Re: USB to IEC

From: Mia Magnusson <mia_at_plea.se>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 12:04:11 +0100
Message-ID: <20200110120411.0000642f_at_plea.se>
Den Tue, 7 Jan 2020 11:58:04 -0600 skrev Jim Brain <brain_at_jbrain.com>:
> On 1/7/2020 4:24 AM, Mia Magnusson wrote:
> > Btw the level converters Raj Wurttemberg linked to will damage the
> > PI after a while if using more than one device on the IEC bus (in
> > addition to the PI), so for example combining a PI1541 with a real
> > 1541 should be done with the unidirectional active level converters
> > instead of those passive-ish bidirectional converters.
> 
> How so?  The FETs are open drain, so do not drive a high voltage at
> all, they just sink current.

Afaik all the sink current goes through the PI when using that
bidirectional converter. Therefore the slightly newer PI1541 hardware
with unidirectional level converters is the recommendation.

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