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<font face="Arial">I thought I'd seen some tricks, but this one
rates high on the "interesting" level.<br>
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Standard MAX485 chip BUT, the /RE and DE lines are driven by the
TX data. On the RS-485 side there's an active termination that
pulls the line to marking. So a space on the TX data enables the
transmitter and drives the RS-485 to space. A mark disables the
driver so the termination pulls it back to marking time.<br>
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The receive data then is only active while the TX line is mark.<br>
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Half duplex data without complicated switching.<br>
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Personally I would have put a slight delay (maybe an RC network)
between sending the Mark so the RS-485 chip would drive it, and
THEN I would remove the enable.<br>
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Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc. <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.interstellar.com">www.interstellar.com</a>
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