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10M/100M/1G MES - Managed Ethernet Switch IP Core
Product Overview
Managed Ethernet Switch (MES) is an Ethernet switch IP core for programmable hardware platforms such as FPGAs and reconfigurable SoCs.
The IP has a non-blocking cross-matrix that allows continuous transmission between all ports. A store-and-forward switching method is implemented where the switch buffers and verifies each frame before forwarding. In addition, the latency is on the order of nanoseconds. Therefore, the ME S is the perfect switch for realizing Ethernet-based industrial networks.
In addition, it can be used for other applications. Thanks to the FPGA technology, our IP Core is highly configurable and offers a wide range of options. In this case, our MES IP Core can be transformed from a simple 3-port Ethernet switch to a 32-port Ethernet switch with QoS and RSTP.
MES can be used in conjunction with SoC-e's IP cores to introduce HSR and PRP functionality in the required ports. the HSR switching method is Cut Through. so the combination provides maximum performance and compatibility with the standard.
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- Full-duplex or half-duplex Ethernet interface (up to 1Gbps)
- Half-duplex 10/100 Mbps Ethernet interface
- 10 Gbps Ethernet Interface
- Configurable 3 to 32 Ethernet ports
- MII/RMII/GMII/RGMII/SGMII/QSGMII/USXGMII Physical Layer Device (PHY) Interface
- Each port supports different data rates
- Copper and fiber media interfaces: 10/100/1000Base-T, 100Base-FX, 1000Base-X
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- Dynamic or static MAC table (up to 4096 entries)
- Giant Frame Management
- Ethernet-based switching
- Entrance Port Mirror
- Broadcast/Multicast Storm Protection
- Rate limiting per port (broadcast, multicast and unicast traffic)
- configure
- MDIO, UART, AXI4-Lite, or CoE (Ethernet configuration)
- Drivers are provided with the purchase of IP cores
Time Synchronization
- IEEE 1588v2 stateless transparent clock function (P2P-Layer 2/E2E-Layer 2)
- Compatible with SoC-e IEEE 1588 IP cores (1588Tiny, Precision Time Base)
- Distribution management
- Multicast Frame Filtering
- Switching Port Mask: User-defined frame forwarding to specific ports.
Port-based VLAN support - Quality of Service (QoS)
Priority (PCP-802.1p, DSCP TOS, Ethernet type) - IEEE 802.1X EAPOL hardware processing
- DSA (Distributed Switching Architecture)
Redundancy Agreement
- RSTP (requires software stack)
Hardware Support for RSTP
The IP core comes with a reference RSTP stack for Linux.
Provides Posix-compatible RSTP stacks - MRP (no software stack)
Ring Manager (MRM)
Ring Client (MRC) - DLR (no software stack)
Beacon based nodes
Supervisor Node
Supported Xilinx FPGA Families and Evaluation Boards
Our MES IP cores can be deployed in the following Xilinx families. You can find the different Xilinx product sheets and selection guides in the links below:
Refer to the boards supported by the design:
existAssessmentOn the board side, we have also introducedSystem-on-Module (SoM)can providePre-loaded IP core design. In this case, we recommend the use ofSMARTzynq BrickThe solution features 7 series Zynq Xilinx FPGAs. 7 Series Zynq If this is not what you are looking for, we have other SoMs based on the Ultrascale or Ultrascale+ Xilinx FPGA families.
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Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) is a new generation of network technology based on the evolution of the standard Ethernet architecture. It takes traditional Ethernet as the network foundation and provides a data link layer protocol specification for deterministic data transmission capability through mechanisms such as clock synchronization, data scheduling, and network configuration. Compared with traditional Ethernet, TSN can provide microsecond-level deterministic services, reduce the complexity of the entire communication network, and realize the convergence of information technology (IT) and operation technology (OT). With its precise clock synchronization, deterministic traffic scheduling, and intelligent and open operation and maintenance management framework, TSN can ensure the high-quality transmission of multiple business traffic in a common network, and it has both performance and cost advantages, and it is the development trend of the future network. This is the future trend of network development.
Currently, TSN technology has a high level of discussion in the automotive, industrial, rail transportation, and aerospace fields. As a non-vendor-bound real-time communication protocol, we believe that TSN technology has a good application prospect.
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