Microsemi VSC8211 User Manual

VSC8211

User Guide

VSC8211 Evaluation Board

December 2013

VSC8211 Evaluation Board

Contents

1 Revision History ............................................................................................................................. 1

1.1 Revision 1.0 ........................................................................................................................................ 1

2 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 2

3 General Description ....................................................................................................................... 3

3.1 Hardware Features ............................................................................................................................. 3

3.1.1 Power Connections ................................................................................................................................. 3

3.1.2 Copper Port RJ45 Connections ................................................................................................................ 3

3.1.3 SGMII MAC Interface via SMA ................................................................................................................. 3

3.1.4 GMII, RGMII, MII, TBI and RTBI MAC Interface ....................................................................................... 3

3.1.5 Fiber Transceiver Interface (SFP Cage) .................................................................................................... 3

3.1.6 Switches .................................................................................................................................................. 3

3.1.7 Taitien 25 MHz Crystal ............................................................................................................................ 3

3.1.8 External REFCLK Option ........................................................................................................................... 4

3.1.9 Silabs Microcontroller ............................................................................................................................. 4

3.1.10 EEPROM Option .................................................................................................................................... 4

3.1.11 CMODE Pins (Pin-Strap mode) .............................................................................................................. 4

3.1.12 LED Interface ......................................................................................................................................... 4

3.1.13 CLOCKOUT SMA ..................................................................................................................................... 4

3.2 Software Requirements ...................................................................................................................... 5

4 Quick Start ..................................................................................................................................... 6

4.1 Board Configuration ........................................................................................................................... 6

4.1.1 Power Up ................................................................................................................................................. 6

4.1.2 Clock Reset .............................................................................................................................................. 6

4.2 GUI and Driver Installation ................................................................................................................. 6

4.3 Using the GUI ...................................................................................................................................... 7

4.4 Test Cases ........................................................................................................................................... 8

4.4.1 CAT5 to SGMII with Clause 37 AutoNeg Enabled .................................................................................... 8

4.4.2 CAT5 to RGMII ......................................................................................................................................... 8

4.5 Useful Registers .................................................................................................................................. 9

4.5.1 Ethernet Packet Generator ..................................................................................................................... 9

4.5.2 Far-End Loopback .................................................................................................................................... 9

4.5.3 Near-End Loopback ................................................................................................................................. 9

5 Additional Information ................................................................................................................ 10

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1 Revision History

The revision history describes the changes that were implemented in this document. The changes are
listed by revision, starting with the most current publication.

1.1 Revision 1.0

Revision 1.0 was published in December 2013. This was the first publication of the document.

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2 Introduction

The VSC8211 device is a low-power, gigabit Ethernet transceiver suited for media converters and
Ethernet switches with virtually any serial 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 about the operation of the VSC8211
evaluation board.

VSC8211 Datasheet ( )https://www.vitesse.com/products/download.php?fid=118&number=VSC8211
VSC8211 Evaluation Board GUI (https://www.vitesse.com/products/download.php?

)fid=5157&number=VSC8211

VSC8211 Evaluation Board Schematics (https://www.vitesse.com/products/product.php?

)number=VSC8211

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