JAJSFJ2G March 2018 – August 2020 TPS23880
PRODUCTION DATA
TPS23880 devices are used in the eight port configuration and are managed by the I2C host device. The I2C address for TPS23880 is programmed using the A4..A1 pins. When using multiple TPS23880 devices in a system, each device requires by a unique I2C address. See Section 9.6.2.13 for more information on how to program the TPS23880 I2C address.
Figure 10-1 and Figure 10-2 show typical application for either all 2-pair or 4-pair ports, but the TPS23880 may also be configured to support any combination of either 2-pair or 4-pair PSE ports. 4-pair port requires the use of both Alternative A and Alternative B wire pair sets at the RJ45 terminal, whereas a 2-pair port only requires the Alternative A pair set to be used.
A MCU is not required to operate the TPS23880 device, but some type of I2C master/host controller device is required to program the internal SRAM and initialize the basic I2C register configuration of the TPS23880.
It is recommended that the RESET pin be connected to a micro-controller or other external circuitry.
The RESET pin must be held low until both VPWR and VDD are above their UVLO thresholds.
Refer to the TPS23880EVM User's Guide for more detailed information.