2.0 Interface Descriptions (Continued)
In addition to the compatibility mode options, the recovered deassertion of CRS. This is programmable through the
clock (RXC) is selectable for 5 RXCs after the deassertion serial MII or through the COL[4] strapping option only when
of carrier sense (CRS) or for continuous RXCs after the
the device is in the NSC mode.
Transmit Interface SIgnals
TXC
TXE
TXD
COL
Setup
Hold
5 Clocks
Receive Interface Signals
RXC
CRS
RXD
Setup
Hold
Figure 3. NRZ Interface Timing Diagram (NSC mode)
(Application note:) During the update cycle data coming out
2.3 LED Interface
of the shift register is not going to be valid until the cycle is
completed and all the bits are shifted in place. These out-
puts should not be used to directly control a MAC unless
the shift register outputs are latched during the update
cycle. See Section 5.3 o n page28.
The LED interface consists of two modes. The first option,
normal LED mode, requires an external 8-bit shift register.
During every LED update cycle, 8-bits are shifted out to the
external shift registers. This allows two LEDs per port. One
LED indicates activity (TX or RX) and the second indicates
port status (per Table 8). The status LEDs will blink at dif-
ferent rates depending on the associated ports status.If a
port experiences both Bad Polarity and Link Lost, then the
LEDs will go to the fast blink state (i.e. Link Lost). Port
activity and status are shifted out port 1 first. The LED
update rate is every 50ms. The LED clock rate is 1MHz. All
port activity is extended to 50ms to make it visible. Data is
valid on the rising edge of LED_CLK and is active low.
Refer to Figur e4
2.4 Network Interface
2.4.1 Twisted Pair Interface
The Quad 10Mb/s Transceiver provides two buffered and
filtered 10Base-T transmit outputs (for each port) that are
connected to the output isolation transformer via two
impedance matching resistor/capacitor networks. See
Figur e6. The twisted pair receiver implements an intelli-
gent receive squelch on the RXI+ differential inputs to
ensure that impulse noise on the receive inputs will not be
mistaken for a valid signal. This smart squelch circuitry
(which is described in detail under theFunctional Descrip-
tion) employs a combination of amplitude and timing mea-
surements to determine the validity of data on the twisted
pair inputs. Only after these conditions have been satisfied
will Carrier Sense (CRS) be generated to indicate that valid
data is present.
The second option, enhanced LED mode, serially shifts a
16-bit stream out of the 4TPHY. This option outputs per
port data for RX, TX, Full Duplex (FDX), and LinkCoded
status. Thesefour bits per port can be used to support two
LEDs. One is a bi-color LED (decode of the FDX and Link-
Coded bits) to indicate LINK status and duplex status as
shown in Table 9. The second LED indicates activity (TX or
RX). As with the first LED option, port 1 status is shifted out
first and the data is active low. Refer to F igure5 for the tim-
ing sequence
2.4.2 Attachment Unit Interface
A single port (port 1) on the transceiver has a separate
(non- multiplexed) AUI interface. This interface is a full
802.3 standard AUI interface capable of driving the full 50m
cable. The schematic for connecting this interface to the
AUI connector isshown in Fi gure7.
To select the desired LED mode, the COL [1] pin has a
strapping feature. If COL[1] is a logic ‘0’ during reset, then
“enhanced” LED mode is enabled. If COL[1] is a logic ‘1’
during reset, then “normal” LED mode is enabled
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