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VSC8211 Evaluation Board

User Guide

Revision 1.0
December 2013

Vitesse Proprietary

Page 4 of 13

Tables

Table 1.

Switch and Jumper Configuration .................................................................. 9

Revision History

Revision

Date

Description

Rev 1.0

December 18, 2013 First release

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Summary of Contents for VSC8211

Page 1: ...VPPD 03472 Revision 1 0 December 2013 Vitesse Proprietary VSC8211 Evaluation Board User Guide ...

Page 2: ... of a Vitesse product could reasonably be expected to result in death or personal injury Anyone using a Vitesse product in such an application without express written consent of an officer of Vitesse does so at their own risk and agrees to fully indemnify Vitesse for any damages that may result from such use or sale Safety of Laser Products IEC 60825 While Vitesse products support IEC 60825 use of...

Page 3: ...ROM Option 8 2 1 11 CMODE Pins Pin Strap mode 8 2 1 12 LED Interface 8 2 1 13 CLOCKOUT SMA 8 2 2 Software Requirements 8 3 Quick Start 9 3 1 Board Configuration 9 3 1 1 Power Up 9 3 1 2 Clock and Reset 10 3 2 GUI and Driver Installation 10 3 3 Using the GUI 11 3 4 Test Cases 12 3 4 1 CAT5 to SGMII with Clause 37 AutoNeg Enabled 12 3 4 2 CAT5 to RGMII 12 3 5 Useful Registers 13 3 5 1 Ethernet Packe...

Page 4: ...uation Board User Guide Revision 1 0 December 2013 Vitesse Proprietary Page 4 of 13 Tables Table 1 Switch and Jumper Configuration 9 Revision History Revision Date Description Rev 1 0 December 18 2013 First release ...

Page 5: ...al or parallel MAC interface The VSC8211 device also includes Vitesse s VeriPHY Cable Diagnostics feature This document describes the operation of the VSC8211 Evaluation Board VSC8211EV The Quick Start section describes how to install and run the graphical user interface GUI to fully control the evaluation board Figure 1 VSC8211EV The following reference documents provide additional information ab...

Page 6: ...ernatively the VSC8211EV also has the capability to configure the VSC8211 through an EEPROM or Rabbit microcontroller not provided The evaluation board has the option to use VSC8211 s internal on chip oscillator by connecting a 25MHz crystal to XTAL1 and XTAL2 or an external reference clock signal through the REFCLK SMA J12 2 1 Hardware Features 2 1 1 Power Connections For convenience the evaluati...

Page 7: ...hipped configured to use the VSC8211 s internal on chip oscillator The jumper on J13 should be installed in the XTAL left position and the jumper on J8 should be installed in the PLL enable or VCC right position Note Review the required action for SW1 mentioned above 2 1 8 External RefClk Option The user may choose to provide an external PHY REFCLK via the SMA connector J12 The user must configure...

Page 8: ...lease refer to Section 18 of the datasheet for the detail on how to program the desired operating condition parameters through the CMODE configuration bits and how to choose the value of each CMODE pull up or pull down resistor 2 1 12 LED Interface LED1 to LED5 are available on the lower left of the board Please refer to Section 14 of the datasheet for details regarding how to configure the LEDs 2...

Page 9: ...ing the board ensure that the jumpers and switches are in the following positions Table 1 Switch and Jumper Configuration Switch Jumper Position J23 MDC Jumper installed connecting DUT MDC to F340 SCL NOTE This is due to a layout error on the PCB Refer to Section 2 1 9 for additional details J23 MDIO Jumper installed connecting DUT MDIO to F340 SDA NOTE This is due to a layout error on the PCB Ref...

Page 10: ...by launching the setup exe file Once installed connect the USB cable between the USB port of the PC and the USB connector J20 on the evaluation board Ensure the MDIO and MDC jumpers are properly placed from DUT to F340 on J23 to establish the connection between the VSC8211 s SMI pins and the SiLab F340 USB communication is assisted by the Silabs USBXpress drive If not present on the PC the user wi...

Page 11: ...esse Semiconductor Corp VSC8211_Evaluation_System icons The initial window will detect the attached USB devices automatically Figure 4 shows a typical EVB Connection window Figure 4 Connection Window The EVB serial number should appear If not click on Scan For USB Devices Select that EVB serial number then click Launch GUI The Register List window will appear as shown in Figure 5 Figure 5 Register...

Page 12: ...under the Script directory GUI Setup 3 4 Test Cases 3 4 1 CAT5 to SGMII with Clause 37 AutoNeg Enabled After power up or reset VSC8211 as configured on the evaluation board will operate according to CAT5 to SGMII with Clause 37 Auto Negotiation enabled The 1G Ethernet received at the RJ 45 port is routed through the VSC8211 and looped back via SGMII through SMA cables 1 Set up the copper Ethernet ...

Page 13: ...cleared when read 3 5 2 Far End Loopback When MII Register 23 bit 3 is set to 1 it forces incoming data from a link partner on the media side to be retransmitted back to the link partner on the media interface 3 5 3 Near End Loopback When MII Register 0 bit 14 is set to 1 the transmit data TDP TDN on the MAC side is looped back onto the receive data RDP RDN pins to the MAC 4 Additional Information...

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