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DanielGP
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5 years ago

Use Marvell 88E1111 PHY without using TSE IP

Hey! I need to use the 10/100/1000 Ethernet interface from Stratix V for a project. So far, I have successfully tested this interface in two cases: 1) using the full Triple Speed IP (MAC + 1000BA...
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Deshi_Intel
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5 years ago

Hi,


The TSE IP is sold as an IP solution package regardless of hard IP or soft IP

  • TSE IP offer multiple variance support
    • Some is soft MAC IP only, some is soft PHY IP only, some is soft MAC + soft PHY IP
    • The only hard IP variance that I am aware of is the "1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS with Embedded PMA". The Embedded PMA is basically the NativePHY IP


What you are interested seems to be TSE IP with "1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS only" variance (page 60, figure 25)


Unfortunately TSE IP is not free and we don't have other similar function IP for you.

  • Yes, you are right that NativePHY IP is using high speed transceiver SERDES channel that's not compatible with RJ45 connection.


Regards,

dlim


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DanielGP
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5 years ago

Hi!

Thank you for the clarifications, I only have one doubt left, if I may.

If the embedded PMA used in TSE is "basically the NativePHY IP" and can be used with the RJ45 connection, how come when using the NativePHY IP individually it is not compatible with RJ45 connection?

Thank you again!