General Description

The LAN9215 is a full-featured, single-chip 10/100 Ethernet controller designed for embedded

applications where performance, flexibility, ease of integration and system cost control are required.

The LAN9215 has been architected to provide the best price-performance ratio for any 16-bit

application with medium performance requirements.The LAN9215 is fully IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T and

802.3u 100BASE-TX compliant, andsupports HP Auto-MDIX.

PRODUCT FEATURES

Highlights

Optimized for medium performance applications

Efficient architecture with low CPU overhead

Easily interfaces to most 16-bit embedded CPU’s

Integrated PHY with HP Auto-MDIX

Supports audio & video streaming over Ethernet: multiple standard-definition (SD) MPEG2 streams

Compatible with other members of LAN9218 family

Target Applications

Basic cable, satellite, and IP set-top boxes

Digital video recorders

Video-over IP Solutions, IP PBX & video phones

Wireless routers & access points

Audio distribution systems

Printers, kiosks, security systems

General embedded applications

Applications

The LAN9215 is well suited for many medium-performance embedded applications, including:

Printers, kiosks, POS terminals and security systems

Audio distribution systems

General embedded systems

Basic cable, satellite and IP set-top boxes

Voice-over-IP solutions