Digital; Midi - RME Audio MADIface XT User Manual

AES/EBU
• XLR, transformer-balanced, galvanically isolated, according to AES3-1992
• Output level Professional 4.5 Vpp, Consumer 2.6 Vpp
• Format Professional according to AES3-1992 Amendment 4
• Format Consumer (SPDIF) according to IEC 60958
• Single Wire mode, sample rate 28 kHz up to 200 kHz
Word Clock
• BNC
• Max. output voltage: 5 Vpp
• Output voltage @ 75 Ohm termination: 4.0 Vpp
• Output impedance: 10 Ohm
• Frequency range: 28 kHz – 200 kHz

29.4 Digital

• Clocks: Internal, MADI In, Word Clock In, AES In
• Low jitter design: < 1 ns in PLL mode, all inputs
• Internal clock: 800 ps jitter, random spread spectrum
• Jitter suppression of external clocks: about 30 dB (2.4 kHz)
• Effective clock jitter influence on DA conversion: near zero
• Provides nearly jitter-free word clock directly from the MADI input signal
• Input PLL ensures zero dropout, even at more than 100 ns jitter
• Supported sample rates: 28 kHz up to 200 kHz
• Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification v1.1
• 1-Lane PCI Express Endpoint device
• 2.5 Gbps line speed
• Packet-based full-duplex communication (up to 500 MB/s transfer rate)

29.5 MIDI

• 1 x MIDI I/O via breakout cable
• 3 x MIDI I/O via MADI
• PCIe bus based hi-speed operation
• Separate 128 byte FIFO for input and output
• MIDI state machine in hardware for reduced interrupt request load
• Invisible transmission via User bit of channel 56 (up to 48 kHz)
• Invisible transmission via User bit of channel 28 (up to 96 kHz)
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