratix 3 fpga interface with ethernet

Hello sir, I am designing a hardware board for general purpose in which FPGA has to interface with ethernet . Can u please tell which ethernet has to be taken and on what basis? and also tell ab...
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13 years ago

You will need an external PHY to make the interface between the Ethernet port and the FPGA, and an Ethernet IP inside the FPGA, such as Altera's TSE or Opencore's Ethernet MAC.

The first thing you need to decide is whether you require a 100Mb/s or a 1Gb/s interface. Then from that choose a PHY, see how you can connect it to the FPGA and choose a MAC.