HI-8500
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
Figure 2 is a block diagram of the line driver. The +5V and
-5V levels are generated from the supply voltages. Output
slope control is set by on-chip precision current sources
and capacitors.
A unity gain buffer receives the internally generated slopes
and differentially drives the ARINC line. Current is limited
by the series output resistors at each pin. There are no
fuses at the outputs of the HI-8500.
The TXIN0 and TXIN1 inputs receive logic signals from a
control transmitter chip such as the HI-3210 or FPGA.
TXAn and TXBn hold each side of the ARINC bus at
Ground until one of the inputs becomes a One. If for ex-
ample TXIN1 goes high, a charging path is enabled to 5V
on an “A” side internal capacitor while the “B” side is en-
abled to -5V. The charging current is selected by the
SLP1.5 pin. If the SLP1.5 pin is high, the capacitor is
nominally charged from 10% to 90% in 1.5µs. If SLP1.5 is
low, the rise and fall times are 10µs.
ARINC 429 requires that each line has a source imped-
ance of 37.5 Ohms. The TXA37 and TXB37 have the re-
quired resistance to directly drive the bus. Alternatively,
TXA/B10 or TXA/B0 outputs have 10 ohms or zero ohms
internally. The reduced resistance allows for external light-
ning protection circuitry to be added, while maintaining the
total output resistance at 37.5 Ohms. See Holt Applica-
tions Notes AN-300 and AN-301 for suitable, proven light-
ning protection schemes.
The HI-8500 is built using high-speed CMOS technology.
Care should be taken to ensure the V+ and V- supplies are
locally decoupled.
5V
“A” SIDE
ONE
TXAOUT
CURRENT
CONTROL
NULL
ZERO
-5V
CONTROL
LOGIC
TX0IN
ESD
PROTECTION
AND
SLP1.5
VOLTAGE
TRANSLATION
5V
“B” SIDE
TX1IN
ZERO
NULL
ONE
TXBOUT
CURRENT
CONTROL
-5V
CONTROL
LOGIC
FIGURE 2 - LINE DRIVER BLOCK DIAGRAM
5V
1
VCC
2
6
7
HARDWIRED
TESTA
ROUTA
ARX0P
ARX0N
OR
8
{
TESTB
DRIVEN FROM LOGIC
ROUTB
HI-8450
4
3
RINA
ARINC
HI-3200
APPLICATION INFORMATION
Channel
RINB
Figure 3 shows a possible application
of the HI-8500 interfacing an ARINC 429
transmit channel from the HI-3200.
5
HOST SPI
12V
8
V+
TXIN1
6
7
3
TXA37
ATX0P
ARINC
HI-8500
Channel
2
1
TXB37
ATX0N
TXIN0
SLP1.5
V-
ATXSLP0
GND
4
5
-12V
FIGURE 3 - APPLICATION DIAGRAM
HOLT INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
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