SNAS264D April 2006 – February 2024 LM94
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In some cases, it is necessary for the LM94 to drive the Px_PROCHOT outputs low. There are several conditions that cause this to happen.
The LM94 can be told to logically short the two PROCHOT inputs together. When this is done, the LM94 monitors each of the Px_PROCHOT inputs. If any external device asserts one of the PROCHOT signals, the LM94 responds by asserting the other PROCHOT signal until the first PROCHOT signal is de-asserted. This feature should never be enabled if the PROCHOT signals are already being shorted by another means.
Whenever one of the VRDx_HOT inputs is asserted, the corresponding Px_PROCHOT pins are asserted by the LM94. The response time is less than 10 µs. When the VRDx_HOT input is de-asserted, the Px_PROCHOT pin is no longer asserted by the LM94. If the LM94 is configured to short the PROCHOT signals together, it always asserts them together whenever either of the VRDx_HOT inputs is asserted. This response is disabled in sleep states 3 and 4/5 and can be disabled through the PROCHOT Control register.
Software can manually program the LM94 to drive a PWM type signal onto P1_PROCHOT or P2_PROCHOT. This is done via the PROCHOT Override register. See the description of this register for more details. Once again, if the LM94 is configured to short the PROCHOT signals together, it always asserts them together whenever this function is enabled.