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9 years ago

Marvell 88EE1111 PHY tranciever MDIO reg configuration

I'm trying to troubleshoot PHY for my dual Ethernet design on the DE2-115 Cyclone IV board. (I have to load my *.elf file twice for some reason for my design to work). In trying to figure ou...
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7 years ago

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What sort of system are you trying to create? I got it to work in VHDL using the Altera Tri Mode EMAC and 10/100 mode. If you are doing it some other way (eg via C code in a processor) that won't help much.

Do you have the 88E1111 datasheet? If not, you need to get that from Marvell.

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We are currently trying to configure it with VHDL and it is successful in configuring the TSE but are unsuccessful in configuring the PHYs. We are trying to trigger a device over Ethernet and accept data for a custom application.