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I have an esp32 connected to an FPGA about 2 cm on a PCB. I am trying to send a constant data stream to the FPGA at a throughput of around 1.5 MB/s.

This is too fast for UART, I've been considering SPI but I don't really know how I can implement it in the FPGA.

Are there any other fast data communication protocols over wires available to me, or even a parallel protocol ?

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  • An SPI receiver-only port is little more than a shift register.
    – Edgar Bonet
    Jul 5 at 9:45
  • @EdgarBonet I will give SPI a go then, sounds like the most obvious choice
    – Orbitronics
    Jul 5 at 9:56
  • I believe there are wider SPI bus implementations. Like 2 data lines or maybe even more. Maybe that will give you more through put. But do you need full-duplex? I2C is half-duplex and uses fewer pins. But timing is more critical. There is also an audio serial bus protocol. Maybe you should look into that one.
    – st2000
    Jul 5 at 12:13
  • @st2000 thanks, I am only using a half duplex set up, I very briefly looked at I2S but it seemed a little too slow, I may well have overlooked something. I think SPI may be the one.
    – Orbitronics
    Jul 5 at 13:26

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