F211 - 3U CompactPCI® Quad Fast Ethernet Interface

Four Micrel KSZ8841 controllers

IEEE802.3x support
• Full-duplex flow control
• Half-duplex back pressure collision flow control

Internal 8KB RX/TX FIFO buffers

Auto-negotiation and auto MDIX crossover

LinkMD® cable diagnostics to determine cable length, cable faults and distance to fault

Media Access Control (MAC) addresses stored in onboard serial EEPROMs

4x2 status LEDs to signal link status, activity, speed and collision

Front Connections

Four standard 8-pin RJ45 receptacle connectors

CompactPCI® Bus

Compliance with CompactPCI® Core Specification PICMG 2.0 R3.0

Peripheral slot

32-bit/33-MHz PCI-to-PCI bridge

V(I/O): +3.3V or +5V (Universal Board)

Electrical Specifications

Isolation voltage: 1000V between Ethernet links and 1500V between Ethernet links and shield or ground

Supply voltage/power consumption:
• +3.3V (-3%/+5%), 1A max.

MTBF: 875,481h @ 40°C according to IEC/TR 62380 (RDF 2000)

Mechanical Specifications

Dimensions: conforming to CompactPCI® specification for 3U boards

Weight: 115g (standard version)

Environmental Specifications

Temperature range (operation):
• -40..+85°C (qualified components)
• Airflow: min. 10m³/h

Temperature range (storage): -40..+85°C

Relative humidity (operation): max. 95% non-condensing

Relative humidity (storage): max. 95% non-condensing

Altitude: -300m to + 3,000m

Shock: 15g/11ms

Bump: 10g/16ms

Vibration (sinusoidal): 2g/10..150Hz

Conformal coating on request

Safety

PCB manufactured with a flammability rating of 94V-0 by UL recognized manufacturers

EMC

Tested according to EN 55022 (radio disturbance), IEC1000-4-2 (ESD) and IEC1000-4-4 (burst)

Software Support

Drivers for Windows®, Linux and VxWorks® from Micrel

Driver for QNX® from QNX®

For more information on supported operating system versions and drivers see Software.

4 Ethernet channels on 2 D-Sub connectors (shared), 1-slot front panel (4 HP)

4 Ethernet channels on 4 M12 receptacle connectors, 2-slot front panel (8 HP)

Please note that some of these options may only be available for large volumes. Please ask our sales staff for more information.

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Linux
This product is designed to work under Linux. See below for potentially available separate software packages from MEN.
For a Linux driver package supporting the Micrel KSZ8841 Ethernet controller, please refer to http://www.micrel.com/page.do?page=product-info/embedded_control.jsp.
Windows
This product is designed to work under Windows®. See below for potentially available separate software packages from MEN.
13T024-70	Windows® Ethernet driver for F211/F302 (Micrel KSZ8841 MAC) with option to disable hardware checksumming	Download Details
QNX
This product is designed to work under QNX®. For details regarding supported/unsupported board functions please refer to the corresponding software data sheets.
For a QNX® 6.3.0SP3 and QNX® 6.3.2 driver package supporting the Micrel KSZ8841 Ethernet controller, please refer to the latest QNX® network driver update: http://www.qnx.com/download/feature.html?programid=17094. The devn-micrel8841.so driver integrated there supports the F211 Ethernet controller. Starting from QNX® 6.4 this driver is directly included in the distribution.

For operating systems not mentioned here contact MEN sales.