This section defines the scope of the document, provides a brief history of the Pi-Bus, discusses key features of the Pi-Bus, and provides an overview of the operation of the Pi-Bus.
This document is a handbook intended to accompany AS4710 Pi-Bus standard. The purpose of this document is to provide information to aid users of the Pi-Bus, whether they be implementors of Pi-Bus controllers, architects of systems considering using the Pi-Bus, or programmers who must develop applications in a system which uses the Pi-Bus as the backplane communications bus. This document also provides rationale for many of the Pi-Bus requirements as defined in AS4710 and a discussion of potential enhancements that are being considered for the Pi-Bus.
The following is a mapping of major sections in this document for particular audiences:
a
Overview of Pi-Bus and its capabilities:
Section 1
b
Pi-Bus rationale:
Sections 3
,
4
, and
5
c
information for IC designers:
Sections 3
,
4
,
5
,
8
, and
9
d
Information for system designers/architects:
Sections 1
,
6
,
7
, and
9
e
Information for software designer:
Sections 1
,
6
, and
7
The following is a synopsis of the history of the Pi-Bus.
| SDO | SAE: SAE International |
| Document Number | AIR4903 |
| Publication Date | May 3, 2012 |
| Language | en - English |
| Page Count | 134 |
| Revision Level | A |
| Supercedes | |
| Committee |