Using XMOS TCP/IP Library for UDP-based Networking

This application note demonstrates the use of XMOS TCP/IP stack on an XMOS multicore micro controller to communicate on an ethernet-based network.

The code associated with this application note provides an example of using the XMOS TCP/IP (XTCP) Library and the ethernet board support component to provide a communication framework. It demonstrates how to broadcast and receive text messages from and to the XMOS device in the network using the UDP stack of XTCP library. The XTCP library features low memory footprint but provides a complete stack of various protocols.

On an XMOS xCORE, all the endpoint activities are implemented as concurrent real-time processes allowing the network data to be placed on the wire or received from the wire with negligible latency. Moreover, unlike conventional interrupt-driven processors, the deterministic nature of event-driven XMOS processors meets the precise timing requirements of the real-time data transmission over networks.

Note: This application note requires an application to be run on the host machine to test the communication with the XMOS device.

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