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5V RS-485/RS-422 Half-Duplex Transceiver High-Performance Low Voltage UARTs with 16/32/64-Byte FIFOs

DataCom

Single-port 10/100/1000Base-T Gigabit Transceiver

Development Tools Nu Horizons Inrevium Xilinx

Logic

Spartan-6 FPGA Families Virtex-6 FPGA Families

Power & Battery Management

125Msps ADC at 125mW 1A Micropower Step-Down Switching Regulator

March 2009

Bus Interface

5V RS-485/RS-422 Half-Duplex Transceiver Ideal for Industrial and Remote Data Collection Applications The SP4082E is designed for reliable, bidirectional communication on multipoint bus transmission lines. The device contains one differential driver and one differential receiver. It is a half-duplex device and complies with TIA/EIA-485 and TIA/EIA-422 standards. This device is ruggedized for use in harsh operating conditions over the entire common-mode voltage range from -7V to +12V. Receivers are specially designed to fail-safe to a logic high output state if the inputs are open or shorted. All RS-485 bus-pins are protected against severe ESD events up to ±15kV (Human Body Model). Drivers are protected from excess current flow caused by bus contention or output short-circuits by both an internal current limit and a thermal-overload shutdown. Up to 256 transceivers may coexist while preserving full signal margin. The device operates from a single 5.0V power supply and draws negligible quiescent power. The device has an independent enable and disable for the driver and receiver and will enter a low power shutdown mode if both driver and receiver are disabled. All outputs maintain high impedance during shutdown or when powered-off.

Features

Benefits

 5.0V single supply operation

 Low EMI

 Controlled driver slew rates 115kbps

 Higher Density Network

 Receiver failsafe on open or shorted lines

 Vigorous ESD protection

 1/8th Unit Load  Robust ESD protection for RS-485 pins ±15kV

Applications

Human Body Model

 Motor Control

 Driver short circuit current limit and thermal shutdown

 Building Automation

for overload protection

 Security Systems

 Industry standard package footprint

 Remote Meter Reading

Pin Number

Pin Name

Pin Function

1

RO

Receiver Output. When RE is low and if (A – B) ≥ -40mV, RO is high. If (A – B) ≤ - 200mV, RO is low.

2

RE

Receiver Output Enable. When RE is low, RO is enabled. When RE is high, RO is high impedance. Drive RE high and DE low to enter shutdown mode.

3

DE

Driver Output Enable. When DE is high, outputs are enabled. When DE is low, outputs are high impedance. Drive DE low and RE high to enter shutdown mode.

4

DI

Driver Input. With DE high, a low level on DI forces non-inverting output low and inverting output high. A high level on DI forces non-inverting output high and inverting output low.

5

GND

6

A

Non-inverting Receiver Input and Non-inverting Driver Output

7

B

Inverting Receiver Input and Inverting Driver Output

8

Vcc

Ground

Positive Supply VCC. Bypass to GND with a 0.1uF capacitor

RO 1 RE 2 DE 3 DI 4

8 PIN NSOIC SP4082E

8 Vcc 7 B 6 A

Half Duplex

5 GND

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The XR16M58x/68x/78x series are part of the enhanced Universal Asynchronous Receiver and Transmitter (UART) family with 16, 32 and 64 bytes of transmit and receive FIFOs. These devices have selectable or programmable transmit and receive FIFO trigger levels, automatic hardware and software flow control, and compatible with the Intel, Motorola, or VLIO bus interface.

Features

Benefits

 Intel, Motorola or VLIO Bus Interface

 Highest Performance at Lower Supply Voltages

 20Mbps Maximum Data Rate

 Overall System Cost Reduction

 Selectable or Programmable TX/RX trigger levels

 Shorter Time-to-Market

 TX/RX FIFO Level Counters

Applications

 Independent TX/RX Baud Rate Generator  Fractional Baud Rate Generator

 Smart Phones  Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)  Battery-Operated Devices  Global Positioning System (GPS)  Bluetooth  Point-of-Sales (POS) Systems  Gaming Systems  Industrial Controls

 Auto RS-485 Half-Duplex Direction Control  Multidrop Mode w/ Auto Address Detect  PowerSave Mode  1.62V-3.63V Supply Voltage  Automatic Hardware/Software Flow Control

VCC (1. 62 to 3. 63 V)

PwrSave A2:A0 D7:D0 IOR#

TX BRG

IOW# (R/W#)

UART

CS# INT/IRQ# RESET (RESET#) 16/68#

Regs

Intel or Motorola Bus Interface

XR16M780 Block Diagram

RX BRG

GND 64 Byte TX FIFO IR ENDEC

TX & RX

TX , RX, RTS #, CTS #, DTR #, DSR#, RI #, CD #

64 Byte RX FIFO

Crystal Osc / Buffer

VCC (1.62 to 3.63 V)

PwrSave LLA# AD7:AD0 IOR#

TX BRG

IOW#

UART

CS# INT RESET#

Regs

VLIO Bus Interface

RX BRG

XTAL 1 XTAL 2

GND 64 Byte TX FIFO IR ENDEC

TX & RX

64 Byte RX FIFO

Crystal Osc/Buffer

XR16M781 Block Diagram

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TX, RX, RTS#, CTS#, DTR#, DSR#, RI#, CD#

XTAL1 XTAL2

Bus Interface

High-Performance Low Voltage UARTs with 16/32/64-Byte FIFOs Smallest and Fastest Single-Channel Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (UART) Series

Single-port 10/100/1000Base-T Gigabit Transceiver Datacom

KSZ9021GQ KSZ9021RL The KSZ9021GQ and KSZ9021RL are single-port 10/100/1000Base-T Gigabit transceivers, supporting data transfer over standard CAT-5 unshielded twisted pair cable. This device offers robust performance and low power consumption. On-chip integration of termination resistors and LDO controller, along with built-in diagnostic features, significantly reduces the cost and the complexity of Gigabit Ethernet applications. This device is ideal for enabling Gigabit Ethernet performance in SOHO and SMB networking applications, such as media converter, GEPON ONU router, wired/wireless Gigabit SOHO/SMB router, and VoIP gateway. The device is available in two RoHS-compliant package options - 128-pin QFP (KSZ9021GQ, supporting GMII/MII) and 64-pin E-LQFP (KSZ9021RL, supporting RGMI). Industrial grade is also available.

Features

Benefits

10/100/1000Base-T IEEE 802.3 compliance

Standard compliance ensures to work with other standard compliant, already deployed devices.

GMII, RGMII, and MII MAC interfaces

Flexible MAC interfaces (GMII/MII for KSZ9021GQ and RGMII for KSZ9021RL) support direct connection to MACs in Ethernet processors and switches at various data rates.

Integration of termination resistors on the chip

On-chip termination (eliminating 8 external resistors) not only simplifies PCB design and reduces system BOM, but also improves overall signal integrity and EMI emission.

Integration of a LDO controller on the chip

Integration of a LDO controller permits a low cost MOSFET to supply the 1.2V core, which reduces board cost and simplifies board layout.

LinkMD TDR-based cable diagnostics

Built-in LinkMD® diagnostics helps identification of common cabling problems, including those not addressed by IEEE. It simplifies network deployment and reduces network downtime.

Automatic MDI/MDIX crossover for IEEE 802.3 and EIA/ TIA 568 standards at all speeds of operation

Auto-MDI/MDIX eliminates the need for cross-over cable, thus reduces installation costs. Easy to use.

®

PM A TX10/100/1000

Applications  Wired/wireless Gigabit SOHO/SMB Router  SOHO Media Center  Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) Gateway  Network Attached Storage  Laser Printers and Projectors  GEPON ONU Router  Media Converter  VPN/Firewall based SMB/SME Router  Gigabit Ethernet LAN on Motherboard  Integrated Broadband CPE (ADSL/VDSL/FTTH) Router

C lo ck R eset

PM A R X 1000

P C S 1000

M E D IA IN TE R FA C E PM A R X 100

P C S 100

PM A R X 10

Block Diagram

LinkMD is a registered trademark of Micrel, Inc.

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C onfigurations

G M II/RG M II/M II Interface

P C S 10

A U TO N EG O TIA TIO N

LE D D R IV E R S

Logic

Spartan-6 FPGA Families The Programmable Foundation for Targeted Design Platforms The Spartan®-6 family provides leading system integration capabilities with the lowest total cost for high-volume applications. The eleven member family delivers expanded densities ranging from 3,400 to 148,000 logic cells, with half the power consumption of previous Spartan families and faster, more comprehensive connectivity. Built on a mature 45 nm low-power copper process technology that delivers the optimal balance of cost, power, and performance, the Spartan-6 family offers a new, more efficient, dual-register 6-input look-up table (LUT) logic and a rich selection of built-in system-level blocks.

Features  Two Base Platforms

 Block RAM with a wide range of granularity

 Designed for low cost

 Clock Management Tile (CMT) for enhanced performance

 Low static and dynamic power

 Simplified configuration, supports low-cost standards

 Multi-voltage, multi-standard SelectIO banks

 Enhanced security for design protection

 High-speed GTP serial transceivers in the LXT FPGAs

 Faster embedded processing with enhanced, low cost,

 Integrated Endpoint block for PCI Express designs (LXT)



 Efficient DSP48A1 slices

 Low cost, integrated PCI® technology support compatible

 Integrated Memory Controller blocks



 Abundant logic resources with increased logic capacity

 Industry-leading IP and reference designs

MicroBlaze™ soft processor across 32 bit and 64 bit, 33 MHz and 66 MHz specifications

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Virtex-6 FPGA Families

The Virtex®-6 family provides the newest, most advanced features in the FPGA market. Using the third generation ASMBL™ (Advanced Silicon Modular Block) column-based architecture, the Virtex-6 family contains multiple distinct platforms (sub-families). Each platform contains a different ratio of features to address the needs of a wide variety of advanced logic designs.

Features  Two Base Platforms

 System Monitor capability on all devices

 Cross-platform compatibility

 Integrated interface blocks for PCI Express designs

 Advanced, high-performance, FPGA Logic

 RocketIO™ GTX transceivers 150 Mb/s to 6.5 Gb/s

 Powerful mixed-mode clock managers (MMCM) clocking

 Integrated 10/100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet MAC block

 36-Kb block RAM/FIFOs

 40 nm copper CMOS process technology

 High-performance parallel SelectIO technology

 1.0V core voltage (-1, -2, -3 speed grades only)

 Advanced DSP48E1 slices

 Lower-power 0.9V core voltage (-1L speed grade only)

 Flexible configuration options

 High signal-integrity flip-chip packaging available in standard or Pb-free package options

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Logic

The Programmable Foundation for Targeted Design Platforms

Linear’s newest high-speed ADC family achieves 1/3rd the power consumption of existing solutions without compromising AC performance. Whether operating at full speed or in sleep mode, the LTC2261 significantly lowers the power budget for high-speed data acquisition, making it possible to “cut the cord” and migrate products into the portable world. The LTC2261-14/LTC2260-14/LTC2259-14 are sampling 14-bit A/D converters designed for digitizing high frequency, wide dynamic range signals. They are perfect for demanding communications applications with AC performance that includes 73.4dB SNR and 85dB spurious free dynamic range (SFDR). Ultralow jitter of 0.17psRMS allows undersampling of IF frequencies with excellent noise performance. DC specs include ±1LSB INL (typical), ±0.3LSB DNL (typical) and no missing codes over temperature. The transition noise is a low 1.2LSBRMS. The digital outputs can be either full rate CMOS, double data rate CMOS, or double data rate LVDS. A separate output power supply allows the CMOS output swing to range from 1.2V to 1.8V. The ENC+ and ENC– inputs may be driven differentially or single-ended with a sine wave, PECL, LVDS, TTL or CMOS inputs. An optional clock duty cycle stabilizer allows high performance at full speed for a wide range of clock duty cycles

Features

Applications

 Full rate CMOS using 14 data lines

 Cellular Base Stations

 Double data rate (DDR) CMOS, 7 data lines

 Communications

 DDR LVDS, 14 data lines, for reduced digital noise

 Instrumentation

 Straight binary or twos complement data coding

 Multi-Channel Data Acquisition

 Selectable LVDS output current (1.75 to 4.5 mA), to match output current to the load, while minimizing power dissipation

 Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)

 Internal 100-ohm resistors which you can switch in, to absorb reflections due to impedance mismatch at the receiver

 Software Defined Radio (SDR)

 Portable Medical Imaging

 A data randomizer which scrambles the output bits via an exclusive-OR circuit, to reduce noise coupling from major signal transitions and improve SFDR (the data receiver, of course, must do a reverse XOR to unscramble them); LTC claims this can reduce residual tones caused by digital feedback by 10-15 dB

2-Tone FFT, fIN = 70MHz and 75MHz 0

1.8V VDD

OVDD

ANALOG INPUT

+ –

INPUT S/H

14-BIT PIPELINED ADC CORE

CORRECTION LOGIC

OUTPUT DRIVERS

D13 CMOS • OR • LVDS • D0 OGND

–20 –30 –40 –50 –60 –70 –80

–90 –100 –110 –120

CLOCK/DUTY CYCLE CONTROL 125MHz

–10

1.2V TO 1.8V AMPLITUDE (dBFS)

Typical Application

GND

CLOCK

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0

10

20 30 40 FREQUENCY (MHz)

50

60

Power & Battery Management

LTC®2261 — 125Msps ADC at 125mW One-Third the Power of Comparable High-Speed ADCs

Modern automobile, industrial and telecomm environments continue to include increasingly complex electronic systems. Additionally, these electrical and physical environments continue to be very harsh for any type of electronics. Wide operating voltage requirements coupled with large transient voltages and wide temperature variations combine to make life difficult on electronic systems. High efficiency is of paramount importance as it minimizes thermal design considerations while also maximizing battery run time. Equally important is very low quiescent current which minimizes the power drawn from a battery when the IC is in a standby mode. Many of these applications operate from batteries, or utilize back-up batteries, in which a voltage rail must be maintained with no load current for an extended period of time. Therefore, it is important to keep the quiescent current as low as possible. Common applications are automotive GPS, security and environmental control systems as well as a myriad of industrial applications. Additionally, as manufacturers increase the electronic content of their systems, the space requirements continue to shrink demanding smaller and more efficient power solutions. The New Direction: Linear Technology adds the LT3682 to its existing family of high voltage Micropower monolithic step-down converters to specifically address these requirements. The LT3682 provides an extremely compact 36VIN step-down solution with transient protection to 60V. The device provides improved performance in all key areas including size, efficiency, ease of design, as well as excellent thermal performance.

Features

Applications

 Wide input voltage range of 3.6V to 36V, with transient protection to 60V

 Automotive Battery Regulation

 Up to 1A of continuous output current

 Automotive Entertainment Systems

 Up to 90% efficiency

 Industrial Supplies

 Only 75μA of quiescent current

 Power for Portable Products

 Adjustable, Synchronizable switching frequency: 250kHz to 2.2MHz

 Distributed Supply Regulation

 DA pin to permit the OVLO at any operating frequency  Output is adjustable down to 0.8V  Soft-start capability  Power Good Flag  Tiny 3mm x 3mm DFN-12

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Power & Battery Management

LT3682 - 1A Micropower Step-Down Switching Regulator 36VIN (60V Transient Protection) 1A, Micropower Step Down Converter

Development Tools

Nu Horizons Spartan™-3A Evaluation Kit

This low cost board features the new Spartan-3A Platform FPGA from Xilinx. The Spartan-3A Platform is perfect for applications where I/O count and capabilities matter more than logic density like bridging, differential signaling and memory interfacing applications, requiring wide or multiple interfaces and modest processing.

Key Features:  Xilinx XC3S200A-4FTG25CES FPGA  Linear Technology LTM4603 DC to DC power supply  USB port  16x2 Tianma display  1 M ISSI SRAM  LT1331 – Linear Technology 3V RS562 or 5V/3V RS232 transceiver  LT1962 – Linear Technology 300mA, low noise, micropower LDO regulator  LT3021 – Linear Technology 500mA, low voltage, very low dropout linear regulator  LT4413 – Linear Technology Dual 2.6A, 2.5V to 5.5V fast ideal diodes  LTM4603 – Linear Technology 6A DC/DC μModule with PLL, output tracking and margining

2x16 Character Display

8 LEDs

Pushbuttons

USB SPI Flash

XC3S200A FPGA

Headers

1 MB SRAM JTAG Header

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RS-232

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Inrevium VirtexTM-5 PCI Express Evaluation Board

TB-5V-LX-xxxT-PCIEXP is an ideal High-speed evaluation platform for 8-lane PCI-Express. In addition, it supports multiple High-speed serial transceiver interfaces with SFP and SMA connector ports. On-board Camera Link port is useful for a wide variety of video applications such as image processing. This Inrevium board product is produced by Tokyo Electron Device.

Key Features:

by Tokyo Electron Device Ltd.

       

DC12V RJ45

Jumper

XCF32P VO48

PHY 0.9V 1.0V 1.2V

Flash ROM

2.5V 3.3V

DDR2 SO-DIMM

10pin Pin Headers RS232C

1.8V

LXT110T Pin Header MICTOR Connector Push SW (x4) DIP SW (x8) LED (x8)

PCI-Express x8

JTAG Port

DDR2 SDRAM (Chip)

Xilinx XC5VL50T/110T -1FF1136

SFP x2 SMA x2 42pin I/O Expand x1 LX110T 42pin I/O Expand x2 Camera_link LX110T MGT Connector (4ch)

,

FPGA: XC5VLXT 50/110 FF1136 PCI-Express V1.1 x8 DDR2 SDRAM chip: 512Mb x1 DDR2 SO-DIMM Slot x1 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet MAC & PH CameraLink port x1 SMA connector x2 SFP x2

   

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Ordering Info:      

TB-5V-LX50T-PCIEXP TB-5V-FX70T-PCIEXP TB-5V-FX70T-PCIEXP-512 TB-5V-LX330T-PCIE-EX TB-5V-SX240T-PCIE-EX TB-5V-FX200T-PCIE-EX

Price: $2,980 Price: $4,980 Price: $5,060 Price: $14,980 Price: $19,800 Price: $11,980

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Development Tools

Nu Horizons Virtex™-5 LXT Evaluation Platform The Virtex-5 LXT Platform FPGA is optimized for highperformance logic with low-power serial connectivity. This kit includes one of SPF and 8 SMA connectors for easy evaluation of MGT designs.

Key Features:  10/100/1G Marvell Ethernet Phy  LTC1326 – Linear Technology micropower precision triple supply monitor  LTC3026 – Linear Technology 1.5A low input voltage VLDO linear regulator  LTC3412 – Linear Technology 3A, 4MHz, monolithic synchronous step-down regulator  LTC3418 – Linear Technology 8A, 4MHz, monolithic synchronous step-down regulator  LTM4601 – Linear Technology 12A DC/DC µModule power supply  2x16 Tianma display  ISSI DDR2 SDRAM  1 SFP connector  8 SMA connectors

2x16 Character Display

8 LEDs

Includes:  Development board  Power supply  Reference design

Marvell Ethernet Phy

Ordering Info:

16 MB Flash

Linear Tech Acquisition Header

Video DAC

Xilinx Virtex LXT50

64 MB DDR

 NH-5VLXT-EVL

Price:

RS-232

Pushbuttons

Headers

JTAG Header Platform Flash

Crystal

8 SMAs

1 SFP

 $799

Inrevium Virtex™-5 SXT High-Speed Computing Platform This new platform from the Tokyo Electron Device engineering team is designed specifically for computational intensive designs. Each 5VSX95T devices is connected to each of the other 3 devices by four dedicated GTP channels for high speed communication between the devices.

Key Features:        by Tokyo Electron Device Ltd.

DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 SDRAM

SX95T

SX95T

XC5VSX95T-1FF136 x4 DDR2 SDRAM x8 GTP x16 ch per FPGA X4 to each FPGA X4 SAMTEC connector Samtec High Speed Interface (120 pin) x1 per FPGA Optional Expansion capabilities x1 per FPGA

Includes: DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 SDRAM

 Evaluation Board  Documentation  Power Supply

Ordering Info:

 TB-5V-SX95T4-HSC DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 SDRAM

SX95T

SX95T

DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 SDRAM

Price:

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Development Tools

Nu Horizons Spartan™-3A DSP Evaluation Kit

This low cost evaluation kit from Nu Horizons is designed to help evaluate the new Spartan 3ADSP FPGAs from Xilinx. Peripherals include memory, analog circuitry, and a short range RF link.

Key Features:         

XC3SD1800A-4FGG646C Spartan-3A DSP FPGA 16 MB DDR2 SDRAM 16 MB SPI Flash 10/100 Ethernet PHY 14 bit Analog to Digital Converter Radio Transceiver Stereo DAC Video DAC 20x2 character LCD Display

8 LEDs

2x20 Display

Pushbuttons

14 bit ADC

16 MB DDR2 SDRAM

Includes:

10/100 Ethernet Phy

 Evaluation Board  Documentation  Power Supply

16 MB SPI Flash

LTC FastDAAC Connector XC3SD1800A CS484

RF Radio

Video DAC Stereo DAC

Ordering Info:  NH-SPAR3ADSP-EVL

RS-232

Crystal

Price:  $199.99

Nu Horizons Virtex™-5 FXT Evaluation Platform

The Virtex-5 FXT Platform FPGA is optimized for high-performance logic with low-power serial connectivity. This kit includes one of SPF and 8 SMA connectors for easy evaluation of MGT designs.

Key Features:

2x16 Character Display

8 LEDs

Pushbuttons

Linear Tech Acquisition Header

Video DAC Marvell Ethernet Phy

Xilinx Virtex LXT50

64 MB DDR

Headers

JTAG Header

NAND Flash

Crystal

8 SMAs

5VFX30T FPGA 10/100/1G Marvell Ethernet Phy LTC1326 – Linear Tech micropower precision triple supply monitor LTC3026 – Linear Tech 1.5A low input voltage VLDO linear regulator LTC3412 – Linear Tech 3A, 4MHz, monolithic synchronous step- down regulator LTC3418 – Linear Tech 8A, 4MHz, monolithic synchronous step- down regulator LTM4601 – Linear Tech 12A DC/DC µModule power supply 2x16 Tianma display Micron DDR2 SDRAM 1 SFP connector 8 SMA connectors

Ordering Info:

Platform Flash

RS-232

          

 NH-5VFXT-EVL 1 SFP

Price:  $849

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