Cica Electronics (ASIX Electronics) recently announced that its embedded network series, a new Non - PCI Ethernet control chip AX88796B, 64 pins and conform to the industrial specifications - 40 ℃ ~ 85 ℃ temperature range; The component built-in 10/100 MBPS Ethernet physical layer (PHY) compatible transceiver module and media access control (MAC). Allegedly, by ASIX AX88796B Ethernet connectivity to join can be embedded systems, the micro controller not only can send data through the network, also can achieve the function of remote control, engineers can create a highly efficient, low cost and compact embedded network applications.
Said to be on the market at present most of Non - PCI Ethernet control chip can only conform to the commercial specifications 0 ℃ ~ 70 ℃, cica electronic the launch AX88796B, besides can conform to the specifications of the commercial version, in order to achieve market niche, also launched version of the industrial specifications, to further separate the market.
According to introducing, comply with the IEEE 802.3 / IEEE 802.3 AX88796B u agreement with 64 pin only, can significantly reduce the space of PCB. Ethernet port support twisted-pair cable and wiring automatic Correction (Twisted Pair Crossover Detection and Auto - Correction), the performance can be direct or cross cable connection to the device, from the end user to speculate. In addition, a built-in 8 k * 16 bit SRAM network packet buffer, packet on the basis of efficient storage, retrieval and modification, and the industry standard Non - PCI parallel interface, can be connected to the general with 8/16/32 bit micro-controller, effective for embedded system adopts Ethernet networks will be able to connect to the outside world.
On software support, because AX88796B compatible with NE2000, in many embedded systems engineers don't need to make any changes can be directly transplanted NE2000 driver quickly into AX88796B. Yaxin electronic more offer for 8-bit microcontroller TCP/IP stack of software, make AX88796B become one of the Ethernet solution for embedded application.
AX88796B applies to household appliances, factory/building automation, industrial control, security systems, remote monitoring and management, streaming media, multimedia network, high frequency transmission in areas such as wide application, such as POS terminals, wireless local area network base stations, broadband sharing, voice over IP, video content distribution, IP set-top box, network camera, network storage, digital recorders, DVD recorders, high-definition digital TV, digital media adapter, game consoles, home gateway, and the IP TV. AX88796B there are sample supply, in April 2006, is expected to mass production.
