Vitesse VSC8211 User Manual
VSC8211 Evaluation Board
User Guide
VPPD-03472
Revision 1.0
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Contents
Revision History ................................................................................ 4
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Introduction .............................................................................. 5
2
General Description ................................................................... 6
2.1
Hardware Features ............................................................................................. 6
2.1.1 Power Connections .................................................................................. 6
2.1.2 Copper Port RJ45 Connections .................................................................. 6
2.1.3 SGMII MAC Interface via SMA .................................................................... 6
2.1.4 GMII, RGMII, MII, TBI and RTBI MAC Interface .......................................... 7
2.1.5 Fiber Transceiver Interface (SFP Cage) ...................................................... 7
2.1.6 Switches ................................................................................................ 7
2.1.7 Taitien 25MHz Crystal ............................................................................. 7
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2.1.8 External RefClk
2.1.9 Silabs Microcontroller .............................................................................. 7
2.1.10 EEPROM 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
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 Packet Generator ...................................................................... 13
3.5.2 Far-End Loopback .................................................................................. 13
3.5.3 Near-End Loopback ................................................................................ 13
Option
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4
Additional Information ............................................................ 13
Figures
Figure 1. VSC8211EV ................................................................................................ 5
Figure 2. MDIO/MDC Jumpers on J23 to SiLabs F340 pins .............................................. 8
Figure 3. USBXpress as Seen From the Device Manager Window ................................... 10
Figure 4. Connection Window .................................................................................... 11
Figure 5. Register List Window .................................................................................. 11
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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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