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AN INTERFACE FOR A BUS TEST INSTRUMENT IS READILY ADAPTABLE FOR TESTING A WIDE RANGE OF BUS TYPES. THE INTERFACE (100) INCLUDES A PAIR OF TRANSMIT LINES AND A PAIR OF RECEIVE LINES.A TRANSMITTING CIRCUIT IS ADAPTABLE FOR TRASNMITTING EITHER SINGLE-ENDED OR DIFFERENTIAL SIGNALS OVER THE TRANSMIT LINES, AND AT LEAST ONE RECEIVING CIRCUIT IS ADAPTABLE FOR RECEIVING EITHER SINGLE-ENDED OR DIFFERENTIAL SIGNALS FROM EITHER THE RECEIVE LINES OR THE TRANSMIT LINES. THE FLEXIBLE INTERFACE (100) ALLOWS THE TESTING OF SINGLE-ENDED AND DIFFERENTIAL BUSSES, AS WELL AS BUSSES THAT SUPPORT BOTH UNIDIRECTIONAL AND BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION (524,514).
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