AM79C978 Overview
Am79C978 PCnet™- Home Single-Chip 1/10 Mbps PCI Home Networking Controller DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS n Fully integrated 1 Mbps HomePNA Physical Layer (PHY) as defined by Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (HomePNA) specification 1.1 Optimized for home networking applications over ordinary telephone wire In-band control.
AM79C978 Key Features
- Register programmable features: Power control Performance registers Speed control Major frame timing parameters programm
- prehensive Auto-Negotiation implementation
- Full-duplex capability
- Optimized for 10BASE-T
AM79C978 Applications
- In-band control features: Adjustable power and speed levels 32 bits of reserved in-band messaging piggybacked on Ethernet packet