DP83901A Datasheet (National Semiconductor) - Serial Network Interface Controller

DP83901A, Serial Network Interface Controller

The DP83901A Serial Network Interface Controller (SNIC) is a microCMOS VLSI device designed for easy implementation of CSMA CD local area networks These include Ethernet (10BASE5) Thin Ethernet (10BASE2) and Twisted-pair Ethernet (10BASE-T) The overall SNIC solution provides the Media Access Control

DP83901A Features

* Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Compatible with IEEE 802 3 10BASE5 10BASE2 10BASE-T Dual 16-byte DMA channels 16-byte internal FIFO Network statistics storage Supports physical multicast and broadcast address filtering 10 Mbit sec Manchester encoding and decoding plus clock recovery No external preci