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sa261die
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3 years ago

USB to Ethernet Bridge via Cyclon10

Hello community, I ask myself if there is a way to transfer USB data via Ethernet. Here a host should be connected via USB to a FPGA, the FPGA should be connected via Ethernet to another FPGA and t...
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ak6dn
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3 years ago

Not sure that using an FPGA at either end provides much of a benefit, and it does add a lot of complexity.

You are doing HOST --- USB --- ETHERNET ... ETHERNET --- USB --- DEVICE.

Why not just HOST --- ETHERNET? What HOST does not have an ethernet interface these days?

And for ETHERNET --- USB at the device end, why not just a small CPU with ethernet and USB master interfaces?

Unless you intend for the FPGA(s) to do some significant data processing on the streams, they are basically being wasted.

As an example, the new RaspberryPI 4 board has wired gigabit ethernet and USB 2.0/3.1 ports.