Microchip Technology VSC8211EV Evaluation Board

Microchip Technology VSC8211EV Evaluation Board provides a way to evaluate the VSC8211 gigabit Ethernet transceiver in multiple configurations. This evaluation board provides an RJ-45 connector for a copper media interface, and the MAC interface is accessible via SMA connectors. The VSC8211EV evaluation board offers an SFP cage for serial configurations, and headers are available for the parallel interface.

Features

Single 5V_DC power supply
Copper port RJ45 connections
SGMII MAC interface via SMA
GMII, RGMII, MII, TBI, and RTBI MAC Interface
Fiber Transceiver Interface (SFP cage)
SW1 allows the user to select the mode of the EECLK/PLLMODE pin
EEPROM option
Taitien 25MHz crystal

External REFCLK option
Silabs F340 microcontroller
LED interface
Should observe 125MHz output clock through this SMA if the internal PHY PLL is operating properly
VSC8211 GUI can be loaded onto any PC that runs Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows-7