ISL8487 Description
Unlike petitive devices, this Intersil family is specified for 10% tolerance supplies (4.5V to 5.5V). The ISL81483 and ISL81487 present a 1/8 unit load to the RS-485 bus, which allows up to 256 transceivers on the network for large node count systems (e.g., process automation, remote meter reading systems). The 1/4 UL ISL8487 allows up to 128 transceivers on the bus.