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January2001
HI-8588
DESCRIPTION
TheHI-8588isanARINC429businterfacereceiverandis
availableinaSO8pinpackage.Thetechnologyis
analog/digitalCMOS.Thecircuitryrequiresonlya5volt
supply.
TheARINCbuscanbeconnecteddirectlytothechip.The
typical10voltdifferentialsignalistranslatedandinputtoa
windowcomparatorandlatch.Thecomparatorlevelsare
justbelowthestandard6.5voltminimumARINCdata
thresholdandjustabovethestandard2.5voltmaximum
ARINCnullthreshold.
TheTESTAandTESTBinputsbypasstheanalogfor
testingpurposes.AlsoifTESTAandTESTBareboth
takenhigh,theanalog powersdownandthedigitaloutputs
tri-stateallowingwire-orpossibilities.
PleaserefertotheHI-8588-10forapplicationswherean
externalresistanceinserieswiththeARINCinputsis
requiredforlightningprotectionorwhenthedigitaloutputs
needtobealogiczeroratherthanopencircuitwhen
TESTAandTESTBarebothhigh.
PINCONFIGURATION
VCC
TESTA
2
3
RINB
4 5
RINA GND
81
7
6
SUPPLYVOLTAGES
vcc =5.0V±5%
FUNCTIONTABLE
TESTB
ROUTB
ROUTA
FEATURES
!
DirectARINC429linereceiverinterface
inasmalloutlinepackage
!
Receiverinputhystersisatleast2volts
!
Testinputsthatbypassanaloginputand
canpowerdownandtri-stateoutputs
!
PlasticandceramicpackageoptionssurfacemountandDIP
!
Milprocessingavailable
PINDESCRIPTIONTABLE
PIN SYMBOL FUNCTION DESCRIPTION
VCC SUPPLY 5VOLTSUPPLY
TESTA LOGICINPUT CMOS
RINB ARINCINPUT RECEIVERBINPUT
RINA ARINCINPUT RECEIVERAINPUT
GND POWER GROUND
ROUTA LOGICOUTPUT RECEIVERCMOSOUTPUTA
ROUTB LOGICOUTPUT RECEIVERCMOSOUTPUTB
TESTB LOGICINPUT CMOS
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FUNCTIONALDESCRIPTION
RECEIVER
HI-8588
Figure1showsthegeneralarchitectureoftheARINC429
receiver.ThereceiveroperatesofftheVCCsupplyonly.
TheinputsRINAandRINBeachhaveseriesresistors,typically35Kohms.Theyconnecttoleveltranslatorswhose
resistancetoGroundistypically10Kohms.Therefore,any
seriesresistanceaddedtotheinputswillaffectthevoltage
translation.
Afterleveltranslation,theinputsarebufferedandbecome
inputstoadifferentialamplifier.TheamplitudeofthedifferentialsignaliscomparedtolevelsderivedfromadividerbetweenVCCandGround.Thenominals ettingscorrespondtoaOne/Zeroamplitudeof6.0VandaNullamplitudeof3.3V.
RINA
RINB
ESD
PROTECTION
AND
TRANSLATION
NULL
ZERO
ONE
NULL
ThestatusoftheARINCreceiverinputislatched.ANull
inputresetsthelatchesandaOneorZeroinputsetsthe
latches.
Thelogicattheoutputiscontrolledbythetestsignal
whichisgeneratedbythelogicalORoftheTestAand
TestBpins.IfTestAandTestBarebothOne,thenthereceiverispowereddownandtheoutputpinsfloat.The
powerdowndoesnotdisconnecttheinternalresistorsat
theARINCinput.
TEST
S Q
LATCH
R
S Q
LATCH
R
TEST
TESTA
TEST
TEST
TESTB
TESTA'TESTB
TESTA'TESTB
ROUTA
ROUTB
FIGURE1-RECEIVERBLOCKDIAGRAM
APPLICATIONINFORMATION
Figure2showsapossibleapplicationofthe
HI-8588interfacinganARINCreceivechannel
totheHI-6010whichinturninterfacestoan
8-bitbus.
1
2
8
4
3
5
1
6
7
5
4
6
7
8
2
3
FIGURE2-APPLICATIONDIAGRAM
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