Does anyone know of a reference design that uses the logipi sata connector? I do not need the complete protocol, All I want is to plug two boards together and have them exchange data over a serdes link.
we prototyped the interface between the logi-boards (pi and bone) and an MT9V034 camera sensor from Aptina and the communication was using LVDS at 300Mb/s. The interface was simplex (only data from camera to logi) and synchronous (one LVDS pair carried the clock). The code is here :
where Hamster demonstrate communication between two FPGA board (spartan 3 based) using a custom core for asynchronous communication. This example could be improved by using the SERDES of the spartan6.
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we prototyped the interface between the logi-boards (pi and bone) and an MT9V034 camera sensor from Aptina and the communication was using LVDS at 300Mb/s. The interface was simplex (only data from camera to logi) and synchronous (one LVDS pair carried the clock). The code is here :
https://github.com/jpiat/logi-mt9v034
Another good starting point to work on your example would be :
http://hamsterworks.co.nz/mediawiki/index.php/High_Speed_Link
where Hamster demonstrate communication between two FPGA board (spartan 3 based) using a custom core for asynchronous communication. This example could be improved by using the SERDES of the spartan6.
Regards,
Jpiat