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Micrel, Inc.  

  1849 Fortune Drive  

  San Jose, CA 95131  

  U.S.A.   

408-955-0800  (voice)  

  408-955-1577  (fax) 

http://www.Micrel.com

 

 

 
 
KSZ8873MLL/FLL/RLL 
Evaluation Board User’s Guide

 

 

KSZ8873MLL/FLL/RLL Integrated 3-Port 10/100 Managed Switch with 
PHYs 
 
Revision 1.1   January 2011 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 

© Micrel, Inc. 2011 

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Micrel is a registered trademark of Micrel and its subsidiaries in the  

United States and certain other countries.  All other trademarks are the 

property of their respective owners. 

 
 

The information furnished by Micrel in this datasheet is believed to be accurate and reliable.  However, no responsibility is 
assumed  by  Micrel  for  its  use.    Micrel  reserves  the  right  to  change  circuitry  and  specifications  at  any  time  without 
notification  to  the  customer.    Micrel  Products  are  not  designed  or  authorized  for  use  as  components  in  life  support 
appliances, devices or systems where malfunction of a product can reasonably be expected to result in personal injury. 
Life  support  devices  or  systems  are  devices  or  systems  that  (a)  are  intended  for  surgical  implant  into  the  body  or  (b) 
support or sustain life, and whose failure to perform can be reasonably expected to result in a significant injury to the user.  
A Purchaser's use or sale of Micrel Products for use in life support appliances, devices or systems is at Purchaser's own 
risk and Purchaser agrees to fully indemnify Micrel for any damages resulting from such use or sale. 

 

Summary of Contents for KSZ8873FLL

Page 1: ... by Micrel for its use Micrel reserves the right to change circuitry and specifications at any time without notification to the customer Micrel Products are not designed or authorized for use as components in life support appliances devices or systems where malfunction of a product can reasonably be expected to result in personal injury Life support devices or systems are devices or systems that a...

Page 2: ...73MLL FLL RLL Evaluation Board User s Guide Micrel Inc January 11 2011 Confidential Rev 1 1 2 10 Revision History Revision Date Summary of Changes 1 0 06 30 09 Initial Release 1 1 01 11 11 Update description ...

Page 3: ...3 SPI Slave Mode 8 4 4 10 100 Ethernet PHY Ports KSZ8873MLL RLL 9 4 5 100FX Fiber Port KSZ8873FLL 9 4 6 LED Indicators 9 4 7 MII Port Configuration KSZ8873MLL FLL 9 4 8 RMII Port Configuration KSZ8873RLL 10 5 0 Reference Documents 10 List of Tables Table 1 Feature Setting Jumpers 6 Table 2 Reserved Jumpers 7 Table 3 EEPROM Mode Settings 8 Table 4 SPI Slave Mode Settings 8 Table 5 LED Modes 9 Table...

Page 4: ...on Magnetics KSZ8873MLL RLL Auto MDI MDI X on the PHY port 1 PHY Mode and 1 MAC Mode MII Connectors for the Switch RMII MII Interface 2 100Base FX fiber interface KSZ8873FLL 1 USB port to emulate an MIIM EEPROM SPI Interface On board EEPROM 2 LEDs per port to Indicate the Status and Activity of the RJ45 port 1 power jack for 5VDC Universal Power Supply 3 0 Evaluation Kit Contents The KSZ8873MLL FL...

Page 5: ...om any 110 Volt AC wall or bench socket Before to start to use the evaluation board make sure the power connectors JP403 JP404 JP405 and JP31 are connected and close pin 1 2 of J14 4 1 Strap In Mode Strap in configuration mode is the quickest and easiest way to get started In this mode the KSZ8873MLL FLL RLL acts as a standalone 3 port switch Simply set the board s configuration jumpers to the des...

Page 6: ...F feature of FX Pins 5 6 closed Force port 1 TX mode For KSZ8873MLL RLL close 5 6 since this device doesn t support FX mode For KSZ8873FLL open JP77 JP2 PWRDN Normal Operation KSZ8873MLL FLL RLL Chip Power Down JP101 P1FFC Pull Down Disable Pull Up default Enable JP102 P1DPX Pull Down Half Duplex Pull Up default Full Duplex JP103 P1SPD Pull Down 10BT Pull Up default 100BT JP104 P1ANEN Pull Down Di...

Page 7: ...aster EEPROM Mode The evaluation board has an EEPROM to allow the user to explore more extensive capabilities of the KSZ8873MLL FLL RLL The user can conveniently program the EEPROM on board using the USB port from any computer with a WIN 2000 XP environment and the Micrel provided software This makes it easy for the user to evaluate features like broadcast storm protection and rate control To prep...

Page 8: ...accessing all of the KSZ8873MLL FLL RLL features and registers The user can easily access the SPI interface using a computer connected to the evaluation board s USB port interface Micrel provides a Windows 2000 XP based program for the user to evaluate the KSZ8873MLL FLL RLL s full feature set In addition to all the registers available via EEPROM programming a host CPU connected to the KSZ8873MLL ...

Page 9: ...ver and fiber cable The fiber signal threshold can be set by register 192 bit 6 Port1 and bit 7 Port2 If the bits are 1 the threshold will be set to 2 0V Otherwise it is 1 25V The resister R76 also need to be adjusted if the FXSD signal value from the fiber module doesn t meet the fiber signal threshold spec 4 6 LED Indicators There is one column of LED indicator for one column for port 2 The LED ...

Page 10: ...873RLL or by the link partner When pin 1 2 of JP28 is closed the reference clock will be output from REFCLKO on KSZ8873RLL Register 198 bit 3 is used to select internal or external reference clock for the KSZ8873RLL RMII interface If pin 2 3 of JP28 is closed the REFCLKO disable Table 7 RMII Clock Setting 5 0 Reference Documents KSZ8873MLL FLL RLL Datasheet Rev 1 1 Contact Micrel for latest Datash...

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