General Description
The LAN9215 is a full-featured, single-chip 10/100 Ethernet controller designed for embedded
applications where performance, flexibility, ease of integration and system cost control are required.
The LAN9215 has been architected to provide the best price-performance ratio for any 16-bit
application with medium performance requirements.The LAN9215 is fully IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T and
802.3u 100BASE-TX compliant, andsupports HP Auto-MDIX.

PRODUCT FEATURES
Highlights
Optimized for medium performance applications
Efficient architecture with low CPU overhead
Easily interfaces to most 16-bit embedded CPU’s
Integrated PHY with HP Auto-MDIX
Supports audio & video streaming over Ethernet: multiple standard-definition (SD) MPEG2 streams
Compatible with other members of LAN9218 family

Target Applications
Basic cable, satellite, and IP set-top boxes
Digital video recorders
Video-over IP Solutions, IP PBX & video phones
Wireless routers & access points
Audio distribution systems
Printers, kiosks, security systems
General embedded applications

Applications
The LAN9215 is well suited for many medium-performance embedded applications, including:
Printers, kiosks, POS terminals and security systems
Audio distribution systems
General embedded systems
Basic cable, satellite and IP set-top boxes
Voice-over-IP solutions