Synchronous serial interface for SBus
The SSD4 is a discontinued product, and is no longer supported. This information is provided for reference only.
Features
- Serial rates up to 15 Mbits/sec
- 1, 2, or 4 channels per board
- Independent clock per channel
- Programmable 1, 2, or 4 data bits per clock
- RS422 compatible driver/receivers
- SunSPARCstation compatible
- TTL compatible driver/receivers with special cables
- Single SBus slot
- Device drivers for Solaris 2.4 and later
Applications
- Monitoring serial data communications
- Telecom receiver
Description
The SSD4 synchronous serial interface is an SCD-20 modified to collect one to four channels of synchronous serial data. A synchronous serial interface channel is composed of one to four data bits accompanied by a clock. The data is sampled on the rising edge of the clock and stored in the host computer memory by the SCD-20 DMA. The SSD4 can be configured with one, two or four independent serial interface channels, and stores the channel number along with the data acquired from that channel.
Software
A device driver for Solaristm is included with the SSD4. The driver provides access to the SSD4 through standard and asynchronous read and write system calls. A DMA ring buffer management library is provided for high speed continuous transfers.
Cables
Use the SSD4 with one of two optional 10 foot cables. The CAB-SS provides a differential RS-422 interface. The CAB-TTL provides a single ended TTL interface. Each cable allows up to four channels: the number of active channels and data bits in each channel depends on the configuration of the SCD-20 board and associated software.
Options
- Custom cables
- Up to 100 Mbits/sec data rate available with LVDS or PECL I/O
Support
EDT provides several levels of customer support, from phone consultation to custom design of hardware and software, at hourly rates.
Specifications
SBus Compliance
Number of slots: 1
Transfer size: 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16
Words per transfer: As many as the host computer will accomodate
DVMA Master
SBus memory space: Approx. 66Kb
Data Transfer
Protocol: synchronous
Transfer: 1, 2, or 4 separate
Clock
4 channel operation- clocks up to 2.2 MHz
2 channel operation- clocks up to 5 MHz
1 channel operation- clocks up to 15 MHz
Signals
RS422 with CAB-SS
TTL with CAB-TTL
Variable with SSD4-SE chassis
Software
Device drivers for Solaris 2.4 or later
Power
2 A @ 5 volts
Environmental
Temperature: Operating, 10° to 40° C; non-operating, -20° to 60° C
Humidity: Operating, 20% to 80% noncondensing at 40° C; non-operating, 95% noncondensing at 40° C
Physical
Single standard SBus slot
Dimensions: 3.9″ x 5.05″ x 0.5″
Weight: 3.8 oz.
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