physical medium attachment (PMA)

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physical medium attachment (PMA)

Sub-layer of the physical layer. It specifies the functional circuitry for bus line transmission/reception and may provide means for failure detection. Here the physical signals are converted into logical signals and vice versa.

Source CANdictionary (2016) - CiA CAN in Automation - www.can-cia.org