AVR459: SB200 Hardware User`s Guide

AVR459: SB200 Hardware User's Guide
Features
• Full evaluation of Atmel smart battery reference design.
• Socket for SB20x smart battery reference designs.
- Development platform for AVR based smart batteries.
• Communication gateway between PC and smart battery.
- Single Wire UART for single and dual cell batteries.
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- TWI/ SMBus interface for larger batteries.
• Battery Charger.
- Charge with up to 19V and 2A.
- Auto-limitation of charging voltage and current.
- Auto-termination of charging when charging period expires.
• Adjustable Constant Current Load for battery discharging.
- Sink up to 4A continuous current.
- Auto-shut down if too hot.
8-bit
Microcontrollers
Application Note
1 Introduction
The SB200 is a development platform for SB20x smart battery reference designs,
which offers an easy way to start evaluation and hence development of smart
battery applications using Atmel® AVR® microcontrollers. The SB200 is not in itself
a reference design, but is intended to be used with e.g. SB201-1, which is a
reference design that demonstrates implementation of a single cell smart battery
(Li-Ion).
16340/CR123A battery cells can be inserted in the SB200 battery sockets, and a
SB20x is inserted in the dedicated daughter board socket. This forms a “battery
pack” with a given number of cells, safety protection and full battery capacity
monitoring capabilities. Alternately other cell types can be soldered into the SB200.
To simulate the use of the “battery pack” the SB200 features a Charger that can
charge the battery pack, and a Constant Current Load that can simulate an
application that draws power from the battery pack.
Figure 1-1. SB200 with two batteries and SB201-2 inserted.
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2 Safety precautions when using Li-Ion batteries
The batteries provided with the SB200 have built in protection which might cause
strange effects to occur if the battery is exposed to overstress situations, such as
over-charging. The built in protection does affect the battery characteristics,
especially in terms of resistance, but will ensure that even incorrect use and bugs in a
smart battery application under development does not pose a safety hazard.
Nevertheless, if battery cells heat up, are physically damaged or shows other signs
that can cause or be a consequence of malfunction, the battery cell should be
discarded into a safe deposit.
If other batteries without protection are used, please observe the safety guidelines
following the batteries. Li-Ion and Polymer batteries & packs may explode and cause
fire if misused or defective.
2.1 Warning – HOT!
Be aware that the heat sinks of the Constant Current Load can get very hot. The
shunt resistors (0.5Ω) at the load and from the charger will also get very hot. Do not
touch them!
The SB200 will limit the temperature to approximately 125°C by turning off the load if
the temperature rises above this point.
Figure 2-1. Constant Current Load – hot heat sink.
HOT
3 Functional overview
The SB200 is developed to ease development of Smart Battery applications: It offers
a communication gateway between the SB20x reference designs which uses half
duplex UART or SMBus to USB. It can charge the batteries connected or inserted in
the board, and act as a load to investigate behavior during discharging of the battery.
The SB200 comes with a PC-software that controls the various features of the kit. An
introduction to this software is found in application note “AVR491 – quick start guide
for SB200”. Both the executable and the source code for the PC software are
available from the Atmel web-site, and can be installed into AVR Studio.
An overview of the hardware is seen in Figure 3-1
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Figure 3-1. Placement of hardware modules on SB200 (areas within silkscreen rectangles/shape).
Constant current load
Test point/
Connection point for
external battery cells
(also available at
other cell sockets)
USB Gateway/ board
controller
Board supply
(max 20V input)
Charger
Jumper for battery
pack/ cell
configuration
Test points
Connector for SB20x
reference design
daughter boards
Battery cell socket
Connector for DB101
4 Details of the SB200 blocks
The following sections describe the SB200 blocks on a functional level. Electrical
schematics, a Bill of Materials and CAD (gerber) files are available as separate files,
which can be downloaded from the Atmel web site http://www.atmel.com/sb200.
The source code for the SB200 firmware is available from the Atmel web site as well,
but is provided as is. No support is provided on this part of the code, as it is made as
a development tool for smart battery application only. SB200 firmware is based on
demo application for AT90USBKEY. The supported code is therefore only the source
code for the SB20x smart battery reference designs.
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5 Insertion of battery cells and placement of the corresponding jumper
Insert only the number of battery cells that are intended to be used with the SB20x in
the SB20x daughter board socket. Further, make sure to place the jumper that selects
the number of cells correct – otherwise one of the battery cells will be shorted.
Recommended order
Step
Action
Remark
1
Power Off SB200
Remove Batteries !
2
Insert SB201-?
3
Start PC SW
4
Power On SB200
5
# of Cells LED should light up
6
Place Red Jumper correct
7
Insert battery / batteries
8
Press HWB button
Check that correct SB201 is shown in status bar
Only one jumper
One minute charge is started
6 Supply voltage
SB200 can be supplied with up to 20V through the DC jack. The DC jack has positive
center. Minimum supply voltage is 7V.
The supply voltage need not be 20V, but needs to be a few volts higher than the
maximum voltage of the battery stack on the board. The Charger and the opamp’s in
the Constant Current Load need that to function properly.
If a two cell smart battery application is being developed it is therefore sufficient to
connect e.g. 10V. A higher voltage will only generate unnecessary heat in the board
supply regulator, which is used to generate 5V for the USB1287, tiny861 and the
DAC.
7 Charger
The Charger on the SB200 can deliver 0-20 volts and 0-2 ampere, using a constant
current, constant voltage charging scheme. It is configured by setting maximum
voltage, maximum current and timeout. The Charger will make sure that no limit is
exceeded and will try to make sure one of them is reached.
7.1 How it works
A fast PWM output on the Charger is connected via a buck converter to the battery.
By changing the duty cycle on the PWM, the voltage to the battery can be adjusted.
To be able to measure voltage and current, two ADC pins is connected on both sides
of a shunt resistor just before the battery.
The Charger continuously measures the voltage and current and adjusts the PWM
output accordingly. The PWM is adjusted one step at a time and this will make it take
approximately seven tenths of a second to go from minimum to maximum output. If
either maximum current, maximum voltage or timeout is set to zero, charging will stop
immediately.
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When setting maximum current and voltage, the charging time in minutes is also set.
This can be up to 255 minutes and the Charger will stop when the time is reached.
The HWB button on SB200 starts a charge cycle with a duration of 1 minute (or until
you press it again). The charge voltage is set depending on which SB20x that is
connected. This will also power up the SB20x, if it was off. The voltage, current and
timeout will be sent to the PC.
7.2 Resolution
The ADC on tiny861 has an external reference of 2.5V, and with 10-bit ADC, this give
a resolution of 2.44mV. The voltage input to the ADC is scaled down 8x, so max
voltage possible to measure is 19.98V, and resolution is 19.5mV. The current input
uses the differential input with 20x gain over a shunt resistor of 0.5Ω. This is also
scaled down 8x, thus giving a resolution of 1,95mA, so max current possible to
measure is 2A. The PWM output to the buck converter has 512 values, which means
a resolution of “Input Voltage” divided by 512, e.g. at 10V input the resolution will be
approximately 19.5mV.
Note that the battery cell voltage reported in the SB200 PC application may vary
during charging. This is because the Charger is continually adjusting the voltage to
match the voltage and current limits set.
7.3 Communication
The Charger has a simple communication interface on the SPI bus. It understands
two commands: One command is “SetCharging” and it configures maximum current,
maximum voltage and timeout. The other command is “ChargerRead”. This command
to the Charger reads the voltage and current seen from the ATtiny861. (Please refer
to section 14.4 for more information about the communication).
If it receives any other command, doesn’t get all parameters or notices a checksum
error it will just discard the message.
The implementation is based on the BC100 reference design and application note
AVR458. Please refer to this application note for more information about charging LiIon batteries.
8 Constant Current Load
The constant current is implemented with a 14-bit DAC, differential amplifiers and two
MOSFET transistors operated in their linear mode. The reference is 5V, step size is
approximately 305µV. Shunt resistor is two of 0.5Ω in parallel. Resolution is 1.22mA
and max current is 20A.
The load can draw high currents for a short time and is mainly limited by thermal
overstress. The current drawn by the load is controlled from the PC software. If the
current is kept below 2A for single cell and 1A dual cells applications the load should
not overheat (the higher the voltage of the battery stack the lower should the current
be).
The USB1287 monitors the temperature of the load, and will shut it down if it reaches
125°C to avoid damage to the MOSFET’s.
The load has fairly good accuracy at higher currents, while it may be somewhat
inaccurate at lower currents. The constant current stability is very good and it can
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therefore be used to test and characterize battery cells and application. The load can
be calibrated to get better accuracy and linearity by rewriting the firmware for SB200.
8.1 Short circuit load condition
The load is implemented as an integrating circuit. This means that it can be used to
simulate high out-rush currents: if the load is enabled, but no current source is
available, it will saturate and open fully (max load). When a voltage/current source is
enabled the load will for a short moment draw maximum current, and can be seen as
a short circuit load. As soon as the current starts flowing the load will start to adjust
the current to reach the target level.
This can cause problems if one is not aware of this, since the smart battery AVR
MCU will be detect this as a high current/over current/short circuit situation. However,
this characteristic of the load can be used to test an implementation of a smart
battery, as it can be used intentionally to trigger a high out-rush current situation and
validate correct behavior.
9 Test and connection points
The SB200 offer a variety of test and connection points, some for easy access to
relevant signals with scope probes, and others to make it possible to connect external
units.
9.1 External connection
On each side of the heat sink at the Constant Current Load, connection points are
available. These can be used to measure the battery stack voltage, or an external
charger can be connected here. The connection points are designed to match a 4mm
power connector such as Farnell no: 1101128 / 1101127. This makes it also easy to
connect an external load if the on-board load is not sufficient. It also allows for the onboard load to be used towards an external target, for testing purposes.
9.2 External battery cells
If it is desired to connect battery cells to the SB200 that does not fit in the sockets,
these can be placed on an external board and connected to the SB200
test/connection points at each of the battery cell sockets (see Figure 3-1).
These connections points can also be used to connect an external power supply
instead of batteries. This can be used to more easily and safely test how the smart
battery implementation reacts to extreme voltage/current conditions.
If working with cells that fit in the sockets these test/connection points can be used to
measure the voltage over the battery cells.
9.3 Signal line test points
All signals available on the SB20x edge connector are available as test points. These
are located next to the SB20x daughter board connector (see Figure 3-1). 2.54mm
pin headers can be mounted to make it easier to hook a scope probe to these test
points.
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Table 9-1. Signals on the test points next to the SB20x daughter board connector.
Test point designator
Signal
Description
J323
PV2
Positive voltage cell 2
PV1
Positive voltage cell 1
J327
PV4
Positive voltage cell 4
J328
SCL
TWI/SMBus clock
J329
PV3
Positive voltage cell 3
SDA
TWI/SMBus data
PA3
AVR Port A pin 3
PA2
AVR Port A pin 2
PA1
AVR Port A pin 1
PA0
AVR Port A pin 0
J345
Vref
Voltage reference
J346
CELL1BAL_ON
Cell 1 cell balancing enable
J347
GND_ID
GND for ID circuitry
J348
CELL2BAL_ON
Cell 2 cell balancing enable
J349
Vreg
Regulated supply voltage
J350
UART1W
J352
MISO
SPI master input slave output
J354
MOSI
SPI master output, slave input
J356
SCK
SPI clock
J358
SS
SPI slave select
J360
RESET
Reset to smart battery AVR
J325
J326
(1)
J330
J332
(1)
J334(1)
J336(1)
J337
J338
(1)
J339
J340
(1)
J341
J342
(1)
J343
J344
(1)
Notes:
1. Test point reserved for future use
10 Programming the USB1287 or the tiny861
Reprogramming of the AT90USB1287 (USB gateway and board controller) and the
ATtiny861 that controls the Charger is possible, and may be required to use the latest
version of the firmware. It is recommended to always upgrade to the latest version of
the firmware, found on www.atmel.com, to ensure that the firmware match this
documentation and operates accordingly. The firmware source code running in these
devices are available, but only as an extra service: These devices are part of the
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development platform, not part of a reference design. Therefore the source code for
these devices are provided as is, and with limited support. The product supported
fully is the source code for the reference designs such as the SB201.
One case where update of the USB1287 firmware can be relevant is if a different
communication protocol is desired to be used between the smart battery and the host.
During the development it can be desired to use the USB1287 as a gateway to
communicate with the smart battery via this interface/protocol. Changes and
extensions to the communication interface/protocol are left to the users to implement.
To program the tiny861, the USB cable must be disconnected, and the USB1287 will
release the SPI-lines which are used for inter-communication.
Figure 10-1. Programming interfaces for USB1287 and tiny861.
11 Buttons
Next to the USB1287 two buttons are present:
“Reset” will reset the USB1287 device and the Constant Current Load.
“HWB” will either enable the Charger for a short time to start the smart battery device,
or it will stop the Charger next time the button is pressed.
SB20x
Max Voltage
Max Current
Timeout
SB201-1
4200mV
100mA
1min
SB201-2
8400mV
100mA
1min
12 Status LED
An RGB LED is located between the buttons. This indicates the status of the
USB1287. When the LED is red the USB1287 is transmitting, and when it is green the
USB1287 is receiving. As transmission is so fast that the human eye cannot
distinguish the individual colors, the LED would appear yellow during transfers.
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13 DB101 support for portable demonstration
A DB101 can be placed on the female pin header. This is an alternative to using a PC
as host. The DB101 would typically only be used for demonstration, where
standalone battery powered operation is desired. Atmel does not provide firmware for
this.
13.1 Battery cells provided with SB200
Though the capacity of the cells is specified to 880mAh they are actually closer to
700mAh.
The cells have built in protection, which affects the characteristic of the battery. It can
be an advantage to use unprotected cells if a more correct behavior is desired.
However, it is recommended to use protected cells until the implementation is verified
to not allow overstress of the connected cells.
14 Communication Gateway
An AT90USB1287 AVR microcontroller acts as both communication gateway and
board controller. It passes messages from its USB interface to other units on the
SB200. The communication links on the SB200 is shown on Figure 14-1. The figure
also shows reference designs SB204 and SB202 which are not available upon
release of the SB200
Figure 14-1. Communication links on (and off) the SB200.
Host
(PC)
1
SH1 protocol
2
SBS on half duplex UART
3
SBS on SMBus
4
SH1 protocol (write commands only)
5
Word data (write commands only)
Host
(DB101)
USB
SPI
1
Half Duplex UART
SB200 Gateway
(USB1287)
SPI
SPI
2
5
4
3
SMBus
SB201-1
SB201-2
(HVA)
SB204
SB202
Smart
Charger
Electronic
Load
14.1 Communication protocol between the Host (PC) and the USB1287 gateway.
The SH1 protocol is built to be tested/invoked from a terminal, that’s the reason for all
the ASCII characters. The package uses a:
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•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Fixed character as preamble to indicate start of package
Destination address byte
Source address byte
Command byte
Size byte
Data payload
Simple checksum byte, the sum of previous bytes
Carriage return character
The package is minimum 7 bytes and maximum 262 bytes in size. DATA is
transmitted only if NBYTES is nonzero.
Example: Send 2 bytes from PC to Electronic Load.
SYNC
ADDRESS
SENDER
COMMAND
NBYTES
DATA
CS
CR
U
E
P
C
2
int mA
Calc
¬
0x55
0x45
0x50
0x43
0x02
0x04B0
0xE3
0x0D
14.1.1 Source and destination ADDRESS.
Address (ASCII)
Address (hex)
HW Module
C
0x43
Charger
D
0x44
DB101 Display
E
0x45
Electronic Load
M
0x4D
Main Controller
P
0x50
PC
S
0x53
SB20x
14.2 Global COMMAND
The commands for the different hardware modules are covered in the sections below.
Commands can be uses in both read and write mode: if a command code (ASCII) is
sent as upper case it is a WRITE, and if in lower case it is a READ. Each module has
its own unique commands (commands not shared for different hardware modules).
In the following explanations, the COMMAND is marked yellow.
14.3 COMMAND to Constant Current Load.
The Constant Current Load only supports write commands: It is implemented with a
14-bit DAC and the Board Controller will process the requested current level to
achieving the correct current level for the Constant Current Load.
The Board Controller will also monitor the PCB temperature and shut off the Constant
Current Load if the PCB temperature is higher than 125°C.
Example: Set Constant Current Load to 2450mA
10
SYNC
ADDRESS
SENDER
COMMAND
NBYTES
DATA
CS
CR
U
E
P
C
2
int mA
Calc
¬
0x55
0x45
0x50
0x43
0x02
0x0992
0xCA
0x0D
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14.4 COMMAND to/from Charger.
14.4.1 SetCharger.
The command to the Charger sets the maximum limits for charging voltage and
current, and the charging time. The Charger will not exceed either of those, but will
adjust the voltage and current levels to get as close to the limits as possible.
SetCharger: i.e. 8400mV, 450mA, 10 minutes
SYNC
ADDRESS
SENDER
COMMAND
NBYTES
DATA
DATA
DATA
CS
CR
U
C
P
S
5
int mV
int mA
char minutes
Calc
¬
0x55
0x43
0x50
0x53
0x05
0x20D0
0x01C2
0x0A
0xFD
0x0D
14.4.2 ChargingInfo.
The response from the Charger is sent when the HWB button is pressed. This will
update the PC software.
ChargingInfo: i.e. 0000mV, 100mA, 1 minute
SYNC
ADDRESS
SENDER
COMMAND
NBYTES
DATA
DATA
DATA
CS
CR
U
P
C
s
5
int mV
int mA
char minutes
Calc
¬
0x55
0x50
0x43
0x73
0x05
0x0000
0x0064
0x01
0xC5
0x0D
14.4.3 ChargerRead.
This command to the Charger reads the voltage and current seen from the ATtiny861.
ChargerRead
SYNC
ADDRESS
SENDER
COMMAND
NBYTES
CS
CR
U
C
P
R
0
Calc
¬
0x55
0x43
0x50
0x52
0x00
0x3A
0x0D
14.4.4 ChargerReport.
The report from the Charger is sent when the PC has asked. This will update the PC
software.
ChargerReport: i.e. 8385mV, 607mA
SYNC
ADDRESS
SENDER
COMMAND
NBYTES
DATA
DATA
CS
CR
U
P
C
r
4
int mV
int mA
Calc
¬
0x55
0x50
0x43
0x72
0x04
0x20C1
0x025F
0xA0
0x0D
14.5 List of COMMAND to/from Board controller.
14.5.1 Set the RGB LED.
Command to set the color of the RGB LED between the two switches at USB1287.
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Leds_set_val(): i.e. SET RED Led on.
SYNC
ADDRESS
SENDER
COMMAND
NBYTES
DATA
CS
CR
U
M
P
F
1
char RGB
Calc
¬
0x55
0x4D
0x50
0x46
0x01
0x04
0x3D
0x0D
Where the bits in DATA that enabled the individual colors in the RGB LED are listed
in table:
Table 14-1. Bits controlling RGB colors
LED color
Bit (set to enable)
Red
2
Green
1
Blue
0
14.5.2 Read the SB20x Hardware ID
When the Board controller has identified the hardware ID of the SB20x daughter card
(refer to AVR455: SB201 Hardware User’s Guide), the PC software can query that ID
using the commands below.
Read_SB20x_HWid ()
SYNC
ADDRESS
SENDER
COMMAND
NBYTES
CS
CR
U
M
P
h
0
Calc
¬
0x55
0x4D
0x50
0x68
0x00
0x5A
0x0D
Response: Send_SB20x_HWid()
SYNC
ADDRESS
SENDER
COMMAND
NBYTES
DATA
CS
CR
U
P
M
h
1
char ID
Calc
¬
0x55
0x50
0x4D
0x68
0x01
0xB8
0x13
0x0D
14.5.3 Set the Battery Select LED.
The PC software can query SB20x_HWid, and then send a package to give a visual
feedback to the user about where to place the red jumper. After reset of USB1287
this is done automatically by USB1287.
Batteryx_Led (): i.e. SET Cell2 Led on.
SYNC
ADDRESS
SENDER
COMMAND
NBYTES
DATA
CS
CR
U
M
P
M
1
char Led #
Calc
¬
0x55
0x4D
0x50
0x4D
0x01
0x02
0x42
0x0D
Led Value = 4,3,2,1
Table 14-2. Byte controlling the “# of Cells Leds”
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# of Cells
DATA
4
4
3
3
2
2
1
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14.5.4 Read the SB200 PCB Temperature.
The NTC placed close to the Constant Current Load can be read. Response is a
temperature between -40°C to 125°C.
Read_Temperature ()
SYNC
ADDRESS
SENDER
COMMAND
NBYTES
CS
CR
U
M
P
t
0
Calc
¬
0x55
0x4D
0x50
0x74
0x00
0x66
0x0D
CS
CR
Response: Send_Temperature ()
SYNC
ADDRESS
SENDER
COMMAND
NBYTES
DATA
U
P
M
t
2
int Temp
Calc
¬
0x55
0x50
0x4D
0x74
0x02
0x0019
0x81
0x0D
14.6 Communication protocol between the USB1287 gateway and SB201/SB204.
The communication between the SB200 and SB201/ SB204 is based on a half duplex
UART – here referred to as Asynchronous smart battery bus (ASBBus).
The SBS specification uses the SMbus protocol, but since SB201 uses software
UART, some changes have been made to improve reliability. Addressing has also
been removed.
SB201 supports the four different types of messages used by SBS:
•
•
•
•
Read word
Write word
Read block
Write block
A word command always has two bytes of data and a block command always 32
bytes, which is different from the SBS block commands that has variable length.
The host sends a command where the MSB determines if it’s a write or read. 0
means write and 1 means read. This allows for 128 different commands that both
support read and write. From the command itself it is not possible to determine if it is
a word or block command; both sides have to agree what all commands are.
SB201 immediately sends back the command; this allows the host to detect if SB201
received the command correctly. What happens after that depends on the type of
message used by that command.
A Packet Error-checking Code (PEC) is appended to all data to be able to detect
errors. The PEC is a CRC8 with polynomial 0x8D (CRC8-CCITT) calculated from the
command and all data bytes.
14.6.1 Read commands
On read commands, SB201 starts to send data after it has sent back the command.
The PEC is also appended. However, if the command wasn’t supported, nothing is
sent back (except for the command byte).
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14.6.2 Write command
On write commands, the host can start to send data to SB201 after it has received the
replied command byte. After SB201 has received the whole message, it will execute
the command if it was understood and the PEC was correct. It will send an ACK back
to the host after it has finished executing it. If the command was supported but the
PEC wrong, a NACK is sent back. On all other errors nothing is sent back.
ACK is 0xFF and NACK is 0x00.
Figure 14-2 A read word command
Figure 14-3 A write word command
Figure 14-4 A read block command
Figure 14-5 A write block command
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14.6.3 Errors
At 4800 baud, there is only 208 clock cycles for SB201 between each bit. This means
that to ensure error free communication all the time, all other interrupts would have to
be less than 104 cycles, including the prologue of the timer interrupt. This is not
always true for the interrupt service routines used by SB201. However, since those
interrupts (CCADC & VADC conversion complete) only runs once per second, and
since the blocking interrupts has to occur just a few cycles before the timer interrupt,
a retransmission of the “broken” communication is sufficient and adequate to solve
this.
The errors the host can detect include:
•
•
•
•
•
Wrong command returned by SB201
Frame error on data sent from SB201
PEC incorrect on data sent from SB201
SB201 does not respond within reasonable time (min 50ms)
SB201 sends a NACK to indicate an error occurred
On all those errors the host should send a break/arbitration lock and retransmit. A
break/arbitration lock is a minimum of 18 normal bit periods of low on the
communication line. This resets the communication on SB201 and makes it ready to
receive a new transmission. A break can be sent as soon as the error is detected.
If the same command fails many times in a row, that command is probably not
supported by SB201 or something serious is wrong. It might be that the frequency of
the clock on the host or SB201 has changed too much or maybe that SB201 have
shut itself down.
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