GENERAL DESCRIPTION The 7I44 is a 8 channel RS-422/RS-485 interface for Mesa s Anything I/O series of FPGA interface cards.The 7I44 has 8 independent receive and transmit channels. Each transmit channel has a independent drive enable for bus or 2 wire half duplex systems.
CABLE/AUX 5V POWER TOP = CABLE 5V POWER CABLE POWER/P1/TB2 POWER SELECTION The 7I44 can get its operating power from the flat FPGA cable or from P1. For testing and with very low power remote devices, cable power can be used. W1 selects whether cable power connects to the 7I44s 5V supply.
50 pin header connector J1 connects to the anything I/O card/motion controller. This can be a male 50 pin header on the top of the 7I44 card or a female 50 conductor header on the bottom side of the 7I44 depending on 7I44 model.
All RJ-45 jacks have the same pin-out. This pin-out is complementary to the pin-out used on all of Mesa’s remote serial devices. When used with Mesa devices a straight through CAT 6 cable is required. In addition to providing full duplex RS-422 communication the CAT6 cable provides a small amount of 5V power to some remote devices.
7I44 be powered form an external 5V source (W1 DOWN) RS-485 CAPABLE CHANNELS All of the serial channels on the 7I44 have output enables and can be used for RS- 485 half duplex type applications. For 2 wire half duplex type RS-485 interfaces, the RX+ and TX+ lines and the RX- and TX- lines should be tied together at the 7I44.
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