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13 years ago

USB External Chip

Has anyone had any experience with interfacing to an external (to the gate array) USB Chip ? I am looking for a simple, cheap, low power chip that interfaces directly to a NIOS or even better to Inte...
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13 years ago

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Are you able to send me a copy of your FTDI FIFO-to-Avalon-MM master components ? Do you have any documentation of how it works and its interface?

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I haven't had a chance to document it yet. Its written in VHDL. Are you comfortable working with VHDL?

I plan on putting together an AlteraWiki tutorial to use the FTDI and UART components, but haven't had the time.

Do you have a board with an FTDI FT245 wired into it?

Cheers,

Dave