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14 years ago

Cyclone II Ethernet

Hello everyone, I want to interface my cyclone ii fpga with 10/100BASE-TX/FX Tranceiver which performs all of the physical layer interface functions for 10/100Base-T Ethernet. Is it possible t...
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14 years ago

I've checked, it supports both MII and RMII. But I see that it is not easy to make an interface towards a phy chip on one side, and towards nios on the other side. I'm reading Triple Speed Ethernet User Guide and it says that for User Application (which I suppose is Nios) Avalon-ST is used, and for Management Application Avalon-MM is used. What is actually Management Application? Do I need to use RTOS to run the application using ethernet?