Re: Microchip Announces World's Smallest Ethernet Controller with MAC and PHY



bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Bill Giovino wrote:

Microchip Technology has introduced the ENC28J60, a 28-pin 10Base-T
Stand-Alone Ethernet controller with SPI interface. A free TCP/IP

stack is

also available for PIC microcontrollers.


Did anyone else notice the power consumption? 250ma at 3.3 volts!! A
CS8900A manages to work at around 50ma at 3.3 volts. What is Microchip
doing with all that extra power? Even 100base-T controllers use less
than 250ma.

Ouch. Good catch.


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