Realization of protocol conversion for high speed data acquisition system

In computer networks data flows can often reach transfer rates of several Gigabits per second. On the other hand most embedded systems have additional criteria — power consumption, size, low cost, generated heat — which usually means that even a flow rate of several Megabits per second is difficult to reach. This paper reports on the development of an automated embedded system for data transfers of up to 47Mib/s using two customized embedded 68k/Coldfire RISC microprocessors.