Application Note: AS5048 SPI Sensor Readout
AS5048A
14-bit Rotary Position Sensor with Digital Interface
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AS5048 SPI Sensor Readout
Table of Contents
1.
General Description ............................................................................................................... 2
2.
Reading the AS5048A using SPI ........................................................................................... 2
3.
Sensor Output Averageing .................................................................................................... 4
4.
Parity calculation ................................................................................................................... 4
5.
AS5048A SPI Register Map .................................................................................................. 5
6.
Ordering Information .............................................................................................................. 6
Copyright ....................................................................................................................................... 7
Disclaimer ..................................................................................................................................... 7
Revision History
Revision
Date
Owner
Description
1.0
03.28.2013
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Initial Version
1.1
26.06.2013
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Updated Averaging Description
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1.
General Description
This Application Note explains how to communicate with the AS5048 14-bit Rotary Position
Sensor. There are two versions of the AS5048 available:
Table 1:
AS5048 versions
Ordering Code
AS5048A
AS5048B
Digital Angle Interface
SPI
I2C
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2.
Reading the AS5048A using SPI
The AS5048A comes with SPI interface. Following example shows how to read the AS5048A.
Example:
#define SPI_CMD_READ 0x4000 // flag indicating read attempt
#define SPI_CMD_WRITE 0x8000 // flag indicating write attempt
#define SPI_REG_AGC 0x3ffd // agc register when using SPI
#define SPI_REG_MAG 0x3ffe // magnitude register when using SPI
#define SPI_REG_DATA 0x3fff // data register when using SPI
#define SPI_REG_CLRERR 0x1 // clear error register when using SPI
#define SPI_REG_ZEROPOS_HI 0x0016 // zero position register high byte
#define SPI_REG_ ZEROPOS_LO 0x0017 // zero position register low byte
void spiReadData()
{
u16 dat; // 16-bit data buffer for SPI communication
u16 magreg;
ushort angle, agcreg;
ubyte agc;
ushort value;
bit alarmHi, alarmLo;
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/* Send READ AGC command. Received data is thrown away: this data comes
from the previous command (unknown)*/
dat = SPI_CMD_READ | SPI_REG_AGC;
dat |= spiCalcEvenParity(dat) << 15;
spiTransfer((u8*)&dat, sizeof(u16));
/* Send READ MAG command. Received data is the AGC value: this data comes
from the previous command (unknown)*/
dat = SPI_CMD_READ | SPI_REG_MAG;
dat |= spiCalcEvenParity(dat) << 15;
spiTransfer((u8*)&dat, sizeof(u16));
magreg = dat;
/* Send READ ANGLE command. Received data is the MAG value, from the
previous command */
dat = SPI_CMD_READ | SPI_REG_DATA;
dat |= spiCalcEvenParity(dat) << 15;
spiTransfer((u8*)&dat, sizeof(u16));
agcreg = dat;
/* Send NOP command. Received data is the ANGLE value, from the previous
command */
dat = 0x0000; // NOP command.
spiTransfer((u8*)&dat, sizeof(u16));
angle = dat >> 2;
}
if ((dat & 0x4000) || (agcreg & 0x4000) || (magreg & 0x4000))
{
/* error flag set - need to reset it */
dat = SPI_CMD_READ | SPI_REG_CLRERR;
dat |= spiCalcEvenParity(dat)<<15;
spiTransfer((u8*)&dat, sizeof(u16));
}
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else
{
agc = agcreg & 0xff // AGC value (0..255)
value = dat & (16384 - 31 - 1); // Angle value (0.. 16384 steps)
angle = (value * 360) / 16384; // Angle value in degree (0..359.9°)
magnitude = magreg & (16384 - 31 - 1);
alarmLo = (agcreg >> 10) & 0x1;
alarmHi = (agcreg >> 11) & 0x1;
}
3.
Sensor Output Averageing
The code example below shows an easy averaging algorithm to reduce noise of the angular
output for angular values within one rotation and with no zero crossing of the output data.
Note: As 360° is the same as 0° this would cause an averaging error. To perform averaging of
output data with more than one rotation refer to “Mean of circular quantities”.
Example:
#define average 100
for (count = average; count; count--)
{
data = sensor_read(); //reading,computing sensor output
position += data;
}
position = position / average;
4.
Parity calculation
Following example shows how the parity of a 16bit unsigned integer can be calculated.
Example:
static u8 spiCalcEvenParity(ushort value)
{
u8 cnt = 0;
u8 i;
for (i = 0; i < 16; i++)
{
if (value & 0x1) cnt++;
value >>= 1;
}
return cnt & 0x1;
}
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5.
AS5048A SPI Register Map
The available registers for SPI communication of the AS5048A are listed in Figure 1.
Figure 1:
SPI Register Map
Address
hex
Readout Registers
Programmable Customer settings
Control and Error Registers
x0000
Name
SPI NOP
x0001 Clear Error Flag
x0003
Programming
Control
OTP Register
x0016
Zero Position Hi
x0017
OTP Register
Zero Position
Low 6 LSBs
Diagnostics +
x3FFD Automatic Gain
Control (AGC)
Access
Type Bit Nr.
R
R
R/W
R/W
+
Program
R/W
+
Program
R
x3FFE
Magnitude
R
x3FFF
Angle
R
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13
:
0
13
:
3
2
1
0
13
:
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
13
:
8
7
:
0
13
:
6
5
:
0
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
:
0
13
:
0
13
:
0
Symbol
Default
NOP
0
not used
n.a.
Parity Error
Command Invalid
Framing Error
Description
No operation dummy information
Error Register. All errors are cleared by access
0
not used
Verify
not used
0
Burn
Programming control register.
Programming must be enabled before burning the
fuse(s). After programming is a verification mandatory.
See programming procedure.
reserved
Programming Enable
not used
0
Zero Position <13>
:
Zero Position <6>
0
:
0
not used
0
Zero Position <5>
:
Zero Position <0>
0
:
0
not used
n.a.
Comp High
Comp Low
COF
OCF
AGC value<7>
:
AGC value<0>
Magnitude<13>
:
Magnitude<0>
Angle <13>
:
Angle<0>
0
0
0
1
1
:
0
0
:
0
0
:
0
Zero Position value high byte
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Zero Position remaining 6 lower LSB's
Diagnostics flags
Automatic Gain Control value.
0 decimal represents high magnetic field
255 decimal represents low magnetic field
Magnitude information after ATAN calculation
Angle information after ATAN calculation
and zero position adder
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6.
Ordering Information
Table 2:
Ordering Information
Ordering Code
Description
comments
AS5048A-EK-AB-STM1.0
AS5048A Eval-Kit for stepper motor
SPI interface
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