The FT 5000 Smart Transceiver is our next-generation chip

for smart networks. It is the key product in the LonWorks® 2.0

platform—the next generation of LonWorks products de-

signed to greatly increase the power and capability of LON-

WORKS enabled devices, while lowering development and

node costs.

The FT 5000 Smart Transceiver integrates a

high-performance Neuron® Core with a free topology twisted-pair trans-

ceiver. Combined with the new low-cost FT-X3 Communications Trans-

former and inexpensive serial memory, the FT 5000 Smart Transceiver

provides a lower-cost, higher-performance LONWORKS solution than

previous-generation FT Smart Transceivers.

Features

FT 5000 Smart Transceiver

FT-X3 Communications Transformer

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• 3.3V operation.

• Higher-performance Neuron® Core —internal system clock scales up

to 80MHz.

• Substantial device price reduction.

• Serial memory interface for

inexpensive external EEPROM

and flash non-volatile memories.

• Supports up to 254 Network

Variables (NVs) and 127 aliases.

• Low-cost surface mount FT-X3

Communications Transformer.

• User-programmable interrupts provide faster response time to external events.

• Includes hardware UART with 16-byte receive and transmit FIFOs.

• 7 mm x 7 mm 48-pin QFN package.

• Supports polarity-insensitive free topology star, daisy chain, bus, loop,

or mixed topology wiring.