Highly Efficient Single-Chip 10/100 Non-PCI Ethernet Controller
Datasheet
System Memory
System Memory
System
Peripherals
Magnetics
Ethernet
Embedded
System Bus
Microprocessor/
Microcontroller
LAN9116
LEDS/GPIO
25MHz
XTAL
EEPROM
(Optional)
Figure 1.1 System Block Diagram Utilizing the SMSC LAN9116
The SMSC LAN9116 integrated 10/100 MAC/PHY controller is a peripheral chip that performs the
function of translating parallel data from a host controller into Ethernet packets. The LAN9116 Ethernet
MAC/PHY controller is designed and optimized to function in an embedded environment. All
communication is performed with programmed I/O transactions using the simple SRAM-like host
interface bus.
The diagram shown above, describes a typical system configuration of the LAN9116 in a typical
embedded environment.
The LAN9116 is a general purpose, platform independent, Ethernet controller. The LAN9116 consists
of four major functional blocks. The four blocks are:
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10/100 Ethernet PHY
10/100 Ethernet MAC
RX/TX FIFOs
Host Bus Interface (HBI)
Revision 1.1 (05-17-05)
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