Xilinx UG181 manual Core Architecture, System Overview

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Chapter 2

Core Architecture

This chapter describes the SPI-4.2 Lite core architecture and interface signals.

System Overview

The SPI-4.2 Lite core is comprised of two separate cores that enable the transmission (Source core) and reception (Sink core) of data.

Sink Core. Receives data from the SPI-4.2 interface. It takes the 16-bit interface and maps it to a 32-bit or 64-bit interface enabling the internal logic to run at a quarter of the line rate.

Source Core. Transmits data on the SPI-4.2 interface. Payload data written into the core as 32-bit or 64-bit words (two or four 16-bit SPI-4.2 Lite words, respectively) is mapped onto the 16-bit SPI-4.2 interface.

Figure 2-1illustrates the interfaces of the SPI-4.2 Lite core and shows it in a typical link- layer application.

In the link layer example, the SPI-4.2 interface connects an external physical-layer device to

alink-layer implemented in a Virtex™-4 FPGA. The user logic reads data from the Sink core and writes data into the Source core. A standard FIFO interface is provided for this

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