EVB-KSZ9563
EVALUATION BOARD
USER’S GUIDE
2018 Microchip Technology Inc.
DS50002726A-page 9
Chapter 1. Overview
1.1
INTRODUCTION
The EVB-KSZ9563 evaluation board is a plug-in card that interfaces directly with a mat-
ing Microchip host processor or controller board, such as the SAMA5D3-ModuLAN
Board. It features the KSZ9563, a highly-integrated networking device that incorpo-
rates a layer-2+ managed Gigabit Ethernet switch, two 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX/
1000BASE-T physical layer transceivers (PHYs) and associated MAC units, and one
MAC port configured as the RGMII interface. The board’s two PHY ports are connected
to RJ45 Ethernet jacks with integrated magnetics, and the RGMII MAC interface is
brought out to a high bandwidth multi-pin (ModuLAN) connector.
As a set, the EVB-KSZ9563 and SAMA5D3-ModuLAN Board provide a highly-flexible
platform to enable evaluation of basic KSZ9563 PHY/Switch features using static con-
trol-status registers (CSRs) to develop firmware of advanced KSZ9563 MAC/Switch
features, such as IEEE1588 PTP, AVB, and RSTP/MSTP that require interaction with
upper network layers.
The scope of this document is to describe the EVB-KSZ9563 evaluation board setup
and its user interface features. A simplified block diagram of the board is shown in
FIGURE 1-1:
EVB-KSZ9563 FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
Plug-in to Microchip host processor/
controller board
(e.g., SAMA5D3-ModuLAN Board)
KSZ9563
10/100/1000
RJ45 Magnetic
Jack
10/100/1000
RJ45 Magnetic
Jack
DSC1001CI2-025.0000
MEMS OSC (25MHz)
Pin Strappings
(pu/pd steering resistors)
RESET
RC/Diode
Port_1
Port_2
Dual-
LED
Dual-
LED
Port_3
RGMII Port
ModuLAN Connector
(bottom PCB mount)
RGMII
SPI
MIC33153YHJ
Buck Regulator
1.2V adjustable
output
AVDDL core
DVDDL core
AVDDH
(transceiver)
VDDIO
(digital pins)
5V_ModuLAN
3V3_ModuLAN
2V5_ModuLAN (option)
VARIO_ModuLAN
GPIOs for
1588/AVB
