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THE ETHERNET DEVELOPMENT BOARD

Part 2: The Software and Firmware Exposed
by Fred Eady

Start ý The Basics ý Registers ý Bus Interface Registers ý Status and Control Registers ý InitChip ý Initiate Transmit Registers ý Address Filter Registers ý Receive and Transmit Frame Locations ý CS8900A-CQ Transmit and Receive Operations ý The Next Read ý Broadcast ý ARP ý No Cheating ý Tiger Woodsý Putter ý Whatýs the Point? ý And It Programs, Too! ý Sources and PDF

Hopefully by now, with the information I gave you last month, youýve glued down a CS8900A-CQ Ethernet engine and your Ethernet development board is complete. This time around, Iýll take you through what it takes to drive the Ethernet development board from a firmware standpoint. Iýll also show you how to use Visual Basic to effect a test panel for your new toy. Again, thereýs a lot to cover, so letýs tear apart the Ethernet development board source code line by line.

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