LAN9420/LAN9420i is a full-featured, Fast Ethernet controller which allows for the easy and cost-effective integration of Fast Ethernet into a PCI-based system. LAN9420/LAN9420i consists of a PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 3.0 compliant interface, DMA Controller, Ethernet MAC, and 10/100 Ethernet PHY.

LAN9420/LAN9420i provides full IEEE 802.3 compliance and all internal components support full/half-duplex 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, and manual full-duplex flow control. The descriptor based scatter-gather DMA supports usage of zero-copy drivers, effectively increasing throughput while decreasing Host load. The integrated IRQ deassertion timer allows a minimum IRQ deassertion time to be set, providing reduced Host load and greater control over service routines. Automatic 32-bit CRC generation/checking, automatic payload padding, and 2K jumbo packets (2048 byte) are supported.

Highlights

  Optimized for embedded applications with 32-bit RISC CPUs

  Integrated descriptor based scatter-gather DMA and IRQ deassertion timer effectively increase network throughput and reduce CPU loading

  Integrated Ethernet MAC with full-duplex support

  Integrated 10/100 Ethernet PHY with HP Auto-MDIX Support

  32-bit, 33MHz, PCI 3.0 compliant interface

  Reduced power operating modes with PCI Power Management Specification 1.1 compliance

  Supports multiple audio & video streams over Ethernet

Target Applications

  Cable, satellite, and IP set-top boxes

  Digital televisions

  Digital video recorders

  Home gateways

  Digital media clients/servers

  Industrial automation systems

  Industrial/single board PC

  Kiosk/POS enterprise equipment

Key Benefits

  Integrated High-Performance 10/100 Ethernet Controller

  Fully compliant with IEEE 802.3/802.3u

  Integrated Ethernet MAC and PHY

  10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX support

  Full- and Half-duplex support

  Full-duplex flow control

  Preamble generation and removal

  Automatic 32-bit CRC generation and checking

  Automatic payload padding and pad removal

  Loop-back modes

  Flexible address filtering modes

  One 48-bit perfect address

  64 hash-filtered multicast addresses

  Pass all multicast

  Promiscuous mode

  Inverse filtering

  Pass all incoming with status report

  Wakeup packet support

  Integrated 10/100 Ethernet PHY

  Auto-negotiation

  Automatic polarity detection and correction

  Supports HP Auto-MDIX

  Supports energy-detect power down

  Support for 3 status LEDs

  Receive and transmit TCP checksum offload

  PCI Interface

  PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 3.0 compliant

  32-bit/33-MHz PCI bus

  Descriptor based scatter-gather DMA enables zero-copy drivers

  Comprehensive Power Management Features

  Supports PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification, Revision 1.1

  Supports optional wake from D3cold (via configuration strap option when Vaux is available)

  Wake on LAN

  Wake on link status change (energy detect)

  Magic packet wakeup

  General Purpose I/O

  3 programmable GPIO pins

  2 GPO pins

  Support for Optional EEPROM

  Serial interface provided for EEPROM

  Used to store PCI and MAC address configuration values

  Miscellaneous features

  Big/Little/Mixed endian support for registers, descriptors, and buffers

  IRQ deassertion timer

  General purpose timer

  Single 3.3V Power Supply

  Integrated 1.8V regulator

  Packaging

  Available in 128-pin VTQFP RoHS Compliant package

  Environmental

  Available in commercial & industrial temperature ranges