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Renesas Electronics Interface Products

The history of Renesas' communication interface ICs dates back to the 1970s, and the company continues to play an active role as a market leader today, with a lineup of ICs that offer a variety of features, including high-speed communication, low power consumption, and high ESD resistance.

Product Summary

Renesas' RS-232 and RS-485/422 products are ICs that act as interfaces for communications between industrial equipment, such as transceivers and receivers.

item RS-232 RS-422 RS-485
Transmission Signal single end Differential Differential
Number of connections 1:1 1:N N:M
Maximum number of drivers connected 1 1 32
Maximum number of receiver connections 1 10 32
Maximum Cable Length Approximately 15m 1220m(4000ft) 1220m(4000ft)
Transmission speed Max.19.8kbps  Max. 10Mbps @15.2m/Min. ≦90kbps @1200m

Features

  • IEC61000 with enhanced ESD protection
  • Heavy Duty Fault Protection: Overvoltage Protection (OVP)
  • High Speed Transceiver
  • Low voltage/low power
  • Low Cost Transceivers
  • Multi-protocol

Product Specifications

product type

■ Basic
Basic functions: Number of nodes - Maximum 32, Failsafe - Open
- ESD protection: Specified by the Human Body Model
 
■ESD protection & full functionality
- ESD protection: Specified in IEC61000-4-2 (electrostatic discharge immunity test)
Fully featured: Node count – up to 256, Fully fail-safe – Open, Short, Idle Bus, Hot plug
 
■ESD protection, high speed, full functionality
40Mbps data rate, IEC61000-4-2 ESD protection, full functionality
Applications: Robotics, control, data collection where low latency and high throughput are required
 
■±60V overvoltage protection
- ±60V overvoltage protection (OVP operates even during power down or when VCC/GND terminals are floating), full function
- Wide range of common mode voltages ⇒ Supports increased common mode voltages in long distance networks and noisy environments
 
■Micro Power
・Power supply voltage: 1.8V to 3.6V, self-consumption current: 105uA @1.8V
・Although not fully compliant with the RS-485 standard, it provides robust differential communication even at distances of over 300m
 
■4ch Tx & Rx
- 4ch built-in
- Unidirectional transmission
・3.0V to 5.5V power supply, full functionality
 
■ Dual Protocol
- RS-232 and RS-485 in one package

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