National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE:NSM) has first attempted its Ethernet Made Easy online design tool.

National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE:NSM) has first attempted its Ethernet Made Easy online design tool. The ETHERNET.NATIONAL.COM site is the semiconductor industry's first Web environment for designers developing Ethernet solutions for traditional broad market networking applications and associateed devices. The Web tool leads a designer from instruction, selection, design and review to samples and purchase of evaluation platforms.

The released site provides educational basics about Ethernet connectivity and enables designers to chosen a component, create and validate a design, and order samples from National's broad range of high-performance, low-power, feature-rich MacPHYTER, DsPHYTER and GigPHYTER harvest lines. The Web ...