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RS-423 specifies the electrical characteristics of a single unbalanced signal. The standard was written to be referenced by other standards that specify the complete DTE/DCE interface for applications which require a unbalanced voltage circuit to transmit data.
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standard, both of which use the same overall signaling system, but differ in that RS-422 has a dedicated return line for every data pin, while RS-423 uses a single return line. Use of a common ground is one weakness of RS-423 (and
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Interfaces are listed by their speed in the (roughly) ascending order, so the interface at the end of each section should be the fastest.
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specify the electrical characteristics of the unbalanced voltage digital interface circuit. RS-423 provides for data transmission, using
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RS-423 systems can transmit data on cables as long as 1,200 meters (3,900 ft). It is closely related to
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offering greater cable lengths, it is not widely used.
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Buchanan W.J. (2004) RS-422, RS-423 and RS-485. In:
357:The Handbook of Data Communications and Networks.
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286:connector. This was sometimes called "DEC-423".
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210:signals, with unidirectional/non-reversible,
136:, is a technical standard originated by the
226:Guidelines for data rate versus line length
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262:connector) use RS-423 electrical signals.
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182:RS-423 is the common short form title of
435:Diagram of pin connections for BBC micro
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184:American National Standards Institute
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230:RS-423 is closely related to the
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16:Standard for serial communication
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59:10 (1 driver & 10 receivers)
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192:ITU-T Recommendation T-REC-V.10
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138:Electronic Industries Alliance
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51:Point-to-point, Multi-dropped
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755:Direct Media Interface (DMI)
67:1200 meters (4000 feet)
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282:used it extensively with a
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43:Group of copper cables
359:Springer, Boston, MA.
316:List of network buses
284:Modified Modular Jack
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992:IEEE-1394 (FireWire)
730:PCI Extended (PCI-X)
430:RS-423 specification
154:RS-423 specifies an
91:-6V to +6V (maximum)
35:Protocol information
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1158:CoreConnect
1137:ExpressCard
1065:Thunderbolt
1055:Camera Link
838:Bus and Tag
524:Address bus
519:Control bus
514:Daisy chain
134:TIA/EIA-423
115:Tx, Rx, GND
1211:Categories
1011:ACCESS.bus
910:Peripheral
710:InfiniBand
705:HP GSC bus
499:System bus
404:, May 1993
342:2021-07-08
322:References
212:terminated
204:unbalanced
156:unbalanced
107:+4V to +6V
99:-4V to -6V
30:EIA RS-423
972:Lightning
922:Atari SIO
797:SpaceWire
630:Zorro III
570:S-100 bus
565:SS-50 bus
558:Standards
478:standards
471:Technical
336:"EIA-423"
272:BBC Micro
200:standards
1198:Category
1173:Wishbone
1146:Embedded
1125:Portable
1045:Profibus
977:DMX512-A
863:Parallel
715:Ethernet
625:Zorro II
575:Multibus
476:de facto
367:page 627
311:Fieldbus
306:Profibus
290:See also
104:Space(0)
27:Standard
1178:SLIMbus
1132:PC Card
1116:TOSLINK
806:Storage
760:RapidIO
640:FASTBUS
595:STD Bus
492:General
382:itu.int
256:EIA-449
248:EIA-530
142:RS-232C
96:Mark(1)
88:Voltage
1111:S/PDIF
1002:1-Wire
967:RS-485
962:RS-423
957:RS-422
952:RS-232
813:ST-506
770:NVLink
620:STEbus
580:Unibus
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301:RS-485
237:RS-232
232:RS-422
170:&
164:RS-232
149:RS-422
130:RS-423
1106:McASP
1074:Audio
1019:SMBus
1015:PMBus
997:UNI/O
937:HP-IL
890:SATAe
875:ESCON
848:HIPPI
680:NuBus
635:CAMAC
605:Q-Bus
600:SMBus
585:VAXBI
482:wired
387:3 May
260:DC-37
252:DB-25
22:RS423
1163:AMBA
1101:MADI
1086:AES3
947:MIDI
900:NVMe
896:AHCI
858:SCSI
843:DSSI
818:ESDI
695:SBus
655:EISA
590:MBus
480:for
473:and
389:2023
361:ISBN
270:The
196:X.26
1167:AXI
1096:I²S
1050:USB
1035:D²B
1030:SPI
1025:I3C
1007:I²C
942:HIL
927:DCB
898:or
885:SSA
868:SAS
828:SMD
823:IPI
745:AGP
735:PXI
725:PCI
720:UPA
700:VLB
690:MCA
675:VPX
670:VXS
665:VXI
660:VME
645:LPC
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168:DTE
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