JAJSMQ2 September 2021 TMAG5170
PRODUCTION DATA
This diagnostic mechanism checks and compares the read back value of the ALERT pin to the value that is driven by the device. This will check the presence of an external short on ALERT pin to a higher voltage such as VCC which will prevent device to indicate a fault. When the controller is driving the ALERT pin to trigger a measurement, it can read the ALRT_LVL bit to check if the correct polarity of the ALERT was detected by the device, thus checking any failures on the pin.
Run Mode | Continuous |
Configuration Register(s) | N/A |
Fault Register Bit | ALRT_DRV and ALRT_LVL |
Impact if disabled | When driven by device N/A. Cannot be disabled. When driven by controller, device may not detect a new measurement command and still report old measurement data. |