Is MicroBlaze neccessary only for R/W from LX9 Microboard's memory?

[franch]

Hi,

I am currently developing a system in an FPGA that will implement a certain communication protocol. I am using the Avnet's LX9 Microboard for prototyping. I have already done a good deal of the system and I want to test what I already have in HW now. I can't use the USB (or JTAG) connection while I am doing the test on HW for physical purposes.
What I plan to do is: store a certain amount of random messages in the LX9 Microboard's memory, send them using my already developed system and store the received messages in another memory region. Once I have a certain number of messages written on memory, I will disconnect the LX9 Microboard from the whole system and plug it in the PC, using the USB cable, and read what is in the memory.

My question is:
Should I use a MicroBlaze processor in the FPGA for this W/R operations? Or should I develop a simpler block myself to this kind of thing?

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,
Daniel Franch

 

[joelby]

I think this was cross-posted to the Xilinx forum, where the answer was that if MicroBlaze is suitable and you're already comfortable with it, you should use it.