PCI-SIO4 User Manual
General Standards Corporation
8302A Whitesburg Drive Huntsville, AL 35802, Phone: (256) 880-8787
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INTRODUCTION
The PCI-SI04 interface card is capable of transmitting and receiving serial data, generating interrupts, and
also provides loop-back testing.
This card provides the following specific functionalities:
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PCI Bus Interface
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Interrupt functionality
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FIFOs are provided for data transmit and for data receive to increase the size of the receive buffers.
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User interface signals connections are provided via connectors on the front panel.
1.1
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
As shown in the functional block diagram (see Figure 1.1-1), this board includes the following:
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PCI Bus Slave Interface
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RS 485/422 Differential Cable Transceivers
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2 Universal Serial Controllers (USC), The (Zilog ZI6C30s)
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Transmit FIFO Buffers
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Receive FIFO Buffers
Figure1.1-1 Functional Block Diagram