The EV42P34A Evaluation Board (EVB) is developed based on Microchip’s PD77728 PoE manager and the PD77020 PoE controller. The board demonstrates eight (8) IEEE® 802.3bt 4-pair ports using PD77728 and PD77020 in controller mode. The PD77728 device is a part of Microchip’s seventh generation IEEE 802.3bt compliant Power over Ethernet (PoE) Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) family. This device is a fully integrated eight port PoE manager with integrated Field Effect Transistor (FET) switches and current sense resistors. The PD77728 device supports IEEE 802.3bt standard and legacy/pre-standard PD detection.