BitPhyer is a family of hardware platforms used to test the IEEE 802.3™ MAC, Flow Control, PC
S and RS layers for Ethernet devices. This platform is based on Xilinx FPGAs and custom built hardware which are used to create a flexible bit-level based test system. BitPhyer can be used to generate arbitrary bit patterns and frames and enables users to define their own test scripts in addition to the UNH-IOL generated test plans included with the system. The BitPhyer family of hardware platforms supports various speeds and duplexes over several port types from 10Mb/s to 10Gb/s.
Benefits
- Decrease costs and testing time by implementing a common set of test cases for easy compliance comparison
- Create automation of UNH-IOL Test Plans
- Access to industry recognized test practices
- Ability to add customizable test cases
- Increase consistency of testing between development teams using the same platform
- Faster root cause analysis of conformance issues
| BitPhyer Options | |||
| BitPhyer ST | BitPhyer STA | BitPhyer S4TA | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | 1x10/100/1000BASE-T 1xSFP (1G only) |
1x10/100/1000 BASE-T 1xSFP (1G only) 1x100BASE-T1/(BroadR-Reach) |
4x10/100/1000BASE-T/2.5,5 10GBASE-T 1x100BASE-T1 (BroadR-Reach) 1xSFP (1G&10G) 1xSFP (1G only) |
| Supported Test Plans | |||
| Clause 4 MAC | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Clause 24 PCS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Clause 28 State Machine | ✔ | ||
| Clause 28 Next Page | ✔ | ||
| Clause 28 Management Register | ✔ | ||
| Clause 28 Management System | ✔ | ||
| Clause 31 Flow Control | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Clause 36 PCS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Clause 37 Auto-Negotiation | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Clause 40 Auto-Crossover | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Clause 45 MDIO for Auto-Negotiation | ✔ | ||
| Clause 46 RS | ✔ | ||
| Clause 49 PCS | ✔ | ||
| Automotive Clause 96 PCS | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Automotive Clause 96 PHY Control | ✔ | ✔ | |