IP500A: Serial Communication, 232 Industry Pack Module

IP500A: Serial Communication, 232 Industry Pack Module Description

These modules provide asynchronous serial and parallel communication interfaces for your system. Software-configuration helps you quickly set baud rates, character-sizes, stop bits, and parity. Full signal support for modem control is also included.

The IP500A is a drop-in replacement for the IP500, please see the known differences document below for more information.
Known differences between the IP500 and the IP500A statement.

For more efficient data processing, each serial port is equipped with 16-character FIFO buffers on the transmit and receive lines.

The data ports generate individually controlled transmit, receive, line status, and data set interrupts. Since unique interrupt vectors may be assigned to each port, it is easy for you to identify and locate the interrupt source. Also, a priority shifting scheme prevents continuous interrupts from one port from blocking interrupts from another.

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IP500A: Serial Communication, 232 Industry Pack Module Features & Benefits

• EIA/TIA-232E and optional Centronics ports
• 16-byte FIFO buffers
• Interrupts with unique vectors for each port
• Programmable baud rate (up to 128Kbps) (Consult factory for custom rates up to 512Kbps)
• Individual modem control signals on each channel
• Handshake lines (RTS, CTS, DTR, DSR, DCD, RI)
• Line-break and false start-bit detection
• Industry-standard 16C550 family UART includes software-compatible 16C450 mode
• 0 to 70°C
• 16-byte FIFO buffers minimize CPU interaction for improved system performance.
• Each serial channel provides full handshake support to simplify interfacing with modems.

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