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LXD970A Demo Board for 10/100 and 100BASE-FX Applications Development Kit Manual Contents 1.0 General Description .................................................................................................. 5 1.1 2.0 Features ................................................................................................................ 5 Equipment and Setup ............................................................................................... 7 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Test Setup ............................................................................................................. 7 Loading Test File................................................................................................... 7 Power Supply Option............................................................................................. 8 2.3.1 External +5V Supply for Analog Circuitry (VCCA, VCCT and VCCR).. 9 Test Points ............................................................................................................ 9 3.0 Jumpers .......................................................................................................................10 4.0 Hardware Control Interface ..................................................................................11 4.1 4.2 Multi-Function Pins..............................................................................................11 4.1.1 Function/Address Settings .................................................................11 4.1.2 Additional Jumper Functions ..............................................................12 LED Indicators.....................................................................................................13 1 2 3 4 5 LXD970A Demo Board.......................................................................................... 6 Basic Test Setup ................................................................................................... 7 Optional Test Setup.............................................................................................. 8 Hardware Control Interface Jumper Placement .................................................11 LXD970A Schematic ...........................................................................................14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Test Point Descriptions ......................................................................................... 9 Jumper Descriptions............................................................................................10 MF Pins Input Voltage Levels..............................................................................11 Hardware Control Interface (JP1) Functions .......................................................12 Operating Speed Advertisement Settings ...........................................................12 Additional JP1 Jumper Functions........................................................................13 LED Descriptions.................................................................................................13 Figures Tables LXD970A Demo Board for 10/100 and 100BASE-FX Applications Development Kit Manual iii Demo Board for 10/100 and 100BASE-FX Applications — LXD970A 1.0 General Description The LXD970A Demo Board is a versatile 10/100Mbps Ethernet media access unit (MAU) that demonstrates all of the integral features of the LXT970A Fast Ethernet Transceiver. The LXD970A provides a working platform for evaluation of the LXT970A Fast Ethernet Transceiver in 10BASE-T and/or 100BASE-TX/FX applications. The LXD970A Demo Board is configured with a single chip 10/100Mbps, IEEE 802.3u compliant, Fast Ethernet Transceiver unit (LXD970A). The demo board is designed to plug into a transceiver test box via a standard 40-pin MII connector. This allows system designers to test 10Mbps and 100Mbps link performance, auto-negotiation and register functionality prior to board prototyping. The LXT970A also provides an ECL-type interface for 100BASE-FX link testing. This document describes typical Demo Board setup procedures for a 100BASE-TX environment. Before using the Demo Board, review the LXT970A Fast Ethernet Transceiver data sheet for device functionality and specifications. 1.1 Features • IEEE 802.3-compliant 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX using a single RJ45 connection. • Quick setup, ease of use, and clear visibility of application settings for: — Complete system demonstration — Individual circuit isolation • • • • • LED indicators for major functions. IEEE 802.3u MII interface with extended register capability. Configured for single 5V supply operation. Standard half duplex or full duplex operation at 10 or 100 Mbps. 100BASE-FX fiber optic capability (unstuffed optional circuitry). Development Kit Manual 5 LXD970A — Demo Board for 10/100 and 100BASE-FX Applications Figure 1. LXD970A Demo Board MF0 MF1 MF2 MF3 MF4 N0 1 2 MA MANMAN JP1 JP7 TEST JP5 TD+ MDINT GNDT TD - LXT970A RJ-45 TRANSFORMER RD+ RD - MII JP4 TSTON IBTST JP3 TSTOP Optional FIBER MODULE CIRCUIT JP8 GNDR JP6 ENBL COL LNK TX RX LEDs 6 Development Kit Manual Demo Board for 10/100 and 100BASE-FX Applications — LXD970A 2.0 Equipment and Setup The LXD970A Demo Board includes all the components needed for a successful evaluation. However, the following additional equipment is recommended: • NetCom System X-1000 transceiver test box configured with firmware version 1.17 or newer. • PC with Fast Ether Windows (version 1.5 or newer) installed. • Various lengths of Category 5 Unshielded Twisted-Pair (UTP) cable (1, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120 and 140 meters). • For 100BASE-FX evaluation, a fiber-optic transceiver module (HFBR-5103) and fiber-optic cable are required. 2.1 Test Setup Figure 1 shows a typical test setup for the basic operation of the LXD970A. The LXD970A plugs directly into a X1000 NetCom Transceiver Test Box via a standard 40-pin MII connector that is included on the board. An optional test setup is shown in Figure 2 using a PC for testing additional nodes. Note: JP3 and JP4 must be installed on the LXD970A for the Netcom System X-1000 transceiver test box to access the MII management registers inside the LXT970A. Figure 2. Basic Test Setup NETCOM X1000 LXD970A UTP Loop MII LXD970A FAST ETHER Windows RS232 PC Development Kit Manual 7 LXD970A — Demo Board for 10/100 and 100BASE-FX Applications 2.2 Loading Test File A disk that contains the file needed for testing is included with the LXD970A demo board. This file contains “Killer Packets” (100Tx4.s), that exhibit worst case baseline wander characteristics suitable for evaluating link performance and comparing the LXT970A to alternative products. Some devices do not adjust well over a range of cable distances. It is recommended to compare LXT970A performance to similar devices over a wide range of cable lengths. Follow this simple procedure for loading test file into the Netcom X-1000 test box: • • • • • Load disk containing test pattern into computer Start Fast Ether Windows Click the “DATA PATTERN” button in the lower left of the screen From the Data Pattern options presented, select “CUSTOM” From the File menu, select “OPEN”, then select the drive and directory where the test file is located. (If you are using the disk from Intel, select A:\100Tx4.s) • When the test file is displayed on screen, select “CLOSE”. This automatically downloads the test pattern to the Netcom X1000 test box • Proceed with normal testing Figure 3. Optional Test Setup Terminal Terminal SW SW FAST FASTETHER ETHER Windows Windows PC Po rt Po 1 rt 2 RS232 Serial PC RS232 NETCOM X1000 HUB UTP LXD970A MII RJ-45 UTP LXD970A 8 Development Kit Manual Demo Board for 10/100 and 100BASE-FX Applications — LXD970A 2.3 Power Supply Option The LXD970A includes a jumper (JP8), which provides a an optional power supply source for the VCC pins; VCCA (analog supply), VCCR (receive supply), VCCT (transmit supply) and VCCD (digital supply). In the original factory configuration, this jumper is shorted by a circuit trace and all LXD970A power is supplied via the MII pin (J1). However, the circuit trace can be easily cut to provide the JP8 isolation option. 2.3.1 External +5V Supply for Analog Circuitry (VCCA, VCCT and VCCR) To provide an external +5V power supply for the LXD970A analog circuitry, proceed as follows: • Cut the circuit trace across JP8 pins 3 and 4 • Attach an external +5V supply to JP8 pin 3 This routes the external supply to VCCA, VCCT, and VCCR (all circuits except VCCD and VCCIO). To restore to factory configuration, disconnect the external power supply and install the jumper block in JP8. 2.4 Test Points There are 9 Test Points on the LXD970A Demo Board. Table 1 describes these. Table 1. Test Point Descriptions Label Ref Des Description TD+ J3 Transmit Data Output Positive - Signals transmitted from LXD970A to TP link. TD- J4 Transmit Data Output Negative - Signal transmitted from LXD970A to TP link. RD+ J5 Receive Data Input Positive - Signals received from TP network. RD- J6 Receive Data Input Negative - Signals received from TP network. GNDA J8 Analog Ground TSTON J9 Test Output Negative 1 TSTOP J10 Test Output Positive IBTST J11 IB Test 1 MDINT J12 Management Data Interrupt 2 - Indicates status change. 1 1. Factory Test Only 2. 4.7kΩ pull-up to VCC needed if used Development Kit Manual 9 LXD970A — Demo Board for 10/100 and 100BASE-FX Applications 3.0 Jumpers There are 7 Jumpers on the LXD970 Demo Board. Table 2 describes these jumpers and their functions. Table 2. Jumper Descriptions Ref Des Function JP1 Hardware Control Interface: Provides access to voltage sensitive manual control functions. See Tables 3, 4 and 5 for details. JP3 MDIO: Connects the MDIO pin to the MII connector. With the trace cut and the jumper open, the MDIO pin can be connected to an external device. JP4 MDC: Connects the MDC pin to the MII connector. With the trace cut and the jumper open, the MDC pin can be connected to an external device. JP5 TEST: This jumper should not be installed for normal operation. This jumper is used to put the chip into a test mode that is used to characterize the chip. POWER DOWN: With the jumper installed the chip goes into a power down mode. JP6 JP7 In power down mode the MII port (except MDIO and MDC), the twisted pair port and the LED pins are tristated. MII: 18-pin straight header that is connected to all the MII interface signal pins. There is a ground test point next to C20 to ground probes to. ANALOG VCC CONNECT: Connects MII connector power to the analog portion of the chip. To use +5V power from MII connector: JP8 No action required. The jumpers (pins 1 & 2 and 3 & 4) are shorted via a trace on the bottom of board. However, if the traces are cut, the jumpers must be installed to supply power from MII to analog VCC (VCCA). To use alternate power supply for Analog VCC: Cut the trace on the bottom of board across pins 3 and 4 shorting JP8. With no jumpers installed, an external power can be connected. Provide an alternate power supply ( +5V) to pin 3 of JP8. 10 Development Kit Manual Demo Board for 10/100 and 100BASE-FX Applications — LXD970A 4.0 Hardware Control Interface 4.1 Multi-Function Pins The Hardware Control Interface (JP1) provides access to the Multi-Function (MF) pins which decode 4-level supply voltages to establish two independent settings per pin. The first setting determines chip address. The second setting determines configuration of the LXD970A. The 4level inputs referred to as VMF1, VMF2, VMF3 and VMF4 are shown in Table 3. Table 3. MF Pins Input Voltage Levels Parameter Symbol Input Voltage Level 1 VMF1 Input Voltage Level 2 VMF2 Input Voltage Level 3 VMF3 Input Voltage Level 4 VMF4 Min Max Units Vcc - 0.5 - V (Vcc/2) + 0.5 Vcc - 1.2 V 1.2 Vcc/2 - 0.5 V - 0.5 V To select an Input Level place a jumper on the appropriate pins. The 4-level input pins (VMF1, VMF2, VMF3 and VMF4) are identical for each Multi-Function (MF) section. See Figure 3 for jumper placement. MF1 MF2 MF3 MF4 MA MF0 N0 MA (CF N G MA 1 (FD 0) 2 N2 E 2 (C ) TR ST FG1 E )2 1 MD DI S 1 Figure 4. Hardware Control Interface Jumper Placement pin 50 pin 49 VMF3 VMF4 VMF2 VMF1 pin 2 pin 1 NOTES: 1. TRSTE and MDDIS functions are not labeled on the board. 2. CFG1, CFG0 and FDE are pin names for the manual pins and are not labeled on the board. Development Kit Manual 11 LXD970A — Demo Board for 10/100 and 100BASE-FX Applications 4.1.1 Function/Address Settings The multi-function pins allow the user to enable or disable the applicable functions and determine chip address according to the input level selected. Table 4 shows the status of the function according to the (VMF) selection. Table 4. Hardware Control Interface (JP1) Functions Input Voltage Levels2 Address Pin MF0 MF1 MF2 MF3 Function VMF1 VMF2 VMF3 VMF4 Address Bit 0 1 1 0 0 Auto-Negotiation Disabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Sets the initial value of bit 0.12 (0.12 = 0) (0.12 = 1) (0.12 = 1) (0.12 = 0) Address Bit 1 1 1 0 0 Repeater / DTE Mode DTE Repeater Repeater DTE Sets the initial value of bit 19.13 (19.13 = 0) (19.13 = 1) (19.13 = 1) (19.13 = 0) Address Bit 2 1 1 0 0 Nibble (4B) / Symbol (5B) Mode Nibble (4B) Symbol (5B) Symbol (5B) Nibble (4B) Sets the initial value of bit 19.4 (19.4 = 0) (19.4 = 1) (19.4 = 1) (19.4 = 0) Address Bit 3 1 1 0 0 Scrambler Operation Enabled Bypassed Bypassed Enabled Sets the initial value of bit 19.3 (19.3 = 0) (19.3 = 1) (19.3 = 1) (19.3 = 0) Address Bit 4 1 1 0 0 If Auto-Negotiate Enabled via MF0, MF4 works in combination with MAN2 (CFG1) to control operating speed advertisement capabilities. See Table 5 for details. MF4 If Auto-Negotiate Disabled Then TX/F Mode Sets the initial value of bit 19.2 Table 5. 100TX 100FX 100FX 100TX (19.2 = 0) (19.2 = 1) (19.2 = 1) (19.2 = 0) Operating Speed Advertisement Settings MF4 Input Voltage Levels1 MAN2 (CFG1) Function If Auto-Negotiate Enabled via MF0 VMF1, VMF4 Jumper Not Installed Advertise all capabilities, Ignore MAN1 (FDE) VMF1, VMF4 Jumper Installed Advertise 10 Mbps only, Follow MAN1 (FDE) VMF2, VMF3 Jumper Not Installed Advertise 100 Mbps only, Follow MAN1 (FDE) VMF2, VMF3 Jumper Installed Advertise 10/100 Mbps, Follow MAN1 (FDE) 1. Input Voltage Levels (VMF1, VMF2, VMF3, VMF4) for MF pins. 12 Development Kit Manual Demo Board for 10/100 and 100BASE-FX Applications — LXD970A 4.1.2 Additional Jumper Functions In addition to the MF pins, the Hardware Control Interface (JP1) contains 10 pins, (#41 - #50) that are labeled as MAN0, MAN1, MAN2, TRSTE and MDDIS, (Note: TRSTE and MDDIS are not labeled on the demo board). MAN0 = CFG0, MAN1 = FDE and MAN2 = CFG1. The Manual pins control the status of the applicable function by installing or removing a jumper. See Table 6 for function status. Table 6. Additional JP1 Jumper Functions Function Restart Negotiation Enable MAN0 (when Auto-Neg enabled)1 Disable Speed Select 10Mbps (when Auto-Neg disabled)1 100Mbps X Enable X (CFG0) MAN1 Status Jumper Installed Jumper Label Jumper Not Installed X X X Full Duplex (FDE) Disable Speed Advertisement Capabilities (when Auto-Neg enabled) MAN2 (CFG1) 1 X When Auto-Neg enabled, MAN2 (CFG1) works in combination with MF4 to control operating speed advertising capabilities. See Table 5 for details Enable Link Test 1 (when Auto-Neg disabled) Disable Not Labeled Tristate MII Data Interface (TRSTE) (MDC and MDIO are not affected) Tristates X X X Normal X Operation Enable Not Labeled X MDIO Port (MDDIS) Disable X 1. Auto-negotiation is set via MF0. 4.2 LED Indicators There are 5 status LEDs on the Demo Board. Refer to Table 7 for LED descriptions. Table 7. LED Descriptions Label Ref Des ENBL D1 Line Speed. Indicates 100Mbps operation COL D2 Collision. Indicates collision LNK D3 Link. Indicates connection TX D4 Transmit Data. Indicates data being transmitted RX D5 Receive Data. Indicates data being received Development Kit Manual Description 13 LXD970A — Demo Board for 10/100 and 100BASE-FX Applications Figure 5. LXD970A Schematic 14 Development Kit Manual