SLASEC8C February   2017  – February 2023 PGA460-Q1

PRODUCTION DATA  

  1. 1 Features
  2. 2 Applications
  3. 3 Description
  4. 4 Revision History
  5. 5 Pin Configuration and Functions
  6. 6 Specifications
    1. 6.1  Absolute Maximum Ratings
    2. 6.2  ESD Ratings
    3. 6.3  Recommended Operating Conditions
    4. 6.4  Thermal Information
    5. 6.5  Internal Supply Regulators Characteristics
    6. 6.6  Transducer Driver Characteristics
    7. 6.7  Transducer Receiver Characteristics
    8. 6.8  Analog to Digital Converter Characteristics
    9. 6.9  Digital Signal Processing Characteristics
    10. 6.10 Temperature Sensor Characteristics
    11. 6.11 High-Voltage I/O Characteristics
    12. 6.12 Digital I/O Characteristics
    13. 6.13 EEPROM Characteristics
    14. 6.14 Timing Requirements
    15. 6.15 Switching Characteristics
    16. 6.16 Typical Characteristics
  7. 7 Detailed Description
    1. 7.1 Overview
    2. 7.2 Functional Block Diagram
    3. 7.3 Feature Description
      1. 7.3.1  Power-Supply Block
      2. 7.3.2  Burst Generation
        1. 7.3.2.1 Using Center-Tap Transformer
        2. 7.3.2.2 Direct Drive
        3. 7.3.2.3 Other Configurations
      3. 7.3.3  Analog Front-End
      4. 7.3.4  Digital Signal Processing
        1. 7.3.4.1 Ultrasonic Echo—Band-Pass Filter
        2. 7.3.4.2 Ultrasonic Echo–Rectifier, Peak Hold, Low-Pass Filter, and Data Selection
        3. 7.3.4.3 Ultrasonic Echo—Nonlinear Scaling
        4. 7.3.4.4 Ultrasonic Echo—Threshold Data Assignment
        5. 7.3.4.5 Digital Gain
      5. 7.3.5  System Diagnostics
        1. 7.3.5.1 Device Internal Diagnostics
      6. 7.3.6  Interface Description
        1. 7.3.6.1 Time-Command Interface
          1. 7.3.6.1.1 RUN Commands
          2. 7.3.6.1.2 CONFIGURATION/STATUS Command
        2. 7.3.6.2 USART Interface
          1. 7.3.6.2.1 USART Asynchronous Mode
            1. 7.3.6.2.1.1 Sync Field
            2. 7.3.6.2.1.2 Command Field
            3. 7.3.6.2.1.3 Data Fields
            4. 7.3.6.2.1.4 Checksum Field
            5. 7.3.6.2.1.5 PGA460-Q1 UART Commands
            6. 7.3.6.2.1.6 UART Operations
              1. 7.3.6.2.1.6.1 No-Response Operation
              2. 7.3.6.2.1.6.2 Response Operation (All Except Register Read)
              3. 7.3.6.2.1.6.3 Response Operation (Register Read)
            7. 7.3.6.2.1.7 Diagnostic Field
            8. 7.3.6.2.1.8 USART Synchronous Mode
          2. 7.3.6.2.2 One-Wire UART Interface
          3. 7.3.6.2.3 Ultrasonic Object Detection Through UART Operations
        3. 7.3.6.3 In-System IO-Pin Interface Selection
      7. 7.3.7  Echo Data Dump
        1. 7.3.7.1 On-Board Memory Data Store
        2. 7.3.7.2 Direct Data Burst Through USART Synchronous Mode
      8. 7.3.8  Low-Power Mode
        1. 7.3.8.1 Time-Command Interface
        2. 7.3.8.2 UART Interface
      9. 7.3.9  Transducer Time and Temperature Decoupling
        1. 7.3.9.1 Time Decoupling
        2. 7.3.9.2 Temperature Decoupling
      10. 7.3.10 Memory CRC Calculation
      11. 7.3.11 Temperature Sensor and Temperature Data-Path
      12. 7.3.12 TEST Pin Functionality
    4. 7.4 Device Functional Modes
    5. 7.5 Programming
      1. 7.5.1 UART and USART Communication Examples
    6. 7.6 Register Maps
      1. 7.6.1 EEPROM Programming
      2. 7.6.2 Register Map Partitioning and Default Values
      3. 7.6.3 REGMAP Registers
  8. 8 Application and Implementation
    1. 8.1 Application Information
      1. 8.1.1 Transducer Types
    2. 8.2 Typical Applications
      1. 8.2.1 Transformer-Driven Method
        1. 8.2.1.1 Design Requirements
        2. 8.2.1.2 Detailed Design Procedure
          1. 8.2.1.2.1 Transducer Driving Voltage
          2. 8.2.1.2.2 Transducer Driving Frequency
          3. 8.2.1.2.3 Transducer Pulse Count
          4. 8.2.1.2.4 Transformer Turns Ratio
          5. 8.2.1.2.5 Transformer Saturation Current and Main Voltage Rating
        3. 8.2.1.3 Application Curves
      2. 8.2.2 Direct-Driven (Transformer-Less) Method
        1. 8.2.2.1 Design Requirements
        2. 8.2.2.2 Detailed Design Procedure
        3. 8.2.2.3 Application Curves
    3. 8.3 Power Supply Recommendations
    4. 8.4 Layout
      1. 8.4.1 Layout Guidelines
      2. 8.4.2 Layout Example
  9. 9 Device and Documentation Support
    1. 9.1 Documentation Support
      1. 9.1.1 Related Documentation
    2. 9.2 Receiving Notification of Documentation Updates
    3. 9.3 Support Resources
    4. 9.4 Trademarks
    5. 9.5 Electrostatic Discharge Caution
    6. 9.6 Glossary
  10. 10Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information

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Orderable Information

7.3.4.4 Ultrasonic Echo—Threshold Data Assignment

The PGA460-Q1 threshold assignments are organized in two presets: Preset1 and Preset2. Both of these presets have an independent memory map for threshold segment allocation. The PGA460-Q1 device supports up to 12 threshold segments for each preset defined by the threshold segment points (TSP) in the P1_THR_[0:15] registers for Preset1 and P2_THR_[0:15]registers for Preset2.

#X8043 shows an example of a threshold assignment.

GUID-405AE335-E23E-4952-9890-1DD110B4BFD5-low.gifFigure 7-6 Threshold Assignment Example

As shown in #X8043, each TSP is described in the (time, level) format while Px is the preset number (P1 for Preset1, P2 for Preset2). Additionally, only the initial segment time parameter (TH_Px_T1) value is expressed in terms of absolute time, while all following TSP times (TH_Px_Tx parameters) are expressed as a delta time between the absolute time value of the previous TSP and the absolute time value of the current TSP. The level values of each TSP (TH_Px_Lx parameters) are all expressed in an absolute LSB-level value and are unrelated from each other. The TSP level threshold value at any given time moment is determined by the PGA460-Q1 device as a linear interpolation function between the two neighboring threshold segment points

As shown in #X8043, the initial segment has a constant threshold value determined by the TH_Px_L1 parameter until reaching the start of the first segment and also the 12th segment will have a constant threshold value determined by the TH_Px_L12 parameter until reaching the end of record time defined by the Px_REC parameter.

The TH_Px_L1 through TH_Px_L8 threshold parameters are 5-bits wide and the TH_Px_L9 through TH_Px_L12 parameters are 8-bits wide. These sizes help save memory space and at the same time allow higher resolution for long-range detection of weak echo signals in presence of noise while keeping the range constant across all TSPs. Because the TH_Px_L1 through TH_Px_L8 resolution is an 8 LSB, a threshold offset is defined to allow finer adjustment of the threshold map for short-range detection.

Note:

  • All calculated values of TSP after adding offset, if negative, are clamped to 0 before linear interpolation which causes the slope of threshold curve to deviate from expected value.
  • Both Preset1 and Preset2 threshold map parameters are protected by a CRC calculation algorithm (GUID-0EE0B425-DE2D-48BE-AA87-B1AD2F3EC245.html#X1155).
  • At power up or wakeup from low power mode, all threshold registers (Px_THR_XX) and threshold CRC register (THR_CRC) are not initialized to the default value which causes a CRC error and sets THR_CRC_ERR bit to 1. This occurrence indicates to the MCU that the configuration is not loaded properly. Writing to threshold registers reruns CRC calculation and updates the error bit.