TPMC460

16 Channel RS232/RS422 Serial Interface

  • Standard single-width 32 bit PMC module
  • 16 channels RS232 and/or RS422 interfaces
  • High performance asynchronous serial interface (up to 5.5296 Mbps)
  • Hardware handshake support available
  • 64 byte FIFO
  • Front panel I/O (HD68 connector) and P14 I/O

Product status: Active

The TPMC460 is a standard single-width 32 bit PMC module and offers 16 channels of high performance asynchronous serial interface.

Five different standard modules are available: The TPMC460-10R provides 16 RS232 interfaces. The TPMC460-11R provides 16 RS422 interfaces. The TPMC460-12R provides 8 RS232 and 8 RS422 interfaces. The TPMC460-13R provides 12 RS232 and 4 RS422 interfaces. The TPMC460-14R provides 4 RS232 and 12 RS422 interfaces.

Other configurations are available as factory option on a per channel basis.

All modules offer front panel I/O with a HD68 connector and P14 I/O. Each RS232 channel supports RxD, TxD, RTS and CTS. Each RS422 supports RxD+/- and TxD+/-.

A transparent 32 bit / 66 MHzPCI-to-PCI Bridge provides access to the two Exar XR17D158 octal PCI-UARTs. The PCI-to-PCI Bridge allows 32 bit accesses on the local PCI bus and permits the high data throughput necessary for the high performance serial interfaces.

Each channel has 64 byte transmit and receive FIFOs to significantly reduce the overhead required to provide data to and get data from the transmitters and receivers. The FIFO trigger levels are programmable and the baud rate is individually programmable up to 921.6 kbps for RS232 channels and 5.5296 Mbps for RS422 channels. The UART offers readable FIFO levels.

Interrupts are supported. For fast interrupt source detection each octal UART provides a special Global Interrupt Source Register.

All serial channels use ESD protected transceivers up to ±15KV according to IEC 1000-4-2.

The TPMC460 can operate with 3.3V and 5.0V PCI I/O signaling voltage.

Software Support (TDRV002-SW-xx) for different operating systems is available.

PRODUCT VARIATIONS

TPMC460-10R

16 Channel Serial RS232

16 RS232 serial interfaces with hardware handshake; baudrates up to 921.6 kbps; Front I/O via HD68 / SCSI-3 connector; Rear I/O

TPMC460-11R

16 Channel Serial RS422

16 RS422 serial interfaces; baudrates up to 5.5296 Mbps; Front I/O via HD68 / SCSI-3 connector; Rear I/O

TPMC460-12R

8 Channel Serial RS232, 8 Channel Serial RS422

8 RS232 serial interfaces with hardware handshake; baudrates up to 921.6 kbps; 8 RS422 serial interfaces; baudrates up to 5.5296 Mbps; Front I/O via HD68 / SCSI-3 connector; Rear I/O

TPMC460-13R

12 Channel Serial RS232, 4 Channel Serial RS422

12 RS232 serial interfaces with hardware handshake; baudrates up to 921.6 kbps; 4 RS422 serial interfaces; baudrates up to 5.5296 Mbps; Front I/O via HD68 / SCSI-3 connector; Rear I/O

TPMC460-14R

4 Channel Serial RS232, 12 Channel Serial RS422

4 RS232 serial interfaces with hardware handshake; baudrates up to 921.6 kbps; 12 RS422 serial interfaces; baudrates up to 5.5296 Mbps; Front I/O via HD68 / SCSI-3 connector; Rear I/O

ACCESSORIES

HD68 / SCSI-3 Cable

HD68 / SCSI-3 Terminal Block

Cable Kit for Modules with HD68 / SCSI-3 Connector

PIM I/O Module with HD68 SCSI-3 type Connector and special pin assignment

SOFTWARE

Device Driver for Multiple Channel Serial Interface Family

Data Sheet

Data Sheet - Issue 1.0.1

User Manual

User Manual - Issue 1.0.6