Description

The MAX14830 is an advanced quad universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter (UART), each UART having 128 words of receive and transmit first-in/first-out (FIFO) and a high-speed serial peripheral interface (SPI) or I2C controller interface. A PLL and fractional baud-rate generators allow a high degree of flexibility in baud-rate programming and reference clock selection.Each of the four UARTs is selected by in-band SPI/I2C addressing. Logic-level translation on the transceiver and controller interfaces allows ease of interfacing to microcontrollers, FPGAs, and transceivers that are powered by differing supply voltages.Extensive features simplify transceiver control in half-duplex communication applications. The MAX14830 features the ability to synchronize the start of individual UART's transmission by SPI-based triggering. On-board timers allow programming of delays between transmitters as well as clock generation on GPIOs. The 128-word FIFOs have advanced FIFO control reducing host processor data flow management.The MAX14830 is available in a 48-pin TQFN (7mm × 7mm) package and is specified to operate over the extended -40°C to +85°C temperature range.ApplicationsAirplane Communication BusesIndustrial Control SystemsIO-Link Master ControllersMedical SystemsPoint-of-Sales SystemsProgrammable Logic Controllers (PLC)