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17 years ago

Triple Speed Ethernet (TSE) MAC without/built-in PHY

Hi Everyone, I was wondering if there is an alternative to built a system to use ethernet 1 Gbps only without or buillt-in quartus PHY. The TSE uses PHY to make the ethernet signals. I think ...
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17 years ago

Well what is it you are trying to accomplish? If you are going to drive a regular ethernet cable on a regular network then yes you need a PHY.

If you are simply going to communicate with two FPGAs on a board or over a backplane then you might have some more options. At some level you need some sort of PHY (but depending on what you are trying to accomplish, you might be able to write it yourself).