DLPU048E August 2016 – July 2024
Some applications have side effects at higher temperatures and require active cooling solutions such as fans. For systems that use a variable-speed fan controlled by a PWM signal, the DLPC230-Q1 offers a PWM Temperature Management Function. It is intended to self-monitor a system temperature level and automatically update the fan speed via PWM duty cycle. This implementation avoids over-design and reduces noise level of a fixed-speed fan. This function also supports hysteresis to avoid switching back and forth between temperature regions and duty cycle levels. This hysteresis is applied only as the temperature decreases. A 2-Dimensional LUT stored inside DLPC230 flash dictates transition temperatures and PWM duty cycle for this automated function. These parameters, which include enable/disable, temperature thresholds, PWM Duty Cycle percent, PWM GPIO pin, and hysteresis, must be specified in the Automotive DLP Composer(TM) tool. Figure 5-27 shows an example use case. See PWM temperature management commands 35h-39h, starting with Section 8.2.31.