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12 years ago

Sending DATA FROM LAPTOP TO DE2

Hello I am very very green to altera and i am facing a difficult problem . I Need to create communication link between DE2 board to laptop.(basically i am simulating transmitter and receiver lap...
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12 years ago

The DE2 board already has a serial interface (RS232).

Your NIOS system needs to instantiate a UART, and that UART can be used to communicate with your PC.

The data bandwidth over the link will be limited by the UART BAUD rate, eg., 115.2kbaud.

If you need a faster data rate, then look at using the network interface.

If you can deal with a slower interface, then look at using the JTAG interface

http://www.alterawiki.com/wiki/using_the_usb-blaster_as_an_sopc/qsys_avalon-mm_master_tutorial

Cheers,

Dave