DEFSTAN 00-18(PT3)/3(1990) : 1990

Section A. Introduction
1 Scope
2 Purpose
3 Compatibility with Def Stan 00-18 (Part 2)
4 Definition of terms
Section B. General Requirements
5 Test and operating requirements
6 Data form
7 Bit priority
Section C. Transmission Methods
8 Modulation
9 Data code
10 Transmission bit rate
11 Word size
12 Word formats
13 Data flow
Section D. Word Formats
14 General requirements
15 Single 16-bit data word format
16 Single (16-bit tag + 16-bit data) word pair
17 Single tag word (16-bit ) with multiple data words
Section E. Transmission Formats
18 General
19 Data words
20 Word pairs
21 Multiple data words
22 Mixed transmission
23 Inter-word, inter-pair, and inter-block gaps
Section F. Receiver Operation
24 Common operation
25 Word validation
Section G. Interconnection Characteristics
26 Physical architecture
27 Cable
28 Cable stub requirement
29 Transformer coupled stubs
30 Direct coupled stubs
31 Local coupling
Section H. Transmitter and Receiver Characteristics
32 Transmitters and receivers with transformer coupled stubs
33 Transmitters and receivers with direct coupled stubs
34 Transmitters and receivers with local coupling
Section I. Redundant Interconnection Requirements
35 General
36 Electrical isolation
37 Single event failures

Covers a 1 MHz serial, digital data transmission interface on which encoded words, with or without identification tags are broadcast from a single transmitter to one or more receivers connected with transformer isolation, using transformer or direct coupled stubs on a screened, twisted pair cable (interconnection).