IDT77916

The IDT77916 is the first reference design for full, 25Mbps ATM Network Interface Card (NIC) from IDT. The IDT NIC card reference designs and evaluation cards provide the fastest way to for OEMs to get their ATM software and hardware up and running.

IDT IDT77916 will provide, upon request, all documentation, drawings, parts lists, and data bases required to manufacture this
card. IDT IDT77916 also has the board level assembly capabilities to provide ready to "plug and play" NICs at competitive prices. Together with your company designed software drivers, or the third party software drivers available, 25Mbps ATM is here today.

The heart of the board is the IDT77211 NICStAR which is an ATM Segmentation And Reassembly (SAR) controller. The physical interface is provided by the IDT77105 PHY that provides both the Transmission Convergence (TC) and Physical Media Dependent (PMD) layers in one device. The IDT77916 supports Unshielded Twisted Pair, Category 3 (UTP-3) cabling. The IDT77916 features complete PCI 2.0-bus ATM NIC functionality, plugging directly into PCI bus expansion slots.

The IDT77916 can be used in conjunction with the IDT provided "SARWIN" program. SARWIN allows access into SAR, PHY, host memory, local SRAM on the NIC card and each register in each device. You are able to configure each component on the card and setup the host for transmission of and receiving cells. IDT77916 is an excellent evaluation tool for the NIC and each of its components.