Handwheel encoder termination resistors – Delta Tau PMAC2A-PC/104 User Manual

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PMAC2A PC104 Hardware Reference Manual

Acc-1P Hardware Setup

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The ‘-‘ inputs of each differential pair each have a hard-wired 2.2 k

Ω resistor to +5V; each also has

another 2.2 k

Ω resistor as part of a socketed resistor pack that can be configured as a pull-up resistor to

+5V, or a pull-down resistor to GND.

If this socketed resistor is configured as a pull-down resistor (the default configuration), the combination
of pull-up and pull-down resistors on this line acts as a voltage divider, holding the line at +2.5V in the
absence of an external signal. This configuration is required for single-ended inputs using the ‘+’ lines
alone; it is desirable for unconnected inputs to prevent the pick-up of spurious noise; it is permissible for
differential line-driver inputs.

If this socketed resistor is configured as a pull-up resistor (by reversing the SIP pack in the socket), the
two parallel 2.2 k

Ω resistors act as a single 1.1 kΩ pull-up resistor, holding the line at +5V in the absence

of an external signal. This configuration is required if complementary open-collector drivers are used; it
is permissible for differential line-driver inputs.

If Pin 1 of the resistor pack, marked by a dot on the pack, matches Pin 1 of the socket, labeled by a white
square, then the pack is configured as a bank of pull-down resistors. If the pack is reversed in the socket,
it is configured as a bank of pull-up resistors. The following table lists the pull-up/pull-down resistor
pack for each input device:

Device

Resistor Pack

Pack Size

Encoder 1

RP30

6-pin

Encoder 2

RP31

6-pin

Encoder 3

RP36

6-pin

Encoder 4

RP37

6-pin

Handwheel Encoder

RP55

6-pin

Handwheel Encoder Termination Resistors

The PMAC provides a socket for termination resistors on the handwheel encoder differential input pairs
coming into the board. As shipped, there is no resistor pack in the RP56 socket. If these signals are
brought long distances into the PMAC board and ringing at signal transitions is a problem, a SIP resistor
pack may be mounted on the RP56 socket to reduce or eliminate the ringing. The 6-pin termination
resistor pack is the type that has independent resistors (no common connection) with each resistor using 2
adjacent pins.

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