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MII/RMII 10/100 Ethernet Transceiver with HP Auto-MDIX and flexPWR Technology in a Small Footprint
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REGOFF = 1 (Regulator OFF)
REGOFF = 0
LED output = active high
LED output = active low
VDD2A
LED1/REGOFF
10K
~270 ohms
~270 ohms
LED1/REGOFF
Figure 4.6 REGOFF Configuration on LED1
4.12
4.13
PHY Address Strapping
The PHY ADDRESS bits are latched into an internal register at the end of a hardware reset. The 3-
bit address word[2:0] is input on the PHYAD[2:0] pins. The default setting is 3'b000 as described in
Section 5.3.9.1.
Variable Voltage I/O
The Digital I/O pins on the LAN8710/LAN8710i are variable voltage to take advantage of low power
savings from shrinking technologies. These pins can operate from a low I/O voltage of +1.8V-10% up
to +3.3V+10%. The I/O voltage the System Designer applies on VDDIO needs to maintain its value
with a tolerance of ± 10%. Varying the voltage up or down, after the transceiver has completed power-
on reset can cause errors in the transceiver operation.
4.14
Transceiver Management Control
The Management Control module includes 3 blocks:
Serial Management Interface (SMI)
Management Registers Set
Interrupt
4.14.1
Serial Management Interface (SMI)
The Serial Management Interface is used to control the LAN8710/LAN8710i and obtain its status. This
interface supports registers 0 through 6 as required by Clause 22 of the 802.3 standard, as well as
“vendor-specific” registers 16 to 31 allowed by the specification. Non-supported registers (7 to 15) will
be read as hexadecimal “FFFF”.
At the system level there are 2 signals, MDIO and MDC where MDIO is bi-directional open-drain and
MDC is the clock.
A special feature (enabled by register 17 bit 3) forces the transceiver to disregard the PHY-Address in
the SMI packet causing the transceiver to respond to any address. This feature is useful in multi-PHY
SMSC LAN8710/LAN8710i
Revision 1.0 (04-15-09)
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