PRELIMINARY
NetPHY-1LP-KT/M
Am79C874 Evaluation Kit using MII
DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS
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Based on the NetPHY鈩?1LP single port, low
power, 10/100 Mbps Ethernet PHY
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Provides complete MII connector to RJ-45
connector functionality
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Provides jumpers to control test modes, PHY
address, MII or 7-wire (GPSI) mode
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Board connects directly into MII test equipment
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LED indicates the following:
鈥?Link, RX Activity (in the RJ-45 connector)
鈥?Duplex, Speed/TX Activity (on the board)
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Single 1:1 ratio magnetics module
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Power supplied via MII connector
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The NetPHY-1LP-KT/M evaluation kit has been devel-
oped as a tool for evaluating the performance of the
NetPHY-1LP device. The kit also serves as a design
reference tool. The evaluation board has followed de-
sign layout practices for optimum EMI performance.
The kit schematics and layout information provide ex-
cellent guidance for integration of the NetPHY-1LP de-
vice into individual designs.
The evaluation board is con鏗乬ured for MII to RJ-45
10BASE-T/100BASE-TX twisted pair cable operation.
It does not support 鏗乥er optic operation. A jumper al-
lows use of the 7-wire General Purpose Serial Interface
(GPSI) via the MII connector for 10BASE-T operation.
The evaluation board obtains 5-V power from the MII
connector. The 5-V power is converted to 3.3-V by an
on-board voltage regulator. The regulator can be by-
passed to allow external 3.3-V voltage tolerance test-
ing. Five jumpers allow selection of one of 32 different
PHY addresses. The reset button is included as a
convenient method of providing the hardware reset
function.
The NetPHY-1LP device provides excellent LED 鏗俥xi-
bility. The evaluation board has been designed to dem-
onstrate one set of capabilities. The two LEDs on the
RJ-45 connector can provide steady or blinking feed-
back to the user. The two LEDs directly on the evalua-
tion board can provide steady, blinking, or bi-color
feedback to the user. This 鏗俥xibility gives the designer
multiple options for custom LED 鈥渓ook and feel鈥?front
panels.
EVALUATION KIT CONTENTS
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One 7 cm x 11 cm (2.5 in. x 4 in.) NetPHY-1LP eval-
uation board
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NetPHY-1LP preliminary data sheet (PID #22235B)
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Evaluation board user instructions
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Board schematics, Gerber, BOM in hard copy
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Trademarks
Copyright 漏 1999 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
AMD, the AMD logo, and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
NetPHY is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Product names used in this publication are for identi鏗乧ation purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies.
Publication #
22355
Rev:
A
Amendment/0
Issue Date:
April 1999
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