The AX88179A is a USB 3.2 Gen1 to Gigabit Ethernet controller with integrated 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet PHY. AX88179A supports Windows 11/10/8.x, Linux/Android/Chrome OS, Nintendo Switch in-box drivers, and iOS/iPadOS/macOS/Linux native CDC-NCM driver for driverless, Plug & Play.
The AX88179A is an easy-design, small form factor and cost-efficient solution, which adapts to any platforms required to support Gigabit Ethernet network connectivity via USB port and is suitable for Desktop/Notebook/POS, USB Ethernet dongles, docking stations, smart mobile device cradles, game consoles, smart camera/IP STB, 5G/LTE router/gateway, etc. smart home/office applications.
AX88179A
USB 3.2 Gen1 to Gigabit Ethernet Controller
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Overview
Features
● Single chip USB 3.2 Gen1 to Gigabit Ethernet Controller with Integrated 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet PHY
● USB Device Controller
-- Integrates on-chip USB Type-C 3.2 Gen1 PHY and controller
-- compliant to USB Spec 3.2 Gen1, 2.0 and 1.1
-- Supports all USB 3.2 Gen1 power saving modes (U0, U1, U2, and U3)
-- Supports USB Super/High/Full Speed modes with Bus-power or Self-power device
● Gigabit Ethernet Controller
-- Integrates 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet MAC/PHY, compliant to IEEE 802.3, 802.3u and 802.3ab
-- Supports CDC-NCM, CDC-ECM
-- Supports IEEE 802.3az (Energy Efficient Ethernet, EEE)
-- Supports AUTO-MDIX, flow control (IEEE 802.3 Annex.31B)
-- Supports IPv4/IPv6 Packet Checksum Offload Engine (COE)
-- Supports TCP Large Send Offload V1/V2
-- Supports up to 9K Jumbo Frame
-- Supports IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging and 4096 VLAN ID filtering; received VLAN tag (4 bytes) can be stripped off or preserved
-- Supports IEEE 802.1P L2 Priority Encoding and Decoding
-- Supports manageability L2 filter
-- Supports TCO filter, L3/L4 IP/Port filter
-- Supports Second DA RX filter with bit mask
● Wake-on-LAN Functions
-- Supports suspend mode and remote wakeup via link-change, Magic Packet, Microsoft wakeup frame and external wakeup pin
-- Supports Bonjour Wake-on-Demand
-- Supports Wakeup Packet Indication
-- Supports Microsoft Modern Standby
● Advanced Power Management Features
-- Supports power management offload (ARP & NS)
-- Supports ECMA-393 ProxZzzy® for sleeping hosts
● Supports Windows 11/10/8.x, Linux/Android/Chrome OS, Nintendo Switch in-box drivers, and iOS/iPadOS/macOS/Linux native CDC-NCM driver for driverless, Plug & Play
● Supports embedded eFuse for die identifier and store the USB Device Descriptors, Node-ID, etc.
● Supports SPI Flash for firmware customization
● Single 20 MHz crystal clock source
● Integrates on-chip power-on reset circuit
● 40-pin QFN, 5x5 mm package
● Operating Temperature Range: 0 to +70°C
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Development Board
AX88179A Demo Board
This is an AX88179A USB 3.2 Gen1 to Gigabit Ethernet dongle for users to verify AX88179A function on any platform that supports USB 3.2 Gen1 host interface
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Hardware Design Documentation
AX88179A USB 3.2 Gen1 to Gigabit Ethernet Applications Design Note
Software & Tools
Apple macOS Driver
Using macOS native CDC-NCM driverLinux kernel 6.x/5.x/4.x/3.x/2.6.x Driver
For all Android systems, Linux kernel 2.6.14 and laterWindows 11 64-bit Driver
For x64 CPU platform, HLK/WHCK certifiedWindows 11 64-bit HLK/WHCK drivers setup program
For x64 CPU platform, HLK/WHCK certifiedWindows 11 ARM 64-bit Driver
For ARM x64 CPU platform, HLK/WHCK certifiedWindows 10 64-bit Driver
For x64 CPU platform, HLK/WHCK certifiedWindows 10 64-bit HLK/WHCK drivers setup program
For x64 CPU platform, HLK/WHCK certifiedWindows 8 32-bit Driver
For x86 CPU platform, HLK/WHCK certifiedWindows 8 64-bit Driver
For x64 CPU platform, HLK/WHCK certifiedUEFI X64/IA32 Drivers
For UEFI X64/IA32 platformsUEFI ARM/AARCH64 Drivers
For UEFI ARM/AARCH64 platforms