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SN888C
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SLLSEI4 – SEPTEMBER 2013
Bus-Polarity Correcting RS-485 Transceiver for E-Meters
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FEATURES
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• Exceeds Requirements of EIA-485 Standard • Bus-Polarity Correction within 76 ms • Data Rate: 300 bps to 250 kbps • Works with Two Configurations:
– Failsafe Resistors Only – Failsafe and Termination Resistors • Up to 256 Nodes on a Bus • SOIC-8 Package for Backward Compatibility • Bus-Pin Protection: – ±16 kV HBM protection – ±12 kV IEC61000-4-2 Contact Discharge – +4 kV IEC61000-4-4 Fast Transient Burst
APPLICATIONS
• E-meters
DESCRIPTION
The SN888C is a low-power RS-485 transceiver with bus-polarity correction and transient protection. Upon hot plug-in the device detects and corrects the bus polarity within the first 76 ms of bus idling.