ATA6560/1
• ATA6561: Pin 5 is the VIO pin and should be
connected to the microcontroller supply voltage.
This allows direct interfacing to microcontrollers
with supply voltages down to 3V and adjusts the
signal levels of the TXD, RXD, and STBY pins to
the I/O levels of the microcontroller. The I/O ports
are supplied by the VIO pin.
1.0
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
The ATA6560/1 is a stand-alone, high-speed CAN
transceiver, compliant with the ISO 11898-2 and
ISO 11898-5 standards. It provides a very low current
consumption in Standby mode and wake-up capability
via the CAN bus. There are two versions available, only
differing in the function of pin 5:
• ATA6560: Pin 5 is the control input for Silent mode
NSIL, allowing the ATA6560 to only receive data
and not send data via the bus. The output driver
stage is disabled. The VIO line and the VCC line
are internally connected; this sets the signal levels
of the TXD, RXD, STBY, and NSIL pins to levels
compatible with 5V microcontrollers.
1.1
Operating Modes
The ATA6561 supports three operating modes: Unpow-
ered, Standby, and Normal. The ATA6560 has an addi-
tional Silent mode. These modes can be selected via
the STBY and NSIL pin. See Figure 1-1 and Table 1-1
for a description of the operating modes.
ATA6560
ATA6561
VCC < Vuvd(VCC) or
VIO < Vuvd(VIO)
VCC < Vuvd(VCC) or
VIO < Vuvd(VIO)
VCC < Vuvd(VCC)
VCC < Vuvd(VCC)
Unpowered
Mode
Unpowered
Mode
VCC < Vuvd(VCC) or
VIO < Vuvd(VIO)
VCC > Vuvd(VCC) and
VIO > Vuvd(VIO)
VCC < Vuvd(VCC)
VCC > Vuvd(VCC)
STBY = 1
STBY = 1
STBY = 1
STBY = 1
STBY = 0 and
(NSIL = 0 or
TXD = 0)
Standby
Mode
Standby
Mode
STBY = 0 and
NSIL = 1 and
STBY = 0 and
TXD = 0
STBY = 0 and
TXD = 1 and
TXD = 1 and
Error = 0
Error = 0
NSIL = 1 and
TXD = 1 and
Error = 0
Error = 0 and
TXD = 1
ꢀꢁꢂ
Silent
Mode
Normal
Mode
Silent
Mode
Normal
Mode
NSIL = 0 or
Error = 1
Error = 1
Note 1: The Silent mode is externally not accessible.
2: For the ATA6561, NSIL is internally set to “1”.
FIGURE 1-1:
Operating Modes.
TABLE 1-1:
OPERATING MODES
STBY
Inputs
NSIL
Outputs
Mode
TXD
CAN Driver
RXD
Unpowered
Standby
X(3)
X(3)
X(3)
X(3)
X(3)
X(3)
Recessive
Recessive
Recessive
Dominant
Recessive
Recessive
Active(4)
Active(1)
LOW
HIGH
LOW
LOW
LOW
Silent (only for ATA6560)
Normal
LOW
HIGH(2)
HIGH(2)
LOW
HIGH
HIGH
Note 1: LOW if the CAN bus is dominant, and HIGH if the CAN bus is recessive.
2: Internally pulled up if not bonded out.
3: Irrelevant.
4: Reflects the bus only for wake-up.
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