USB OABR Stick for automotive Ethernet (OABR/BroadR-Reach)

The USB OABR Stick represents a compact hardware interface connecting Windows and Linux based PCs with an OABR (OPEN Alliance BroadR-Reach) network. On Windows and Linux the USB OABR Stick functions as a standard network adapter device (similar to Ethernet).

Through a private software API the USB OABR Stick implements additional functionality such as direct PHY register access and raw packet send and receive. This enables cable-testing, network diagnostics and other applications.

The USB OABR Stick is a product offered by our partner company FibreCode. The complete firmware and the software communication layer on Windows/Linux are based on Thesycon IP blocks.

USB OABR Stick for OABR (BroadR-Reach)

Feature Summary – USB OABR Stick for automotive Network

General

NXP TJA1101 BroadR-Reach PHY
OABR/100Base-T1 physical interface with UTP connector
NXP LPC4333 32-bit ARM Cortex-M4/M0 microcontroller
High-Speed USB 2.0 device interface with Type-A connector
Automotive Ethernet Network Master/Slave configuration via hardware switch
MS-Windows and Linux compatible
Standard Ethernet Network device on host PC
USB CDC/ECM driver for MS-Windows
Powerful and flexible API for TJA1101 SMI access
Common C-API and Python wrapper
Python abstraction class for TJA1101 MDIO register
Python and C++ sample applications
USB powered
Compact and modular design

For detailed technical information, check out the web site of our partner FibreCode: USB OABR Stick for automotive Ethernet (OABR/BroadR-Reach)

Use Cases

The USB interface of the USB OABR Stick allows seamless connection to a broad variety of PCs, notebooks and embedded platforms. This enables the USB OABR Stick for the following use cases:

Standard Ethernet network device supporting OABR/BroadR-Reach/100Base-T1 pyhsical interface
MS-Windows PC used as protocol analyzer for automotive Ethernet networks
Point-to-Point automotive Ethernet network connection using two USB OABR Sticks
Evaluation of NXP TJA1100/TJA1101 BroadR-Reach PHY chip with full access to SMI registers
Automotive Ethernet network simulation and demonstration

Supported Platforms

Windows 10 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Windows 11 (64-bit)
Linux (32-bit and 64-bit)

Prices & Ordering

The USB OABR Stick is offered and distributed by our partner company FibreCode. For more information, please check out: USB OABR Stick for automotive Ethernet (OABR/BroadR-Reach)