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iso9001
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| Can someone please explain CMOS Communication |
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asmallri
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:27 am |
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CMOS == complementary metal oxide semiconductor and is a standard technology used to built devices such as PIC microcontrollers. If you look at the datasheet for a PIC you will see it is built using CMOS logic. Prior to the common adoption of CMOS telechnology, the most widely used digital logic was TTL (transistor-transistor logic). The actual voltage level when an input was judged to transition from a logic zero level to a logic 1 level varied significantly between these technologies. Simplistically, with CMOS logic an input voltage of <50% of the supply voltage is interpretted as a logic 0 and an input voltage of >50% of the supply voltage is interpretted as a logic 1. In the early days of CMOS logic at lot of effort was made to make CMOS devices that accepted (correctly interpreted) TTL input levels. A CMOS input is VERY HIGH impedance and as such a CMOS input presents virtually no load to a device driving it.
The MC33990 data sheets' reference to "interfaces directly to a 5V cmos microcontroller" means that no level conversion is required and the switching thresholds would be at approximately 2.5 volts as discussed above.
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How do I send data to it? (Timings and whatnot) |
Now that's a funny question to be asking. It's like saying I have decided to buy a calculator. How do I know when to use it?
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Mark
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 7:16 am |
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| Quote: | | How do I send data to it? (Timings and whatnot) |
That's what the datasheet is for. |
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rwyoung
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| Re: Can someone please explain CMOS Communication |
| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 9:06 am |
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| iso9001 wrote: | Hello,
I'm thinking about using this a transeiver (MC33990) for a project I have coming up. It has a tx and rx pin and says it "interfaces directly to a 5V cmos microcontroller".
What the does that mean ?
How do I send data to it? (Timings and whatnot)
What am I looking for on the rx pin ?
This would be a lot easier w/ a clock pin.
Thanks in advance |
Ok, before you get beat up too badly for this one, I have to ask why you want to use this part? Did you pick it yourself or was it thrust upon you? If you picked it yourself, why did you pick it, that is to ask, what is your ultimate goal.
If it was thrust upon you, maybe you need to ask for clarification.
This is a device for comunicating on the SAE J-1850 bus. It is a 1-wire bus. The TX pin is receiving data from the MICRO and trying to shove it out onto the bus wire. The RX pin is taking data from the bus and presenting it to the microcontroller. The RX and TX pins are "self-clocked" like good old RS232 data would be. However don't expect the UART in the PIC to be a zero-thought solution to the problem.
Motorola/Freescale is generally pretty good about having application notes for their parts. However in this case it looks a little sparse so I'd suggest you google around some more for information on both the chip and the J-1850 bus and its protocols.
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iso9001
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 2:37 pm |
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Ok. I understand the 5V and 2.5V deal. And I'm guessing that the UART built in can determine if its 2.5V cause ADC is not going to be fast enough here.
And no. Asking about timing is not a funny question. Since I cant find it in the data sheet, Its a GOOD question.
To get this interface to send out a 1, would I just output 5V to it and then let it determine if it needs to be active or passive, or must I determine this and then even if I want a 1 on the bus, output a logical 0 for a short pulse (that means 1 on the bus)
The datasheet IS sparse and the parts that are there kinda confused me since I was missing some basic info like the subject of the original post. I'll reread it now.
So... replies like: 'Thats what the datasheet is for' just really waste bandwidth, if you havn't looked at the sheet to see the answer isnt there or at least may be hiding.
If its just send in binary data then I'de assume there would need to be a buffer inside this thing to properly time the data going onto the bus. And at the same time, if all this thing is doing is conditioning the line for me, and the rx is in the same bit timing as the bus, then this really does me no good since I have already done that it hardware along using a push-pull transistor setup
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Mark
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 3:07 pm |
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| Quote: | And no. Asking about timing is not a funny question. Since I cant find it in the data sheet, Its a GOOD question.
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Humm, now you say you looked at the datasheet but did you read it? I did a quick scan and found this.
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Receiver Protocol
The Class B communication scheme uses a variable pulse
width (VPW) protocol. The microcontroller provides the VPW
decoding function. Once the receiver detects a transition on Rx,
it starts an internal counter. The initial �start of frame� bit is a
logic [1] and lasts 200 �s. For subsequent bits, if there is a bus
transition before 96 �s, one logic state is inferred. If there is a
bus transition after 96 �s, the other logic state is inferred. The
�end of data� bit is a logic [0] and lasts 200 �s. If there is no
activity on the bus for 280 �s to 320 �s following a broadcast
message, multiple unit nodes may arbitrate for control of the
next message. During an arbitration, after the �start of frame� bit
has been transmitted, the secondary node transmitting the
most consecutive logic [0] bits will be granted sole transmission
access to the bus for that message.
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You really need to read the datasheet. Its not our fault you can't understand it. Now about that waste of bandwidth you were talking about. It seems that if you were to actually read and understand the datasheet, you wouldn't be asking questions that can be found in there. Now if you haven't figured it out yet, the UART on the pic ain't going to do you a bit of good as rwyoung has told you.
| Quote: | However don't expect the UART in the PIC to be a zero-thought solution to the problem.
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| Quote: | Ok. I understand the 5V and 2.5V deal. And I'm guessing that the UART built in can determine if its 2.5V cause ADC is not going to be fast enough here.
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From this statement, I don't think you really do understand. From the datasheet:
| Quote: | The 33990 operates directly from a vehicle's
12 V battery system and functions in a logic fashion as an I/O interface
between the microcontroller's 5.0 V CMOS logic level swings and the required
0 V to 7.0 V waveshaped signal swings of the bus. |
The chip converts the signal to something the micro can read. From the datasheet:
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Rx Output Voltage Low
VBUS = 0 V, IRx = 1.6 mA
VRx(LOW)
min=0.01 typ=0.18 max=0.4V
Rx Output Voltage High
VBUS = 7.0 V, IRx = -200 �A
VRx(HIGH)
min=4.25 typ=4.48 max=4.75V
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So your micro should see 4.48V or 4.25V at a minimum.
| Quote: | | If its just send in binary data then I'de assume there would need to be a buffer inside this thing to properly time the data going onto the bus. And at the same time, if all this thing is doing is conditioning the line for me, and the rx is in the same bit timing as the bus, then this really does me no good since I have already done that it hardware along using a push-pull transistor setup |
Read the datasheet  It will do you know good. |
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rwyoung
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 3:59 pm |
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| iso9001 wrote: | | If its just send in binary data then I'de assume there would need to be a buffer inside this thing to properly time the data going onto the bus. And at the same time, if all this thing is doing is conditioning the line for me, and the rx is in the same bit timing as the bus, then this really does me no good since I have already done that it hardware along using a push-pull transistor setup |
Bingo! The moto chip is just doing the signal conditioning for you. The microcontroller is in charge of generating the PWM stuff. The chip is a fancier version of the push-pull transistor setup you have made for yourself. There look to be some bells and whistles for protecting the microcontroller from transients on the J1850 bus. And also some good stuff for helping keep the line impedance correct.
If it was me, I'd attach the RX pin to B0 as an interrupt and use B1 as the TX pin (I'm assuming the PIC16F877A here so adjust for yourself). You could also try using the CCP1 capture pin(s), especially for the RX pin. But I think an interrupt service routine that can reprogram its interrupt polarity would be fast enough for this bus. First time catch the rising edge then just before leaving the ISR set up to catch the next falling edge, etc.
A quick google of J1850 gave me this link and the Intel white paper looks very much like the last piece of information you may need:
http://www.intel.com/design/intarch/papers/j1850_wp.htm
Looks like you will also be responsible for handling bus contentions if you are going to be a "node" on the J1850 bus.
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iso9001
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 4:07 pm |
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Yea, I reread and I see that all this thing is doing is taking my 5V or 0V signal and conditioning it to what hte bus wants to see. I still need to do all the protocol work.
This ic is just to provide a link to the physical layer. Crap.
What I'm looking for is a J-1850 protocol IC. I could care less about this physical layer crap since I already worked it out in hardware myself.
The only ones I can find are built into other microcontrolers (motorolla series)
I guess I can continue to work in PIC if I create my own protocol implementation (which I half have now) the problem is reading signals in. I had horrible luck using ccp to capture pulse timing. I think it was because of the wave shaped pulses that come off the bus. It always reported erratic timings. Perhaps the output from thisdevice will be cleaner and I can measure pulses more effectivly ???
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Mark
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 4:14 pm |
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| Quote: | What I'm looking for is a J-1850 protocol IC. I could care less about this physical layer crap since I already worked it out in hardware myself.
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Make one out of a pic and sell it  |
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iso9001
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 4:34 pm |
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ELM already beat me to it.
Besides, that sounds like work. I do this for fun, If i wanted more work... I guess I'de work more.
I'm just sumpted since I find it crazy that no one has a J-1850 controller for use with any SPI/I2C/etc interface. How could no one have a need for that ? |
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rwyoung
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:20 pm |
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| iso9001 wrote: | ELM already beat me to it.
Besides, that sounds like work. I do this for fun, If i wanted more work... I guess I'de work more.
I'm just sumpted since I find it crazy that no one has a J-1850 controller for use with any SPI/I2C/etc interface. How could no one have a need for that ? |
Perhaps these parts?
http://www2.okisemi.com/us/docs/ConnectivityICTables-1.html
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