26 Digital Interfacing and Synchronization
The AES/EBU Interface
(AES = Audio Engineering Society; EBU = European Broadcasting Union).
This format allows two channels of digital audio to be transferred serially over one balanced interface using RS422 drivers and receivers. Figure 138 shows the hardware. This allows the two channels to be transferred over distances up to 100 m.
Figure 138 AES/EBU hardware interface
The format of the ‘sub-frame’ is shown in Figure 139.
Figure 139 AES/EBU subframe format
The ‘Sync’ bits can be one of three ...
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