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Jan Axelson

"Serial Port Complete: COM Ports, USB Virtual COM Ports, and Ports for Embedded Systems"


TIA-485-A designates the two lines in a differential pair as A and B. At a typical
RS-485 driver, a TTL logic-high input brings line A more positive than line B,
while a TTL logic-low input brings line B more positive than line A. At the
RS-485 receiver, if input A is more positive than input B, the TTL output is
logic high, and if input B is more positive than input A, the TTL output is logic
low.
Referenced to the receiver??™s ground, each input must be within the range -7V to
+12V. This range allows for differences in ground potential between the driver
and receiver. The maximum allowed differential voltage, or the difference
between the voltages on line A and line B, is ?±6V.
3$ &  # 4
Balanced lines are quiet because the two signal wires carry nearly equal but
opposite currents. The currents reduce received noise because most noise is
Inside RS-485
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Figure 6-1: An unbalanced line uses one wire per signal while a balanced line uses
two wires per signal. Both types of line must have a common ground reference.
Table 6-1: TIA-485 and TIA-422 are balanced interfaces. TIA-422 allows just one
transmitter per line.
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Cable length @90 kbps, max. (ft), approximate 4000 4000
Cable length @10 Mbps.,max. (ft), approximate 50 50
Data rate, max. (bps) 10M 10M
Differential output (minimum, V) ?± 2 ?± 1.


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