SMC LAN83C185 Documentation Download (Official)
Supported Models
LAN83C185
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Additional Notes
The SMSC LAN83C185 is a low-power, highly integrated analog interface IC for high-performance embedded Ethernet applications. The LAN83C185 requires only a single +3.3V supply.
The LAN83C185 consists of an encoder/decoer, scrambler/descrambler, transmitter with wave-shaping and output driver, twisted-pair receiver with on-chip adaptive equalizer and baseline wander (BLW) correction, clock and data recovery, and Media Independent Interface (MII).
The LAN83C185 is fully compliant with IEEE 802.3/802.3u standards and supports both 802.3u-compliant and vendor-specific register functions. It contains a full-duplex 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX transceiver and supports 10 Mbps (10BASE-T) operation on Category 3 and Category 5 unshielded twisted-pair cable
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Andrews (DG Staff Member) on 23-Aug-2004
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