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- From: markz@ssc.wa.com (Mark Zenier)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: EIA-232 cable length restrictions
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.225710.11073@ssc.wa.com>
- Date: 18 Aug 92 22:57:10 GMT
- References: <1992Aug17.192021.4354@miles.com>
- Organization: SSC, Inc., Seattle, WA
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- jep@miles.com (Joseph Perry) writes:
- : I'm trying to determine the maximum cable length for EIA-232 connections.
- : EIA-232 specifies that the effective shunt capacitance of the receiver
- : side of the interchange circuit be no more that 2500 picofarads.
- : ....
- : Have I missed something in my measurements and analysis or is the EIA-232
- : standard overly conservative in limiting cable length?
-
- "Technical Aspects of Data Communication" by John E. McNamara,
- published by Digital, has an appendix on "How Far - How Fast?"
- with charts for various schemes like rs-232, 422, 423 and 20 milliamp
- loops. (At least the 1978 edition does.)
-
- There is also similar information in some editions of the databooks
- for Interface integrated circuits from Texas Instruments.
-
- Mark Zenier markz@ssc.wa.com
-