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TLK3134: PLOOP and SLOOP

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Part Number: TLK3134

Hi Team,

1)
I believe "PLOOP pin = high" leads to Figure 2-3 and "SLOOP pin = high" leads to Figure 2-2 without setting registers.
Is my understanding correct?
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2)
If the answer for 1) is yes, what is occured when "PLOOP pin = high" and "SLOOP pin = high"?

3)
Could you tell me how to configure the following Figure 2-4?
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Figure 2-4 shows the TLK3134 in a custom application example with mixed modes per Channel.
• Channel 1 in Parallel independent loopback mode
• Channel 3 in Serial independent loopback mode
• Channel 0 & 2 in independent channel transceiver mode


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Best Regards,
Yaita

  • Hello Yaita-san,

    1) Yes. Notice here the 4 channels will be the same.
    2) This will put both sides in loopback and no input gets in from either side - basically an invalid mode.
    3) This works in 1G mode (section 2.9 in datasheet). You need to set pins PLOOP=0 and SLOOP=0, then use MDIO to set individual channels, Lane 1: enable parallel loopback using register 0.14 (table 2-74), Lane 3: enable serial loopback using register 16.8 (table 2.79).

    Regards,
    Yaser