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Ethernet (ETH)
MAC: Media Access Control
MII: Media-Independent Interface
RMII: Reduced Media-Independent Interface
SMI: Station Management Interface
CSMA/CD: Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
SFD: Start Frame Delimiter
FCS: Frame Check Sequence
SOF: Start Of Frame
EOF: End Of Frame
Note: Only N32G457xx series chips support Ethernet module.
Introduction
Ethernet module includes a 10/100Mbps Ethernet MAC, which uses DMA to optimize the transmission and reception
performance of data frames, supports MII and RMII two standard interfaces for communication with the physical
layer (PHY), and realizes the transmission and reception of Ethernet data frames. Ethernet module complies with the
IEEE 802.3-2008 standard and the IEEE 1588-2002 standard.
Main features
Main features of Ethernet MAC:
Support MII/RMII interface, MII is defined in IEEE 802.3 specification, RMII conforms to RMII
specification of RMII Alliance
Support 10/100Mbps data transfer rate
Support half-duplex operation:
CSMA/CD protocol
Back pressure flow control
Support full duplex operation:
IEEE 802.3x flow control
Forward pause control frame to application
When the flow control input signal fails, automatically send a zero-wait pause frame
Support automatic generation of CRC and PAD padding bits when transmit frames, and automatic stripping
of CRC/PAD when receive frames
Support programmable frame length (up to 16K bytes)