Description
The FC621 USB 10BASE-T1L Stick represents a compact hardware interface connecting MS-Windows and Linux based PCs with 10BASE-T1L industrial Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) network devices and switches.
The FC621 USB 10BASE-T1L Stick functions as seamless media converter between a standard USB 2.0 interface and a 10BASE-T1L industrial Single Pair Ethernet network. On Windows and Linux host PCs the FC621 USB 10BASE-T1L Stick is detected as standard Ethernet device.
Flexible software APIs feature full access to Analog Devices ADIN1100 PHY internal registers. This enables cable testing and network diagnosis.
Features
Hardware
- Analog Devices ADIN1100 10BASE-T1L PHY
- 10BASE-T1L physical interface with UTP connector
- NXP LPC4333 32-bit ARM Cortex-M4/M0 microcontroller
- High-Speed USB 2.0 device interface with Type-A connector
- Network Master/Slave configuration via hardware switch
- USB powered
- Compact and modular design
Software/Firmware
- MS-Windows and Linux compatible
- Standard Ethernet Network device on host PC
- USB CDC/ECM driver for MS-Windows
- Powerful and flexible API for ADIN1100 SMI access
- Common C-API and Python wrapper
- Python abstraction class for ADIN1100 MDIO register
- Firmware update via USB
Applications
The USB interface of the FC621 USB 10BASE-T1L Stick allows seamless connection to a broad variety of PCs, notebooks and embedded platforms. The USB Control and CDC/ECM profiles enable the usage of USB hosts running MS-Windows as well as Linux operating systems. This enables the USB 10BASE-T1L Stick for the following applications:
- Standard Ethernet network device supporting 10BASE-T1L pyhsical interface
- MS-Windows and Linux PC used as protocol analyzer (Wireshark) for 10BASE-T1L networks
- Point-to-Point industrial Ethernet network connection using two USB 10BASE-T1L Sticks
- Evaluation of Analog Devices ADIN1100 10BASE-T1L PHY chip with full access to MDIO registers
- 10BASE-T1L cable testing and network diagnosis
- Simulation of multiple nodes on industrial Ethernet switch designs
- Industrial Ethernet network simulation and demonstration
Requirements
- MS-Windows 10 or Linux host platform (e.g. PC, Laptop, Raspberry Pi)
- USB 2.0 host port