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LDC1612
- Easy-to-Use – Minimal Configuration Required
- Up to 4 Channels With Matched Sensor Drive
- Multiple Channels Support Environmental and Aging Compensation
- Remote Sensor Position of >20 cm Supports Operation In Harsh Environments
- Pin-Compatible Medium and High-Resolution Options:
- LDC1312/4: 2/4-ch 12-Bit LDC
- LDC1612/4: 2/4-ch 28-Bit LDC
- Sensing Range Beyond Two Coil Diameters
- Supports Wide Sensor Frequency Range of 1 kHz to 10 MHz
- Power Consumption:
- 35 µA Low Power Sleep Mode
- 200 nA Shutdown Mode
- 2.7 V to 3.6 V Operation
- Multiple Reference Clocking Options:
- Included Internal Clock For Lower System Cost
- Support for 40 MHz External Clock For Higher System performance
- Immunity to DC Magnetic Fields and Magnets
The LDC1612 and LDC1614 are 2- and 4-channel, 28-bit inductance to digital converters (LDCs) for inductive sensing solutions. With multiple channels and support for remote sensing, the LDC1612 and LDC1614 enable the performance and reliability benefits of inductive sensing to be realized at minimal cost and power. The products are easy to use, only requiring that the sensor frequency be within 1 kHz and 10 MHz to begin sensing. The wide 1 kHz to 10 MHz sensor frequency range also enables use of very small PCB coils, further reducing sensing solution cost and size.
The high resolution channels allow for a much larger sensing range, maintaining good performance beyond two coil diameters. Well-matched channels allow for differential and ratiometric measurements, which enable designers to use one channel to compensate their sensing for environmental and aging conditions such as temperature, humidity, and mechanical drift.
Given their ease of use, low power, and low system cost these products enable designers to greatly improve performance, reliability, and flexibility over existing sensing solutions and to introduce brand new sensing capabilities to products in all markets, especially consumer and industrial applications.
These devices are easily configured via an I2C interface. The two-channel LDC1612 is available in a WSON-12 package and the four-channel LDC1614 is available in a WQFN-16 package.
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Evaluation board
LDC1612EVM — LDC1612 Evaluation Module for Inductance to Digital Converter with Sample PCB Coils
The LDC1612 Evaluation Module demonstrates the use of inductive sensing technology to sense and measure the presence, position or composition of a conductive target object. The module includes two example PCB sensor coils that connect to the two channels of the LDC1612. An MSP430 (...)
User guide: PDF
Evaluation board
LDCCOILEVM — Reference Coil Board Evaluation Module
The LDCCOILEVM is designed to provide maximum flexibility for system prototyping and allow for experimentation with different coil sizes. It includes 19 unique types of PCB coils that range from long rectangular asymmetric coils to small circular coils 3mm in diameter. Every coil is separated by (...)
User guide: PDF
GUI for evaluation module (EVM)
SNOC028 — Sensing Solutions EVM GUI Tool v1.10.0
Supported products & hardware
Products
Humidity sensors
Inductive sensor AFEs
Signal conditioners
Hardware development
Evaluation board
Calculation tool
LDC-CALCULATOR-TOOLS — Inductive Sensing Design Calculator Tool
The inductive sensing calculator tools provide two Excel spreadsheets to assist in the design process for inductive-to-digital converter (LDC) devices. These tools provide coil design assistance as well as some device-specific configurations.
Supported products & hardware
Products
Inductive sensor AFEs
Hardware development
Evaluation board
Reference designs
TIDA-00508 — 1-Degree Dial Reference Design Using the LDC1314 Inductance-to-Digital Converter
The LDC1314's unique inductive sensing capability is used to implement a contactless rotational position sensing solution that is accurate to 1 degree. It uses standard PCB technology and easily manufactured components to implement a low cost solution.
This reference design uses the LDC1314. (...)
Reference designs
TIDA-00314 — Touch on Metal Buttons With Integrated Haptic Feedback Reference Design
This reference design uses our inductance-to-digital converter technology to provide a high-precision method to sense button presses on a metal surface and our haptic drivers provide high-quality haptics feedback to the user. TIDA-00314 demonstrates techniques for system design, environmental (...)
Reference designs
TIDA-00509 — 16-button Inductive Keypad Reference Design Using the LDC1314 Inductance-to-Digital Converter
The LDC1314's unique inductive sensing capability is used to implement a contactless, 16 button, multi-function keypad. It uses standard PCB technology and easily manufactured components to implement a low cost solution.
This reference design uses the LDC1314. This reference design can also be (...)
Reference designs
TIDM-INDUCTIVELINEAR — ESI + LDC Inductive Linear Position Sensing Reference Design
Typical implementations of linear position measurements use expensive rare-earth magnets. To lower the overall system cost, this reference design describes the implementation of using the industry’s first inductance-to-digital converters (LDC) from TI for linear position sensing without the (...)
| Package | Pins | CAD symbols, footprints & 3D models |
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| WSON (DNT) | 12 | Ultra Librarian |
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