THE ETHERNET DEVELOPMENT BOARD

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	THE ETHERNET DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Part 2: The Software and Firmware Exposed by Fred Eady Start ı The Basics ı Registers ı Bus Interface Registers ı Status and Control Registers ı InitChip ı Initiate Transmit Registers ı Address Filter Registers ı Receive and Transmit Frame Locations ı CS8900A-CQ Transmit and Receive Operations ı The Next Read ı Broadcast ı ARP ı No Cheating ı Tiger Woodsı Putter ı Whatıs the Point? ı And It Programs, Too! ı Sources and PDF SOURCES and PDF Download the PDF of this Article. Fred Eady has more than 20 years of experience as a systems engineer. He has worked with computers and communication systems large and small, simple and complex. His forte is embedded-systems design and communications. Fred may be reached at fred@edtp.com. SOFTWARE The object code will be available for downloading. SOURCES Ethernet Development Board Kit E D Technical Publications (800) 499-3387 (321) 454-7608 Fax: (321) 452-1721 www.edtp.com CS8900A-CQ Cirrus Logic (512) 445-7222 (800) 888-5016 Fax: (512) 445-7581 www.cirruslogic.com Registered at QuestLink? Buy Now! PIC16F877 Microchip Technology, Inc. (888) 628-6247 (480) 786-7200 Fax: (480) 899-9210 www.microchip.com Registered at ChipCenter? Buy Now! SSC-645A Metcal, Inc. (650) 325-3291 (800) 776-1778 Fax: (650) 325-5932 www.metcal.com Crystals Digi-Key Corp. (218) 681-6674 Fax: (218) 681-3380 www.digikey.com PREVIOUS Circuit Cellar provides up-to-date information for engineers. Visit www.circuitcellar.com for more information and additional articles. For subscription information, call (860) 875-2199, subscribe@circuitcellar.com or subscribe online. ıCircuit Cellar, the Magazine for Computer Applications. Posted with permission.