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15 years ago

Using Avalon ST to Stream to Custom IP

Hello all, This seems like a question with a very obvious answer, but I can't seem to figure it out, so here it goes. I have an SOPC system with NIOS II processor, DDRII memory controlle...
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15 years ago

Yes the SGDMA is the component to use for that. It will be able to read a block of memory and send it as an Avalon stream. As an alternative you can also have a look at BadOmen's modular sgdma (http://www.alterawiki.com/wiki/modular_sgdma) which has a simpler software API.