Intel
®
LXD972M Transceiver Demo Board (Board Rev A1)
Preliminary User’s Guide 7
Document Number: 303125
Revision Number: 002
Revision Date: October 22, 2004
2.0 Using the Intel
®
LXD972M Demo Board
This document includes information on the following items concerning using the LXD972M Demo
Board:
• Section 2.1, “Equipment Requirements” on page 7
• Section 2.2, “Typical Test Setup” on page 8
• Section 2.3, “Quick-Start Checklists” on page 9
• Section 2.4, “Configurations” on page 11
• Section 2.5, “JTAG Test Signals” on page 14
• Chapter 3.0, “Intel
®
LXD972M Demo Board Schematics”
• Chapter 4.0, “Bill of Materials”
2.1 Equipment Requirements
The LXD972M Demo Board is populated with all components needed for twisted-pair evaluation.
However, the following additional equipment is also required:
• SmartBits Advanced Multi-port Performance Test Box configured with firmware version 4.39
or newer
• PC with Smart Windows (version 6.0 or newer) installed
• One MII Cable (male to male)
• One external NIC card
• One Category 5 Unshielded Twisted-Pair (UTP) crossover cable
• External power supply