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From: G.Franco<make_u_play@y...>
Date: Thu Oct 25 12:11:03 CEST 2007
Subject: [pci] Rookie questions about PCI
Hey All,
Firstly a bit about my background. I am currently at university and have extended experience with 8 and 16 bit microcontroller and analog circuits however I don't know much if anything (apart from the basic course I undertook) about digital logic design about FPGA so I wanted to undertake a few projects to change this.
What I want to accomplish is to build a device which can sample data at a very high rate say 1GSa/s, buffer it to ram (if necessary) and convey it to my computer for analysis via the PCI bus.
I know I'm definately diving into the deep end with this but I'm sure I can pull it off with some advice from people in the know.
Ok finally my questions. I have been reading up about PCI and from an application perspective what exactly is the difference between a PCI target, PCI master and PCI bridge? For example since I will be putting the PCI card into my computer I will need a PCI target am I correct? I am assuming that my PC will be a master and you cannot have two masters or can you?
Secondly with regard accessing the PCI card from application software on the PC side do I need to write special PCI drivers or do I use generic drivers that are availible on a windows xp machine?
Also does anyone know where I can get the spec for PCI, I have looked but it appears you have to purchase it from PCI SIG and since this is an educational project I don't really have the necessary funding for it, pretty much spending every penny to make the hardware. I am also trying to get hold of a copy of PCI system Architecture by Tom Shanley and Don Anderson - 3rd edition but my local bookstore said the publisher is out of stock at it will take a few weeks. Again for the timebeing anyone know of ebook versions of the book that may be available? Finally would you recommend any other literature that I should familiarise my self with?
Thanking you in anticipation!
Greg
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