Echelon FTXL Hardware - Manual (Page 3)

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Welcome
Echelon’s FTXL™ products enable any product that contains an Altera ® Nios ® II
processor to quickly and inexpensively become a networked smart device. An
FTXL device includes a complete ANSI/CEA 709.1-B (EN14908.1)
implementation that runs on the Nios II embedded processor. Thus, the FTXL
3190™ Smart Transceiver Chip provides a simple way to add L ON W ORKS ®
networking to new or existing smart devices. The FTXL Transceiver is easy to
use because it has a simple host application programming interface (API), a pre-
built link-layer driver, a simple hardware interface, and comprehensive tool
support.
This document describes the hardware interfaces for an FTXL device and the
development boards for which the FTXL Developer’s Kit provides reference
designs.
See the
FTXL User’s Guide for a description of the architecture of an FTXL
device and how to develop the software for an FTXL device.
Audience
This document assumes that the reader has a good understanding of the
L ON W ORKS platform, FPGA device design, and programming for the Altera Nios
II processor.
Related Documentation
In addition to this manual and the FTXL User’s Guide (078-0363-01A), the FTXL
Developer’s Kit includes recent editions of the following manuals:
• Neuron C Programmer’s Guide (078-0002-02G). This manual describes
the key concepts of programming in Neuron ® C Version 2 and describes
how to develop a L
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application.
• Neuron C Reference Guide (078-0140-02E). This manual provides
reference information for writing programs that use the Neuron C
language.
• NodeBuilder Errors Guide (078-0193-01B). This manual describes error
codes issued by the Neuron C compiler.
The FTXL Developer’s Kit also includes the reference documentation for the
FTXL LonTalk API, which is delivered as a set of HTML files.
After you install the FTXL software, you can view all of these documents from
the Windows Start menu: select Programs
→ Echelon FTXL Developer’s Kit →
Documentation, then select the document that you want to view.
The following manuals are available from the Echelon Web site
( www.echelon.com ) and provide additional information that can help you to
develop applications for an FTXL Transceiver:
• Introduction to the L
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System (078-0183-01A) . This manual
provides an introduction to the ANSI/CEA-709.1 (EN14908) Control