EVAL-ADIN1110EBZ Arduino Interface

Hi rtalich ,
The EVAL-ADIN1100EBZ uses a back-to-back PHY configuration between the ADIN1100 and ADIN1200, providing a direct media converter function at the MAC interface level.
The ADIN1110 is a MAC-PHY (SPI interface), in that case you would need an MCU/processor to act as a SW bridge between the ADIN1110 and the 10BASE-T chip you are intending to use.
On the EVAL-ADIN1110EBZ the SPI interface used to connect the MCU to the ADIN1110 is only exposed on the P402 connector (which is not on the official arduino footprint).
Although it has a vertical orientation so technically you can probably design a shield with a mating connector at that P402 location and put the onboard MCU in Reset.
The solution will depend if you are planning to use another MCU (e.g. on a shield) to bridge the traffic or the EVAL-ADIN1110EBZ onboard MCU

Regards,

Wassim

Thank you for the reply.  So the Arduino interface on this eval board will not work with an ethernet shield like this?  To do the conversion?

Another question...  

Can I connect two EVAL-ADIN1110EBZ boards together via SPE and have a sensor connected to one board and an LCD on the other eval board via the Arduino interfaces?

Hi rtalich ,

• Yes you can make that work, you will need to develop some firmware on both your shield and the EVAL-ADIN1110EBZ to manage the traffic between 10BASE-T1L and 10BASE-T network.
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  rtalich said:

  Can I connect two EVAL-ADIN1110EBZ boards together via SPE and have a sensor connected to one board and an LCD on the other eval board via the Arduino interfaces?

  Yes, I assume the sensors and LCD have a compatible interface with Arduino, you can easily develop your own software for sensor/LCD using some of the EVAL boards firmware examples as a baseline (available in the driver package)

Regards,

Wassim

Thank you!!