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Xilinx Ethernet communications without Embedded MAC Cores?

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xilinx ethernet

Hi all

Can you please hep me

I want to send data from my FPGA to my PC using the ethernet port

I have Spartan 3A development board which comes with ethernet PHY chip and an ethernet connector

but there is no buit-in MAC in the board

I found that I have to use soft MAC IP's that xilinx provides for EDK

but I am a beginner to the world of FPGA

So, is there any other way to get a mac without embedded solutions as I don't know how to use either Microblaze nor PowerPc processors

All I need is to send simple data to my computer with low data rate " about 10 Mbs"

Does xilinx provide MAC cores that are not "embedded"



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ethernet ip core queensland

Xilinx EDK is extremely simple to use. It should take less than a day to build complete system(s) and get comfortable with EDK. There are many Video tutorials on the Xilinx website.

The MAC IP core is not "embedded" per se but it, IIRC, uses some simple IP interface which is basically made of FIFO's. That interface is usually wrapped with PLB/OPB interface code if you want to use those buses.

Also it will be so much easier to test things out with a processor rather than write custom logic to generate TCP/IP packet sequences. Or you can simply use Matlab with System Generator if you are comfortable with Matlab, that is.

Check this for more information on the core.
 

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how to build xilinx ethernet system generator

If you would like a VHDL code for Ethernet MII, Queensland University has developed an IP stack that included MII operations. Perhaps you can check it out.

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