CobraNet Hardware User’s Manual
Hardware
3.0 Hardware
Figure 2 shows a high-level view of the CobraNet CM-2 interface hardware architecture.
CobraNet CM-2
Module
Clock
Flash
Memory
Clock
VCXO
Control
Audio
Serial
Host
CS1810xx/
CS4961xx
Ethernet
Controller
Ethernet
Magnetics
Figure 2. CobraNet Interface Hardware Block Diagram
Flash memory holds the CobraNet firmware and management interface variable settings.
The CS1810xx or CS4961xx network processor is the heart of the CobraNet interface. It
implements the network protocol stacks and performs the synchronous-to-isochronous
and isochronous-to-synchronous conversions. The network processor has a role in
sample clock regeneration and performs all interactions with the host system.
The sample clock is generated by a voltage-controlled crystal oscillator (VCXO)
controlled by the network processor. The VCXO frequency is carefully adjusted to achieve
lock with the network clock.
The Ethernet controller is a standard interface chip that implements the 100-Mbit Fast
Ethernet standard. As per Ethernet requirements the interface is transformer isolated.
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