The SU4-SOPRANO is a peripheral slot card for CompactPCI® Serial systems, equipped with a PCI Express® eight channel UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter). All ports are available through Micro-D front panel connectors, and can be user configured individually for either RS-232 or RS-485 by means of DIP-switches. The on-board transceivers allow for maximum bit rates up to 15Mbps when operated in RS-485 mode and up to 1Mbps in RS-232 mode.
Full- and half-duplex is supported for RS-485, with up to 256 nodes on a bus. The line termination can be switched on/off individually.
As an alternate, any particular port (TTL level) can be redirected to the optional backplane connectors P3 and P4, for rear I/O usage together with a suitable rear I/O module.
The SU4-SOPRANO fits into any CompactPCI® Serial peripheral slot that is PCIe enabled.
Features
- PICMG® CompactPCI® Serial standard (CPCI-S.0)
- Single size Eurocard 3U 4HP 100x160mm2
- Suitable for CompactPCI® Serial peripheral slot (PCI Express® enabled)
- CompactPCI® Serial backplane connector P1 for PCI Express®, single lane link
- Option CompactPCI® Serial backplane connectors P3, P4 for rear I/O
For UART specifications please refer to the datasheet
Front Panel I/O
- 8 x Front panel Micro-D high density male connectors
- 8 x Multiprotocol transceivers RS-232/RS-485 EXAR SP337EU
- Protocol individually configurable for each port via on-board DIP-switches
- Maximum data rate of 1Mbps in RS-232 mode
- Maximum data rate of 15Mbps in RS-485 mode
- 3 Drivers, 5 receivers RS-232 (COM port assignment)
- 2 Drivers, 2 receivers RS-485
- RS-485 full-duplex or half-duplex configuration, advanced fail-safe
- RS-485 termination on/off selectable via on-board DIP-switch
- 1/8th Unit load - up to 256 receivers on RS-485 bus
- Robust 15kV ESD protection (human body model)
- Micro-D cable assemblies available, e.g. Micro-D to classic style D-Sub male or female
Option Rear I/O
- Ordering Option CompactPCI® Serial backplane connectors P3, P4 for rear I/O
- Each UART port can be individually redirected to P3, P4 backplane connectors (TTL level) via DIP-switch configuration
- Custom specific rear I/O module design, RS-232 or RS-485, isolated
Ordering Options
| Manuf. Part No | | Part Description |
| SU4-0100-SOPRANO | | 3U/4HP asynchronous serial interface with octal UART, RS-232/RS-485 individually selectable, 8x Micro-D on front panel or via RI/O (TTL) |
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