Product category: Embedded Software and Operating Systems
News Release from: Altera Europe | Subject: SerialLite
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 14 November 2003
Lightweight serial protocol optomised
for FPGAs
SerialLite is a lightweight free open-source serial communications protocol for high-speed point-to-point data transmission.
Released jointly by Altera and Innocor, SerialLite is a lightweight free open-source serial communications protocol for high-speed point-to-point data transmission The new protocol is designed to reduce the footprint, latency, and overhead issues experienced with other serial protocols
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 Nov 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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