SSZT500
April 2023
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When Do You Need Termination on Your RS-485 Bus, and How Do You Terminate Properly?
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What Is Fail-safe Biasing, and How Do You Implement It?
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How Do You Calculate the Maximum Number of Nodes on an RS-485 Bus?
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How Do You Know When You Need to Add a Ground Wire between Nodes?
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What’s the Length vs. Speed Recommendation for RS-485?
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How Do You Estimate the Power Dissipation of RS-485?
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How Do You Protect Your RS-485 Interface from Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)?
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How Do You Know If You Need an External TVS Diode?
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How Do You Protect against Short-circuits to Higher Voltages?
Technical Article
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers for RS-485 Transceivers