Serial Bus Analysis
R&S
®
RTM3000
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User Manual 1335.9090.02 ─ 08
LIN characteristics
Main characteristics of LIN are:
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Single-wire serial communications protocol, based on the UART byte-word inter-
face
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Single master, multiple slaves - usually up to 12 nodes
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Master-controlled communication: master coordinates communication with the LIN
schedule and sends identifier to the slaves
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Synchronization mechanism for clock recovery by slave nodes without crystal or
ceramics resonator
The R&S
RTM3000 supports several versions of the LIN standard: v1.3, v2.0, v2.1 and
the American SAE J2602.
Data transfer
Basic communication concept of LIN:
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Communication in an active LIN network is always initiated by the master.
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Master sends a message header including the synchronization break, the synchro-
nization byte, and the message identifier.
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The identified node sends the message response: one to eight data bytes and one
checksum byte.
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Header and response form the message frame.
Figure 12-29: LIN frame with header and response
The data is transmitted in bytes using the UART byte-word interface without the parity
bit. Each byte consists of a start bit, 8 bits and a stop bit.
Figure 12-30: Structure of a byte field
Data bytes are transmitted LSB first.
LIN (Option R&S
RTM-K3)
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