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Message
From: Colin Marquardt <c.marquardt@a...>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 17:38:10 +0200
Subject: Re: [oc] 12bit data in 16bit packets?
"Jerrold Wen" <jwen@v...> writes:
> Does anyone have any good ideas on how to pack 12bit data in to 16bit
> packets so that the extra bandwith is not wasted sending zeroes? I was
> thinking of using something like a four word FIFO and a barrel shifter. For
> every four 12-bit words that are input, three 16bit words are output. One
> clock is used up at the beginning to 'arm' the FIFO.
I'm not really answering your question, but have you considered using
the extra bits for forward error correction?
Cheers,
Colin
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