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11 years ago

TSE in SGMII Mode with external FIFO and PLL for PCS Ref Clock

Hi everybody, I try to use the Altera TSE in SGMII Mode with external FIFO. My board is a SoCKit. I need a 125 MHz signal for the pcs_ref_clk and want to keep it simple and do not change the SI533...
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11 years ago

I was in contact with Terasic and I solved the problem by reconfiguring the SI5338Q. I set the hsmc_ref_clk to 125MHz, so there is no need anymore for a PLL.