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FlexRay™ StaR CoupleR
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E910.56
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Part of the FlexRay™ electrical, physical layer
Active star coupler connects up to 4 branches
(FlexRay™ busses) to nodes or other active stars
Support of data rates up to 10 Mbit/s
Optional support of low power mode for an ECU
Remote wake up via bus line
The star coupler is part of the electrical, physical layer
in a FlexRay™ communication network. The E910.56
provides interfaces to connect up to four branches of
twisted pair physical bus lines to other bus drivers or
star couplers. It also interfaces with a communication
controller (CC) and a µC.Via SPI the bus driver (BD) pro-
vides status information concerning failure detection
on the bus lines (e.g. short circuit, ground loss) and
overtemperature condition to a host controller (HOST).
An interrupt signal is generated whenever the failure
status changes.
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Enhanced diagnosis capability provided via SPI
with interrupt generation
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Protection against overload damage by current
limitation and overtemperature detection
Bus driver outputs withstand - 27 V / + 40 V DC
voltage
The device supports normal and standby modes and
provides remote wake up capability via bus line. The
output (INH) can be used to control an external vol-
tage regulator.
Low EME due to balanced differential transmission
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Star coupler and additionally usable as transceiver
in FlexRay™ nodes (ECUs)
ELMOS is member of the FlexRay consortium
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Single_Branch_1
SCK
Bus Failure
Host Interface
SDI
Detector_1
(SPI + Interrupt)
SDO
VBAT
BP_1
INTN
Transmitter_1
Receiver_1
BM_1
RxD
TxD
Microcontroller
(HOST)
ECU 1
Power
Supply
Communication
Controller Interface
TxEN
Wake up
Communication
Controller
Detector_1
4
BP_2
BM_2
Single_Branch_2
....
TxEN
SPI
TxD
RxD
VIO
VCC
INH
TRXD1
TRXD2
VBUF
to additional
stars
Central
Logic
Bus Driver
E910.56
INTN
LWU
BP_3
BM_3
Single_Branch_3
....
Local
Wakeup
BP_1 BM_1 BP_2 BM_2 BP_3 BM_3 BP_4 BM_4
BP_4
BM_4
Single_Branch_4
....
INH
Inhibit & Wake
TRXD1
TRXD2
LWU
Star Transmitter &
Receiver
GND
VBAT
VCC
VIO
Power
Supply
Undervolt.
POR
Vref
Monitor
VBUF
Overtemp.
5V Regulator
Monitor
E910.56
GND
ELMOS Semiconductor AG
October 2007