The Texas Instruments AR7 or TI-AR7 is a fully integrated single-chip

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CPE access router solution. The AR7 combines a

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processor, a

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-based digital transceiver, and an ADSL analog front end.

Ownership history

In 2007, TI sold its DSL business to Infineon. In 2009,

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spins off its wireline division to

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. On November 6, 2009, Lantiq announced that it became a standalone company.

Features

* Integrated high performance MIPS 4KEc 32-Bit RISC processor *

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subsystem based on TI C62x

, with integrated transceiver,

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, line driver, and line receiver * Hardware accelerated ATM Segmentation and Reassembly (SAR) * Integrated IEEE 802.3 PHY * Two IEEE 802.3 MACs with integrated

Media Independent Interface The media-independent interface (MII) was originally defined as a standard interface to connect a Fast Ethernet (i.e., ) media access control (MAC) block to a PHY chip. The MII is standardized by IEEE 802.3u and connects different types of PHYs ...

(MII) and

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(QoS) * Integrated

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1.1 compliant transceiver (slave only) * Two VLYNQ interfaces for compatible high-speed expansion devices * Two 16c550 compatible

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s * EJTAG,

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and "Flexible Serial Interface" (FSER) interfaces * 4 KiB

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(0xBFC00000) and 4KiB

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(0x80000000) on the chip for boot purposes * Physical package of a 324 BGA with 1.0-mm ball pitch

Options

* AR7DB * AR7RD * AR7WRD (TNETD7300GDU) is an AR7 option with an interface for

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card. * AR7VWI :

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+ Wireless * AR7VW * AR7WI * AR7V : DSL + VoIP * The

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* The Pspboot

;Devices based on the Texas Instruments AR7 * Actiontec GT701 * Acorp W400G/W422G * Asus AAM6010EV : TNETD7300GDU, 2Mb FLASH, 8Mb SDRAM * AVM Fritz!Box * Aztech DSL-600E: 2Mb FLASH, 8Mb SDRAM * Aztech DSL600ER: 2Mb FLASH, 8Mb SDRAM, 88E6060 Switch * Aztech DSL600EW: 4Mb FLASH, 16Mb SDRAM, 88E6060 Switch, TNETW1130 * D-Link DSL-xxxT (like 300T) * D-Link DVA-G3342SB (DSL board only) * ECI B-FOCuS combo 352+, B-FOCuS Router 312+A * devolo dsl+ 1100 duo, dsl+ 1100 LAN * Efficient Networks, Inc / ENI SpeedStream 5100 * Huawei WA1003A * LevelOne FBR-1416A: 2Mb FLASH, 8Mb SDRAM, 88E6060 Switch * Linksys ADSL2MUE 4MB Flash, 16MB ram, USB + 1 Ethernet only * Linksys AG241 * Linksys WAG200Gv1 * Linksys WAG54Gv2 and v3 * Linksys WAG354Gv1, v2, and v2.1 * Linksys HG200 * Netgear DG834(G) (Version 1, 2, and 3 have AR7 Chipset; version 4 has Broadcom chipset) * Paradyne (

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) Hotwire 6210-A2, 6211-A2, and 6381-A2 (OEM Asus AAM6010EV) * Pluscom AWR-7200 * Safecom SWART2-54125 * Shiro DSL805(E/EU/EW) * Siemens SX541 uses real-time OS (SOHO.BIN) and BRN Boot Loader from the Broad Net Technology, Inc. * Siemens SpeedStream 4100/4200/5620/SE567
Sitecom WL-108
* Surecom 9410SX-g * Solwise ADSL-SAR-600E/SAR600EW/SAR605EW * Sphairon Turbolink JDR454WB WLAN ADSL Modem (2548 937939) * T-Com Sinus 154 DSL SE * T-Com Sinus 154 DSL Basic SE * T-Com Sinus 154 DSL Basic 3 * T-Com Speedport W501V * T-Com Speedport W701V * TRENDnet TEW-435BRM v1 * Westell WireSpeed 2000 and ProLine 6100 * ZyXEL Prestige 660 Series ADSL 2+ Modem/Router - Prestige 660M-67 (Arcor-DSL Speed-Modem 50Z) * 3Com Officeconnect 3crwdr100x series 3Com 3rcwdr100x series ADSL firewall router ;Third-party firmware * RouterTech has released open source firmware. *

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has open source firmware in development, available for testing.OpenWrt Page on AR7 Firmware
* DGTeambr>

References

External links

www.lantiq.com – Lantiq XWAY™ AR7

linux-mips.org – AR7 wiki

ar7.wikispaces.com – AR7 wiki

wehavemorefun.de – Fritz!Box Wiki
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