SN65HVD257 EVM Setup and Operation for Redundant (Parallel Networks)
3.2
Using CAN Bus Load and Termination Configuration
Each bus of the EVM is populated with two 120
Ω
power resistors selectable via jumpers between CANH
and CANL. By using one of the resistors, the EVM may be used as a terminated end of a bus. For
electrical measurements to represent the total loading of the bus, use both 120
Ω
resistors in parallel to
give the standard 60
Ω
load for parametric measurement. The EVM also has footprints for customer
installation of split termination if the application requires it. The table below summarizes how to use these
termination options. If split termination is used, care must be taken to match the resistors. The common-
mode filter frequency may be calculated by: f
c
= 1 / (2
π
R C). Normally, the split capacitance is in the
range of 4.7nF to 100nF. Keep in mind that this is the common-mode filter frequency, not a differential
filter that will impact the differential CAN signal directly.
Table 3. CAN Bus Termination Configuration
Split Termination
CM Stabilizing
120
Ω
Resistors
Footprints
Capacitor
"Termination Configuration Bus 1"
JMP4
JMP6
R5
R13
C3
Standard Termination (120
Ω
)
shorted
open
NA
NA
NA
60
Ω
load - Electrical Parameterics
shorted
shorted
NA
NA
NA
Split Termination (Common Mode
open
open
60
Ω
60
Ω
populated
Stabilization)
Split Termination
CM Stabilizing
"Termination Configuration Bus 2"
120
Ω
Resistors
Footprints
Capacitor
JMP9
JMP11
R29
R37
C23
Standard Termination (120
Ω
)
shorted
open
NA
NA
NA
60
Ω
load - Electrical Parameterics
shorted
shorted
NA
NA
NA
Split Termination (Common Mode
open
open
60
Ω
60
Ω
populated
Stabilization)
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SLLU172 – August 2012
SN65HVD257 CAN EVM: Functional Safety and Redundant CAN Network
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