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14 years ago

Suggestions for simple link between two FPGAs?

I need to transfer about 100 bytes of data between two Cyclone IV GX FPGAs on two different PCBs. The PCBs are pretty close (less than 6 inches/15 cm) and the hardware hasn't been designed yet, but I...
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14 years ago

A parallel bus uses loads of interconnect, so I was favouring something serial. SPI is too slow as I need about 10MBytes/sec. I think a serdes pair and LVDS may be the way forward.