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16 years ago

Simple ethernet communication and Avalon

Hi guys, I am trying to send data to a computer from my Cyclone III dsp development board through Marvell 88E1111. My aim is just send the data to computer without any error connection. For that...
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16 years ago

Yes the TSE MAC can be used without SoPC builder. The Avalon ST and Avalon MM interfaces are simply bus protocols. Those buses are used within SoPC builder but they don't have to be. You can most certainly write your own logic to talk to the MAC.

The Avalon MM specification is basically just a typical processor bus (address, write, read, data, etc).

The Avalon ST specification is for streaming data and allows for packet control and backpressure.

Jake