EVB1053

The EVB1053-HOME-MXL board is a tool to evaluate the KD1053 Gigabit Ethernet POF Transceiver IC (7 mm x 7 mm, 56-pin, QFN package) from KDPOF, together with the FB01GKAR FOT from Firecomms, for home networking applications. It is an Ethernet switch with two 1000/100BASERHA (optical Ethernet over POF) ports and two 1000/100/10BASE-T ports (copper Ethernet). 

Based on the GSW120 Gigabit Ethernet switch part from Maxlinear, this new board enables a more affordable BOM and extended daisy-chain functionality, as demanded in common home-networking and small-office environments. 

The companion EVB1053-HOME-MXL Reference Design provides guidelines for design and evaluation capabilities in a flexible platform, enabling product designers to successfully shorten the time-to-market for KD1053-based consumer end products.

Features

• Full duplex, 1 Gbps per direction over 40 m of IEC 60793-2-40 subcategory A4a.2 step-index multimode POF without in-line connectors (gigabit mode). Guaranteed bit error rate (BER) better than 10-10 at 1 Gbps according to RFC-2544
• Full duplex, 100 Mbps per direction over 100 m of IEC 60793-2-40 subcategory A4a.2 step-index multimode POF without in-line connectors (long-reach mode). Guaranteed bit error rate (BER) better than 10-10 at 100 Mbps according to RFC-2544
• Ethernet: 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 10BASE-T; autocrossover, auto-negotiation
• Easy monitoring and control of KD1053 through MDIO port thanks to included multi-platform (Linux, Mac, Windows) GUI tool and USB adapter (USB2ALL)
• Support for implementation of IGMP snooping
• Operation temperature range: -20 to +60ºC
• Low power consumption: 730 mA (traffic on the four ports)