Verdin Carrier Board Design Guide
Preliminary
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Figure 14: Fast Ethernet with integrated magnetics reference schematic
2.3.1.3
Unused Ethernet Signals Termination
All unused Media Independent Ethernet signals can be left unconnected.
2.3.2
Reduced Gigabit Media-Independent Interface Ethernet Port
In addition to the Media Dependent Ethernet port, the Verdin family provides a second Ethernet
port in the "Reserved" category. However, this secondary port is provided as Reduced Gigabit
Media-Independent Interface (RGMII). This means only the Ethernet MAC (Medium Access Control)
is on the module. The PHY (physical layer) needs to be on the carrier board. This allows for
additional flexibility in choosing the suitable transport medium (e.g. fiber-optical cable).
Some of the Verdin modules additionally allow to use the interface as RMII (Reduced Media-
Independent Interface) for Fast Ethernet. For compatibility reasons, the RGMII is the preferred
interface for an Ethernet PHY on the carrier board.
The RGMII standard supports different I/O voltages. However, for the Verdin module family, the
preferred I/O voltage is 1.8V. This increases the compatibility between different Verdin modules.
Besides the RGMII, there is a Management Data Input/Output interface (MDIO) for managing the
PHY on the carrier board. Some Verdin modules maybe share the interface with the on-module
Ethernet PHY. In these cases, special care must be taken that the address of the carrier board PHY
does not conflict with the on-module PHY address.
2.3.2.1
RGMII Signals
Verdin
Pin
Verdin
Signal Name
I/O
Type
Power
Rail
Description
199
ETH_2_RGMII_RX_CTL
I
CMOS
1.8V
Multiplexing of data received is valid and receiver error
197
ETH_2_RGMII_RXC
I
CMOS
1.8V
Received clock signal
201
ETH_2_RGMII_RXD_0
I
CMOS
1.8V
Received data (PHY to MAC)
203
ETH_2_RGMII_RXD_1
I
CMOS
1.8V
205
ETH_2_RGMII_RXD_2
I
CMOS
1.8V
207
ETH_2_RGMII_RXD_3
I
CMOS
1.8V
211
ETH_2_RGMII_TX_CTL
O
CMOS
1.8V
Multiplexing of transmitter enable and transmitter error
213
ETH_2_RGMII_TXC
O
CMOS
1.8V
Transmit clock signal
221
ETH_2_RGMII_TXD_0
O
CMOS
1.8V
Data to be transmitted (MAC to PHY)
219
ETH_2_RGMII_TXD_1
O
CMOS
1.8V
217
ETH_2_RGMII_TXD_2
O
CMOS
1.8V
215
ETH_2_RGMII_TXD_3
O
CMOS
1.8V
193
ETH_2_RGMII_MDC
O
CMOS
1.8V
Management interface clock (output from MAC)
191
ETH_2_RGMII_MDIO
I/O
OD
1.8V
Management interface data (bidirectional, needs pull-up on
carrier board)
189
ETH_2_RGMII_INT#
I
OD
1.8V
Optional interrupt, requires an pull-up on the carrier board
ETH1_TX0_N
ETH1_TX0_P
ETH1[0..5]
ETH1_RXI_P
ETH_RXI_N
+V3.3_SW
+V3.3_SW
150R
R2
150R
R1
J00-0065NL
TD+
1
TD-
2
CT_TXD
4
CT_RXD
5
RD+
3
RD-
6
LED_Left_A
9
LED_Left_C
10
LED_Right_C
11
LED_Right_A
12
SHIELD
S1
SHIELD
S2
NC
7
CHS GND
8
X2
ETH1_TX0_P
ETH1_RXI_N
ETH1_RXI_P
ETH1_TX0_N
100nF
16V
C4
GND
100nF
16V
C3
GND
1nF
2KV
C1
GND
GND_CHASSIS
GND
1M
R3
ETH_1_MDI1_P
233
ETH_1_MDI1_N
231
ETH_1_MDI0_P
225
ETH_1_LINK
235
ETH_1_ACT
237
ETH_1_MDI0_N
227
ETH_1_MDI3_N
245
ETH_1_MDI3_P
247
ETH_1_MDI2_N
241
ETH_1_MDI2_P
239
X1J
2309409-2
ETH1_ACT
ETH1_LINK
ETH1_ACT
ETH1_LINK