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Ethernet RJ45

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  1. Hardware

Hardware

This is the standard RJ45 pinout for Ethernet. To make it easier, Sparfun offers a RJ45 Breakout Board. the following is for a specific magjack but for all straight through jacks see next section.

            |   |   |   |         
          --||--||--||--||-----   Socket mbed
        /  8 | 6 | 4 | 2 |    /|       1 RD+
       /    7   5   3   1    / |       2 
      /                     /  |       3 RD-
     /    Bel Stewart      /   |       4 TD-
    /      MagJack        /    |       5
   /     SI-60002-F      /     |       6 TD+
  /___________________  /      |       7                                       a                
 |      --------       |       |       8                                                       
 |    --        --     |       |                                                               
 | --- |          ---- |      /                                                                
 ||    /--/-/-/-/-/-/-||     /                                 ___                   ________   
 ||   /  8 7 6 5 4 3 2||    /              ________________  -/   \-        ____    |   ____ |  
 ||  /  / / / / / / / ||   /      ,= ,++, /,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,\|,  ,  ,| ,  , /,  ,| , |,  ,  ,_|  
 || /  / / / / / / / /||  /      ============================================================  
 ||/  ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' || /        |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |    
 | ------------------- |/         |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |    
  ---------------------                                               ^  ^  ^  ^                
  Ethernet Socket Front           mbed Board                         TD+TD-RD+RD-

Straight jacks:

            |   |   |   |         
          --||--||--||--||-----   Socket mbed
        /  8 | 6 | 4 | 2 |    /|       1 RD+
       /    7   5   3   1    / |       2 RD-
      /                     /  |       3 TD-
     /                     /   |       4 
    /                     /    |       5
   /                     /     |       6 TD+
  /___________________  /      |       7                                       a                
 |      --------       |       |       8                                                       
 |    --        --     |       |                                                               
 | --- |          ---- |      /                                                                
 ||    /--/-/-/-/-/-/-||     /                                 ___                   ________   
 ||   /  8 7 6 5 4 3 2||    /              ________________  -/   \-        ____    |   ____ |  
 ||  /  / / / / / / / ||   /      ,= ,++, /,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,\|,  ,  ,| ,  , /,  ,| , |,  ,  ,_|  
 || /  / / / / / / / /||  /      ============================================================  
 ||/  ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' || /        |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |    
 | ------------------- |/         |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |    
  ---------------------                                               ^  ^  ^  ^                
  Ethernet Socket Front           mbed Board                         TD+TD-RD+RD-
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