What is the ues of six pins in Intel i210 Ethernet Apater?

[斌艾000]

I want to buy an Intel i210 Ethernet Apater to upgrade my device. But I find 6 pins in the PCB of i210 Ethernet Apater.

I do not know what are the use of these pins. I will show a picture later.

What are these pins designed to? 

Please let me know if any more information is required.

Thanks.

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[斌艾000]

Thanks for your reply. I am waiting for your reply again.😄

[Caguicla_Intel · Accepted solution]

Hello 斌艾000,

Thank you very much for the patience.

The pin outs are Software-Definable Pins (SDP). SDP Interface (General-Purpose I/O) is explained on the datasheet of the Intel® Ethernet Controller I210: Datasheet.

Section 1.4.8 

The I210 has four software-defined pins (SDP pins) that can be used for IEEE1588 auxiliary device connections, enable/disable of the device, and for other miscellaneous hardware or software-control purposes. These pins can be individually configurable to act as either standard inputs, General-Purpose Interrupt (GPI) inputs or output pins (refer to Section 6.2.21, Section 8.2.1 and Section 8.2.3), as well as the default value of all pins configured as outputs. Information on SDP usage can be found in Section 3.5 and Section 7.8.3.3. Refer to Section 2.3.7 for pin description of this interface. 

Sharing the datasheet of Intel i210 Ethernet Adapter for your reference.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/embedded/products/networking/i210-ethernet-controller-datasheet.html

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Crisselle C

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