The 1394b PHY core includes all functionality needed to meet the AS5643 protocol, and provides a complete IP solution for the PHY layer of the 1394b. The 1394b core includes all functionality needed to meet the 1394b and AS5643 support specification, including: comma alignment, 8b/10b encode/decode, primitive decode, scrambling, port state machine, connection manager, arbitration controller, elastic FIFO, and phase FIFO.
At the physical layer, the core of 1394b is built for connecting to FPGA/ASIC embedded SERDES, discrete SERDES parts, or general-purpose IO with AS5643 performance protocol. The Link Layer interface of 1394b PHY IP’s core provides the industry standard PHY-Link interface. This PHY-Link interface connects directly to New Wave Design’s Link Layer IP cores, discrete Link Layer integrated circuits, or to custom logic developed by the end user.
This core is targeted towards Mil1394 aerospace and defense applications and has been used on a wide range of FPGA devices at varying operating rates. The core comes with test-benches and example code, making design integration a straightforward task.
