Digilent PmodNIC User Manual
Digilent Hardware
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Revision: November 20, 2009
Note: This document applies to REV B of the board.
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Overview
The PmodNIC is an interface board for the
Microchip® ENC28J60 Stand-Alone Ethernet
Controller. The ENC28J60 provides integrated
MAC and PHY support, so the PmodNIC can add
Ethernet functionality to any Digilent system board.
Features include:
•
standard SPI interface
•
10Mb/s data rates
•
IEEE 802.3 compatible Ethernet controller
•
MAC support
•
10BASE-T PHY support
Functional Description
The primary communications interface with the
PmodNIC is an SPI bus. The PmodNIC
communicates in SPI mode 0 only, MSB first. An
RST pin provides the host with an active low,
asynchronous hardware reset for the PmodNIC. The
PmodNIC also provides an active low interrupt
indicator pin (INT), allowing a host to detect multiple
interrupt conditions on the PmodNIC.
For more information about the hardware
connections, see the PmodNIC schematic at
www.digilentinc.com.
The PmodNIC provides only the hardware for a
network interface. Protocol stack software (such as
TCP/IP) must be provided by the user.
For more information about the ENC28J60 Ethernet Controller, see the data sheet at
www.microchip.com.
PmodNIC Block Diagram