The EVB-LAN8870-RGMII Evaluation Board is a plug-in card that interfaces directly with a mating Microchip host processor controller board, such as the SAMA5D3 Ethernet Development System (EDS) board. It features the LAN8870, a highly integrated networking device that incorporates a 100BASE-T1/1000BASE-T1 physical layer transceiver (PHY). The board’s PHY port is connected to an automotive Single-Pair Ethernet (SPE) connector, and the PHY’s RGMII connections are brought out to a high-speed multi-pin (HS) connector.
Together, the EVB-LAN8870-RGMII Evaluation Board along with either the EVB-LAN7801-EDS or the EVB-LAN7431-EDS provide a highly-flexible platform for evaluation of basic PHY features via static Control-Status Registers (CSR).