Synchronization of Buses

I know, I know, it is common knowledge that we never synchronize a bus. The reason being the uncertainty of when and how the meta-stability is resolved. You can read more about it in one of my previous posts.

A cool exception of when bus synchronization would be safe, is when you guarantee that:

1. On the sender side, one bit only changes at a time – Gray code like behavior
2. On the receiver (synchronized bus) side, the sampling clock is fast enough to allow only a single bus change

Just remember that both conditions must be fulfilled.

It is important to note that this can still be dangerous when the sender and receiver have the same frequency but phase is drifting! why???

Are there any other esoteric cases where one could synchronize a bus? comments are welcome!