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- From: benningf@aurs01.uucp (EE Hardware Design Grunt)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet
- Subject: Nat'l Semiconductor's Ethernet chips
- Message-ID: <61076@aurs01.UUCP>
- Date: 21 Aug 92 13:56:11 GMT
- Sender: news@aurs01.UUCP
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- Organization: (the real) Alcatel Network Systems, Raleigh NC
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- Greetings,
-
- I'm a PCB designer for Alcatel, and I need to implement an Ethernet/
- Cheapernet interface on a board. I'm planning to use National
- Semiconductor's DP83932B (Systems-Oriented Network Interface Controller)
- and DP8392C-1 (Coaxial Transceiver Interface, second-sourced by Fujitsu
- and Signetics/Philips). I've looked at other vendors, like AT&T, NEC,
- and Intel. However, we compete against AT&T and NEC in the telecom
- market, and I distrust Intel after that fiasco with their 4-Mbit and
- 8-Mbit Flash memories.
-
- So, does anyone out there have experience with National's parts? Any
- comments, criticism, or suggestions? On the same board, I also plan to
- use isolation transformers and filters from Pulse Engineering (PE-65727
- and PE-65442) and a +5V/-9V DC/DC converter from either Reliability
- (2VP5U9 or 2VI5U9) or KSL Microdevices (05M09). Does anyone have any
- comments about those vendors?
-
- I appreciate any feedback.
-
-
- Thanks,
- Robert
-
- [DISCLAIMER: In the event that I am captured or killed, Alcatel Network
- Systems will destroy my files and disavow all knowledge of my existence.]
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