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LAN91C96
Non-PCI Single-Chip Full Duplex Ethernet Controller with Magic Packet

Data Sheet, Application Notes, Drivers and Design Tools
LANCheck™ Online Review

Features

Non-PCI Single-Chip Ethernet Controller
A Subset of Motorola 6800 Bus Interface Support
Fully Supports Full Duplex Switched Ethernet
Supports Enhanced Transmit Queue Management
6K Bytes of On-Chip RAM
Supports IEEE 802.3 (ANSI 8802-3) Ethernet Standards
Automatic Detection of TX/RX Polarity Reversal
Enhanced Power Management Features
Supports "Magic Packet" Power Management Technology
Simultasking Early Transmit and Early Receive Functions
Enhanced Early Transmit Function
Receive Counter for Enhanced Early Receive
Hardware Memory Management Unit
Optional Configuration via Serial EEPROM Interface (Jumperless)
Supports Single +5V or +3.3V (for Revisions E and Later) VCC Design
Supports Mixed Voltage External PHY Designs
Low Power CMOS Design
100 Pin QFP and TQFP (1.0mm Body Thickness) Packages
Pin Compatible with the LAN91C92 and LAN91C94

Bus Interface

Direct Interface to Local Bus, PCMCIA, and 68000 Buses with No Wait States
Flexible Bus Interface
16 Bit Data and Control Paths
Fast Access Time
Pipelined Data Path
Handles Block Word Transfers for Any Alignment
High Performance Chained ("Back-to-Back") Transmit and Receive
Pin Compatible with the LAN91C92 and the LAN91C94 in Both Local Bus and PCMCIA Modes
Dynamic Memory Allocation Between Transmit and Receive
Flat Memory Structure for Low CPU Overhead
Buffered Architecture, Insensitive to Bus Latencies (No Overruns/Underruns)
Supports Boot PROM for Diskless Local Bus Applications

Network Interface

Integrated 10BASE-T Transceiver Functions:
Driver and Receiver
Link Integrity Test
Receive Polarity Detection and Correction
Integrated AUI Interface
10 Mb/s Manchester Encoding/Decoding and Clock Recovery
Automatic Retransmission, Bad Packet Rejection, and Transmit Padding
External and Internal Loopback Modes
Four Direct Driven LED Outputs for Status/Diagnostics

Software Drivers

LAN9000 Drivers for Major Network Operating Systems Utilizing Local Bus or PCMCIA Interface
Software Drivers Compatible with the LAN91C92, LAN91C94, LAN91C100FD (100 Mb/s), and LAN91C110 (100 Mb/s) Controllers in Local Bus Mode
Software Drivers Utilize Full Capability of 32 Bit Microprocessor

Ordering Information
Order Number(s):
LAN91C96QFP for 100 Pin QFP Package
LAN91C96TQFP for 100 Pin TQFP Package
LAN91C96-MS for 100 Pin Lead Free QFP Package
LAN91C96-MU for 100 Pin Lead Free TQFP Package

LAN91C96 Data Sheet, Application Notes,
Drivers and Design Tools

Description File Name File Size Date
LAN91C96 Data Sheet 91c96.pdf 620K 3/28/07
Evaluation Boards EVB9000-6
EVB9000-6p
   
Reference Design Files      
LAN9000 Diagnostic/Setup Utilities utility.zip 302K 6/15/07
LAN91C96 +5V Operation Reference Design, Evaluation Board Schematic 91c96isasch.pdf 86K 11/1/04
LAN91C96 +5V Operation Reference Design, Bill of Materials 91c96isabom.pdf 92K 11/1/04
LAN91C96 +3.3V Operation Reference Design, Evaluation Board Schematic 91c963vsch.pdf 80K 9/17/04
LAN91C96 +3.3V Operation Reference Design, Bill of Materials 91c963vbom.pdf 94K 4/9/04
LANCheck™ Online Review   
The LAN91C96 is supported by SMSC's LANCheck Online Review, a personalized, value-added service exclusive to SMSC and available at no charge to customers who have selected our Ethernet offerings for their application design-in. LANCheck will support your design process by providing guidance through the complete design cycle – from initial schematic design to PCB design. The following documents are available to assist you with your design:
LAN91C96 3.3V
  Schematic Checklist 100 Pin QFP 100 Pin TQFP
LAN91C96 5V
  Schematic Checklist 100 Pin QFP 100 Pin TQFP
Application Notes      
Application Note 6-1: Low Level Ethernet Diagnostic Tools - ETX.EXE Debug Software an61.pdf 222K 7/17/07
Application Note 7-7: Migrating LAN91C94 Designs to the LAN91C96 an77.pdf 124K 3/23/00 
Application Note 8-9: LAN91C96 Motorola 68000 Bus Mode an89.pdf 202K  3/23/00
Application Note 8-13: Suggested Magnetics an813.pdf 253K 2/6/08
Application Note 8-15: Using the "Remove Frame from Top of TX FIFO" MMU Command in the LAN91C96/LAN91C96I Ethernet Controllers an815.pdf 192K 2/2/00
Application Note 9-4: Migrating from a 10 Mbps Ethernet Controller to the SMSC LAN91C111 an94.pdf 201K 8/24/01
Application Note 9-8: I/O-Based (Non-DMA) Non-PCI Embedded Ethernet Solutions an98.pdf 126K 9/27/01
Application Note 9-11: Understanding the Chip ID and Revision Registers an911.pdf 111K 8/6/01
Application Note 10-7: Parallel Crystal Circuit Input Voltage Control an107.pdf 135K 11/11/03
Drivers      
Linux Drivers linux9.tar.gz
smc9_pcm.tar
16K
120K
8/20/98
8/20/98
Microsoft Drivers
    NDIS 2 for Windows for Workgroups
        & OS/2
    NDIS 3/NDIS 4 for Windows 95, Windows
        NT 4.0, Windows 98, & Windows 2000
    x86 NDIS 4 for Windows CE 2.1x
    StrongARM NDIS4 for Windows CE 3.0
    x86 Windows CE .NET Driver
 
ndis2.zip

ndis3-4.zip

ce9000.zip
cd3v101_011201.zip
91c96cenet.zip
 
121K

443K

63K
101K
24K
 
8/20/98

6/30/00

10/27/99
1/12/01
10/18/02
Novell Drivers
    DOS-ODI & OS/2, Server
 
novell.zip
 
501K
 
5/26/00
SCO Drivers s9192.tar 210K 8/20/98
FreeBSD Unix Drivers smc9k.tar.gz 17K 8/20/98
Source Code      
Download SRC-9000-CE SRC-9000-CE
Download SRC-9000-CENET86 SRC-9000-CENET86
Download SRC-9000-CENETSA SRC-9000-CENETSA
Download SRC-9000-ODI SRC-9000-ODI
Download SRC-9000 SRC-9000
Other Information      
Object Code Unlimited royalty-free distribution rights when offered with SMSC controller
Anomaly Contact your local SMSC representative
Using the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader aacrobat.html    
Links to Other Ethernet-Related Sites
Note: These links are provided under the terms and conditions of SMSC's Web Site Use Agreement. Please refer to Legal Information.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/embedded/default.aspx - Windows NT Embedded includes native LAN9000 support

http://www.compulab.co.il - Windows CE x86 Driver, VxWorks x86 Driver and Linux x86 Driver for the LAN91C96 are provided with the CompuLab 486CORE Embedded PC

http://www.navic.tv/ - Windows CE StrongARM Driver, Windows CE MIPS Driver and VxWorks MIPS Driver for the LAN91C96 are provided with the Navic HyperEdge development stations

http://www.crynwr.com/smc91c94.html/ - Packet driver for LAN91C94/LAN91C96 is provided by Crynwr Software

http://www.windriver.com - VxWorks driver support for LAN9000 controllers is provided by Wind River Systems

http://www.qnx.com - QNX driver support for LAN9000 controllers is provided by QNX (driver devn-smc9000)

http://www.elisaresearch.com - Boot ROM support for LAN9000 controllers is available from Elisa Research

http://www.bootix.com - Boot ROM support for LAN9000 controllers is available from Bootix Technology

http://www.cmx.com/tcpip.htm - CMX Systems TCP/IP Stacks for LAN91C96

http://www.kadak.com/tcp_ip/tcpip.htm - Kadak Products TCP/IP Stacks for LAN91C96

 

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