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14 years ago

How to implement a C routine to VHDL?

Hi, I am trying to rewrite C routine for ethernet (sending of a packet) to VHDL. And I would like to know, how can I write command for setting up some configuration in ethernet driver registry. ...
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14 years ago

As a first point, you should study the DM9000 bus timing requirements. Your above example won't work correctly, because it doesn't keep the IOW setup- and hold times. Using a state machine for the elementary read and write access sequence sounds reasonable. Most likely a second state machine should be responsible to schedule the command sequences.