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16 years ago

SOPCS FIFO vs External FIFO

I am looking into a new design that will require quite a few FIFO memories. I am trying ot decide whether to use the standard SOPC FIFO or a FIFO external to the SOPC system (internal FBGA memory). W...
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16 years ago

Hi,

I hear about the use of "Avalon to External Bus Bridge" and "External to Avalon Bus Bridge" IP Blocks (from university program) for interfacing a peripheral with the Avalon BUS (i.e. the NIOS II, so the SOPC module...).

But I don't know how to use it with a FIFO... I think with a SOPC FIFO it will be more easy...

I have a similar problem to solve...

Look here in my post (http://forum.niosforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=6831) about transfering data from a DCFIFO to an SRAM memory block.