TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1
GENERAL DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................................................ 1
PIN CONFIGURATION ...................................................................................................................................................... 3
DESCRIPTION OF PIN FUNCTIONS ............................................................................................................................... 4
PROTOCOL DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................................. 9
NETWORK PROTOCOL ........................................................................................................................................... 9
NETWORK RECONFIGURATION ........................................................................................................................... 9
BROADCAST MESSAGES ..................................................................................................................................... 10
EXTENDED TIMEOUT FUNCTION ........................................................................................................................ 10
LINE PROTOCOL .................................................................................................................................................... 10
SYSTEM DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................................................. 12
MICROPROCESSOR INTERFACE ......................................................................................................................... 12
TRANSMISSION MEDIA INTERFACE .................................................................................................................... 13
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................................................................... 13
MICROSEQUENCER ............................................................................................................................................... 13
ADDRESS DECODING ............................................................................................................................................ 19
INTERNAL REGISTERS .......................................................................................................................................... 22
INTERNAL RAM ....................................................................................................................................................... 29
SOFTWARE INTERFACE ........................................................................................................................................ 29
SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY CONSIDERATIONS .............................................................................................. 31
COMMAND CHAINING ............................................................................................................................................ 32
RESET DETAILS ...................................................................................................................................................... 34
READ AND WRITE CYCLES ................................................................................................................................... 35
NODE ID LOGIC ....................................................................................................................................................... 43
TRANSMIT/RECEIVE LOGIC .................................................................................................................................. 43
IMPROVED DIAGNOSTICS ..................................................................................................................................... 43
OSCILLATOR ........................................................................................................................................................... 45
OPERATIONAL DESCRIPTION ...................................................................................................................................... 46
MAXIMUM GUARANTEED RATINGS ..................................................................................................................... 46
DC CHARACTERISTICS.......................................................................................................................................... 46
TIMING DIAGRAMS ......................................................................................................................................................... 49
Please see Addendum 1 entitled Data Sheet Errata for Revision B COM90C66, which discusses changes to this
data sheet which apply to the Revision B device, on Page 62.
Please see Addendum 2 entitled Data Sheet Errata for Revision D COM90C66, which discusses changes to this
data sheet which apply to the Revision D device, on Page 64.
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