Application Information

The TPMC881 is a PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) compatible module providing a single channel Ethernet 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX interface.

An Intel™ 82551ER/82551IT Ethernet Controller is used, which supports 10 and 100Mbit/s transmission rates for half and full duplex operation. The TPMC881-10x is capable of performing an auto negotiation algorithm which allows both link-partners to find out the best link-parameters by themselves. The TPMC881 is widely user configurable via configuration and status register access over the PCI bus. Front panel mounted LEDs indicate various network activities.

The TPMC881-10x provides a 10/100Mbit/s network connection via a front panel RJ45 connector, TPMC881-11x provides rear panel I/O via P14. The ports are galvanically isolated from the Ethernet Controller.

For First Time Users the Engineering Documentation TPMC881-ED is recommended. The Engineering Documentation includes TPMC881-DOC, schematics and data sheets.

Software Support:

The TPMC881 is directly supported from Linux, QNX6 (Neutrino) and LynxOS.

Software support for Windows XP/2000/NT4.0 is available from Intel at www.intel.com/design/network/products/ethernet/ linecard_ec.htm.

For other operating systems please contact TEWS.