Design and implementation of fiber channel based high speed serial transmitter for data protocol on FPGA

As a result of continuous improvement in the computer processor speed and peripherals speed, there is a need of high speed data interconnecting medium in the Avionic Environment. The medium used for communication should be able to deliver reliable data over the long distance. In order to meet all these constraints, the interconnecting technology be serial and asynchronous. Fiber channel provides the high speed and low latency communication between the end systems. This paper gives an idea of designing the Fiber channel based data protocol for Avionics Environment. The said protocol is implemented in FPGA platform for its capability of high speed and concurrent execution which ideal for such protocol. Error detection mechanism is embedded in the protocol design in order to ensure the integrity of the data received at the end system. XILINX Spartan 6 based board provides the necessary hardware modules that are needed for the protocol implementation.