TIDUF97 September   2024

 

  1.   1
  2.   Description
  3.   Resources
  4.   Features
  5.   Applications
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  7. 1System Description
    1. 1.1 Key System Specifications
  8. 2System Overview
    1. 2.1 Block Diagram
    2. 2.2 Design Considerations
    3. 2.3 Highlighted Products
      1. 2.3.1 TMAG6180-Q1
      2. 2.3.2 MSPM0G3507
      3. 2.3.3 THVD1454
  9. 3System Design Theory
    1. 3.1 Hardware Design
      1. 3.1.1 Angle Sensor Schematic Design
      2. 3.1.2 MSPM0G3507 Schematic Design
      3. 3.1.3 RS485 Transceiver Schematic Design
      4. 3.1.4 Power Supply and Reference Voltage
    2. 3.2 Software Design
      1. 3.2.1 Angle Calculation Timing
      2. 3.2.2 Rotary Angle Calculation
      3. 3.2.3 Rotary Angle Error Sources and Compensation
      4. 3.2.4 Encoder Communication Interface
  10. 4Hardware, Software, Testing Requirements, and Test Results
    1. 4.1 Hardware Requirements
      1. 4.1.1 PCB Overview
      2. 4.1.2 Encoder and JTAG Interface
      3. 4.1.3 Software Requirements
    2. 4.2 Test Setup
    3. 4.3 Test Results
      1. 4.3.1 AMR Sensor Sin and Cos Outputs Measurement
      2. 4.3.2 Static Angle Noise Measurement
      3. 4.3.3 Rotary Angle Accuracy Measurement
        1. 4.3.3.1 Impact of Airgap on Noise, Harmonics, and Total Angle Accuracy
      4. 4.3.4 RS485 Interface and Signal Integrity
  11. 5Design and Documentation Support
    1. 5.1 Design Files
      1. 5.1.1 Schematics
      2. 5.1.2 BOM
      3. 5.1.3 PCB Layout
      4. 5.1.4 Altium Project Files
      5. 5.1.5 Gerber Files
      6. 5.1.6 Assembly Drawings
    2. 5.2 Tools and Software
    3. 5.3 Documentation Support
    4. 5.4 Support Resources
    5. 5.5 Trademarks
  12. 6About the Authors

3.2.4 Encoder Communication Interface

This absolute encoder reference design communicates with the host controller through the RS485 interface to transmit the angle data. The communication runs at a 4M baud rate UART protocol. The host controller sends different T-format command request and the encoder responds with the corresponding field stipulated by the T-format protocol. Figure 3-14 shows an example communication. For more details on the T-format protocol, refer to TAMAGAWA Encoder Catalog.

TIDA-010947 Command RequestFigure 3-14 Command Request

The software is configured to respond to the ID3 command, which requires to return all of the encoder data, including command field, status field, single-turn data field, encoder ID, multi-turn field, alarm field, CRC field, total 11 bytes. The field format is listed in Table 3-2. Since the angle is calculated in IQ21 format in MCU, 3 bytes of data field are required to transmit the angle data.

Table 3-2 Field Format
Bit1Bit2Bit3Bit4Bit5Bit6Bit7Bit8Bit9Bit10
ContentStart bit, always 0The content depends on the specific field. These 8 bits of data are included in the CRC calculation.Stop bit, always 1