Microchip's industrial Ethernet switch device delivers the industry’s lowest power Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switching solution. The VSC7511 is a fully-integrated 4-port Gb Ethernet switch with four copper PHYs or four SGMIIs in a single package. The VSC7511 leverages SimpliPHY technology, resulting in the one of the most cost-effective and lowest power consumption devices in the industry. The single-chip solution utilizes the most advanced Energy Efficient Ethernet features for bringing low-power and high-performance solutions to market.  The VSC7511 provides a rich set of unmanaged Ethernet switching features such as Layer-2 forwarding with basic VLAN and QoS processing, enabling the delivery of differentiated services. The VSC7511 contains an 8051 CPU for configuration of the switch.

A comprehensive application software package is provided for LED control, loop indication, device overheat protection, and other enhanced functions.

Supported Ethernet Software Options

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