Hello all,
I need advices on a ethernet controller chip (PHY + MAC) with a simple host interface (not PCI) and extended temperature range (-40 ÷ +85 °C at least) to be integrated on a custom board with one FPGA and one DSP to provide minimal network capabilities to an embedded data acquisition system.
Any help will be appreciated.
I was just evaluating this chip vs the Silabs CP220x which seems more "user friendly" because it has a simpler architecture and the data sheet looks quite clear but has only 10 Mbit PHY!
I already read the SMSC chip data sheet and seemed less accurate in the description but maybe is my impression.
Anyway I would like to know also opinions of people who used this chip especially the ones that had to write software drivers to interface this device with TI's DSPs.