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Altera_Forum
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18 years agoSerDes 8-bit Swap
I'm using the Stratix II GX Serdes in Basic mode with 1600Mbps data rate and input clock equal to 80MHz for 16 bit data packet. In the receiving interface, duiring the operative condition, sometimes ...
Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
18 years agoHi,
Since the receiver has no info about which two bytes come together, the byte swap may or may not happen. If there is a specific pattern to tell which the MSB or the LSB are, the receiver with byte-ordering can reorder them. Please look at s2gx handbook volume 2 page 2-113.