SLAU880C December   2022  – May 2024 ULC1001

 

  1.   1
  2.   Abstract
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1General Texas Instruments High Voltage Evaluation (TI HV EVM) User Safety Guidelines
  5. 2Introduction
  6. 3Getting Started
    1. 3.1 Evaluation Kit Contents
    2. 3.2 Connection Procedure
    3. 3.3 GUI Setup
  7. 4System Overview
    1. 4.1 System ISR Period
    2. 4.2 System Drive Voltage
    3. 4.3 System Calibration
      1. 4.3.1 DC Bias Calibration
      2. 4.3.2 Temperature Calibration
      3. 4.3.3 Auto Sense Calibration
      4. 4.3.4 Cleaning and Power Calibration
    4. 4.4 System Cleaning
    5. 4.5 System Diagnostics
  8. 5GUI Overview
    1. 5.1 GUI Top Level Layout
      1. 5.1.1 North Pane
      2. 5.1.2 South Pane
      3. 5.1.3 Center Pane
    2. 5.2 High Level Page
      1. 5.2.1 Burst Parameters
      2. 5.2.2 Calibration Settings
        1. 5.2.2.1 Voltage and Current Sense Circuitry
      3. 5.2.3 Cleaning Mode Settings
        1. 5.2.3.1 Auto-Cleaning
        2. 5.2.3.2 Water Cleaning
        3. 5.2.3.3 Deice Cleaning
        4. 5.2.3.4 Mud Cleaning Mode
      4. 5.2.4 Power and Diagnostic Settings
    3. 5.3 Register Map Page
    4. 5.4 I2C Configuration Page
    5. 5.5 GUI Functions
      1. 5.5.1 Monitor Communication Status
      2. 5.5.2 Load and Save Configuration Files
        1. 5.5.2.1 MSP430 Firmware Programming
      3. 5.5.3 Re-initialize System
      4. 5.5.4 Fault and Flag Monitoring and Clearing
      5. 5.5.5 Run Calibration
      6. 5.5.6 Run Cleaning Modes
      7. 5.5.7 Run Diagnostic Mode
      8. 5.5.8 Run Abort
      9. 5.5.9 Script Recording
  9. 6Hardware Design Files
    1. 6.1 Schematics
    2. 6.2 PCB Layouts
    3. 6.3 Bill of Materials (BOM)
  10. 7Revision History

5.2.3.4 Mud Cleaning Mode

Texas Instruments proprietary Mud Cleaning Mode is composed of 25 bursts. The method for removing mud from the lens consists of two sets of water cleaning bursts, one heating burst, and then four more water cleaning bursts. These burst can be adjusted based on the LCS. The concept is that the initial water bursts remove water from the mud mixture, then heat the mud into a dry state, and finally expel the dry mud contaminants. The duration of the heat burst can be adjusted as needed. These bursts are setup by running Section 4.3.4. Understanding the rate at which the LCS heats up and setting the temperature protection setting appropriately is important. TI recommends enabling Continuous Temperature protection when running the Mud Cleaning Mode.