TIDUDI9A January 2018 – May 2025 ISOM8610
This reference design shows a compact implementation of 16 isolated digital input channels using TI's ISO121x devices. The design works without an isolated supply and supports up to 100-kHz input signals (200-kbit) per channel. The design is split into two groups of eight channels each. A broken wire detection can be executed using only one additional opto-emulator switch ISOM86xx device for each channel or two opto-emulator switches and one additional capacitor for each group. For this functionality, no secondary side supply is needed, which gives a unique benefit to digital input modules using the ISO121x family, compared to regular digital input modules which need an additional isolated power supply on the field input side for broken wire diagnostic.