Rohde & Schwarz RTE - The LIN Protocol

Protocol analysis
R&S
®
RTE
600User Manual 1326.1032.02 ─ 20
13.6.1 The LIN protocol
This chapter provides an overview of protocol characteristics, frame format, identifiers
and trigger possibilities. For detailed information, order the LIN specification on http://
www.lin-subbus.org/ (free of charge).
LIN characteristics
Main characteristics of LIN are:
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Single-wire serial communications protocol, based on the UART byte-word inter-
face
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Single primary, multiple secondaries - usually up to 12 nodes
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Primary-controlled communication: primary coordinates communication with the
LIN schedule and sends identifier to the secondaries
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Synchronization mechanism for clock recovery by secondary nodes without crystal
or ceramics resonator
The R&S RTE supports several versions of the LIN standard: v1.3, v2.0, v2.1 and the
American SAE J2602.
Data transfer
Basic communication concept of LIN:
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Communication in an active LIN network is always initiated by the primary.
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The primary sends a message header including the synchronization break, the
synchronization byte, and the message identifier.
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The identified node sends the message response: one to eight data bytes and one
checksum byte.
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Header and response form the message frame.
Figure 13-30: LIN frame with header and response
The data is transmitted in bytes using the UART byte-word interface without the parity
bit. Each byte consists of a start bit, 8 bits and a stop bit.
LIN (option R&S
RTE-K3)