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AVB MAC
Design IP
Overview

AVB (Audio Video Bridging) facilitates the efficient transmission of time-sensitive audio and video data across Ethernet networks, serving the needs of professional audio, automotive infotainment, and industrial automation sectors. SmartDV offers a complete, scalable, and silicon-proven solution for AVB MAC. SmartDV’s AVB MAC design IP core is highly customizable to optimize design area, power, and performance for both ASIC and FPGA flows, providing flexibility to adapt to specific design requirements.

AVB MAC
Benefits
  • AVB Endpoint talker and/or listener functionality
  • QoS Handling
  • Configurable Ethernet Ports
  • Per-port rate limiting and port-based VLAN support
  • MDIO slave and master functionality
  • Programmable Inter-Packet Gap (IPG) and preamble length
  • GMII/RGMII/MII interface support
  • Frame Check Sequence (FCS) generation
  • Independent TX and RX Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) settings
Compliance and Compatibility
  • IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Specification
  • IEEE 1722 Specification
  • IEEE 802.1 AS for AVB Traffic (gPTP)
  • IEEE 802.1 Qav
  • IEEE 802.1BA – AVB Systems
  • IEEE 802.1Q
  • IEEE 1588
  • Compatible with all major EDA synthesis, simulation, and linting flows