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FPGA Gigabit Ethernet Boards
ZestET1
The ZestET1 is a low cost, easy to use, very high
performance GigE TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) and FPGA Module that
provides a universal interface to quickly connect devices to a
network at gigabit speed. It sustains a data rate of over 100MBytes/s in
each direction, latency is measured at 6µsec and the board can be
used for existing and new product designs.
Click for the ZestET1
datasheet.
Click for the white paper 'Off-loading TCP/IP into hardware makes
Gigabit Ethernet a reality for your application'.
With its low price point, ease of use and compact
form factor (50mm x 75mm), the module is ideally suited to integration
in embedded systems and OEM equipment. It features a user programmable
Xilinx Spartan-3A FPGA with up to 1.4M system gates that are completely
free for user programming. The FPGA can be programmed from on-board
Flash, Ethernet or JTAG and is capable of running soft-core processors
and higher level protocols such as GigE Vision and Industrial Ethernet.
It can also be used as a programmable interface to external devices,
for processing data on the fly, high speed processing of streaming data
and controlling external devices.
Fitted onto the ZestET1 module is Orange Tree’s
GigExpedite (GigEx) chip that delivers hardware UDP and TCP/IP
Offload (TOE), Tri-Speed Ethernet, an Ethernet MAC and embedded
web server. The ET1’s GigEx device supports IPv4, UDP and TCP
transport layer protocols with higher level protocols and applications
supported using the companion FPGA.
The GigEx integrated hardware TCP/IP stack including
hardware UDP and TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) removes the network protocol
processing burden from the companion FPGA or embedded processor.
Resource-intensive memory copies, checksum computation
and reassembling of out-of-order packets are handled by the GigEx
hardware TOE. This allows a smaller, lower cost CPU to be deployed
in the system; or potentially a soft-core within the companion FPGA,
with its resources being allocated to running applications, rather
than handling network traffic.
Features
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More than 100MBytes/s sustained data rate in each
direction
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User programmable companion FPGA supports low cost,
soft core processor implementation and application layer protocols
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High reliability and high stability hardware TOE
for UDP and TCP/IP offload
Benefits
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Low Cost and easy to use with no detailed networking knowledge required
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Offers simple access to very fast data rates over Ethernet without
having to integrate complex networking hardware and software
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Devices can communicate via Ethernet without using a
processor or incurring processor overheads
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Can be quickly and cost-effectively extended to application layer protocols
Pricing
Please use our
contact form for a quote.
Discounts are available for students, universities
and purchases of more than 6 units on a
single order.
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