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.

I suspect a misprint somewhere. If that is in anything smaller
than a DIP package it would at least need heat sinks to avoid
desoldering itself.

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