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PCA9629A
Fm+ I2C-bus advanced stepper motor controller
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1. General description
The PCA9629A is an I2C-bus controlled low-power CMOS device that provides all the
logic and control required to drive a four phase stepper motor. PCA9629A is intended to
be used with external high current drivers to drive the motor coils. The PCA9629A
supports three stepper motor drive formats: one-phase (wave drive), two-phase, and
half-step. In addition, when used as inputs, four General Purpose Input/Outputs (GPIOs)
allow sensing of logic level output from optical interrupter modules and generate
active LOW interrupt signal on the INT pin of PCA9629A. This is a useful feature in
sensing home position of motor shaft or reference for step pulses. Upon interrupt, the
PCA9629A can be programmed to automatically stop the motor, re-start motor, enable
extra steps or reverse the direction of rotation of motor.
Output wave train is programmable using control registers. The control registers are
programmed via the I2C-bus. Features built into the PCA9629A provide highly flexible
control of stepper motor, off-load bus master/micro and significantly reduce I2C-bus traffic.
These include control of step size, number of steps per single command, number of
actions from 1 to 255 or continuous rotations and direction of rotation. Re-start motor for
new speed and operation without waiting for motor stop. A ramp-up on start and/or
ramp-down on stop is also provided with re-enable ramp-up or ramp-down to change the
ramp rate curve on the fly.
The PCA9629A is available in a 16-pin TSSOP package and is specified over the
40 C to +85 C industrial temperature range.
2. Features and benefits
 Generate motor coil drive phase sequence signals with four outputs for use with
external high current drivers to off-load CPU
 Four balanced push-pull type outputs capable of sinking 25 mA or sourcing 25 mA for
glueless connection to external high current drivers needed to drive unipolar stepper
motor coils
 Up to 1000 pF loads with 100 ns rise and fall times
 Built-in 1 MHz oscillator requires no external components
 Stepper motor drive control logic
 One-phase (wave drive), two-phase, and half-step drive format logic level outputs
 Programmable step rate: 333.3 kpps to 0.3 pps with 3 % accuracy
 Programmable ramp-up on start and ramp-down to stop
 Programmable re-enable ramp-up or ramp-down to change ramp rate curve on the fly
 Programmable re-start motor with new speed and operation while motor is still running
 Programmable motor action either multiple times (1 to 255) or continuously
 Programmable loop delay timer for motor reversal mode
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 Programmable steps with clockwise and/or counter-clockwise control
 Direction control of motor shaft
 Selectable active hold (last state), power on, power off or released states for motor
shaft
 32-bit step counter to count output steps
 Interrupt features
 Active LOW open-drain interrupt output
 Programmable watchdog timer with option to generate interrupt, reset device or
stop motor
 Programmable motor stop interrupt
 Sensor enabled drive control: linked to interrupt from GPIO pins
 Programmable interrupt Mask Control for input sources
 Four stepper motor drive outputs: OUT0 to OUT3
 Configured to drive stepper motor outputs and capable to read back the last output
states when motor is stopped
 Both output phase and state can be changed at any time
 Programmable time-out timer to set all outputs to zeros when motor is stopped
 Configured as general purpose outputs to drive (source/sink) loads up to 25 mA
 Four general purpose I/Os: P0 to P3
 Configured to sense logic level outputs from optical interrupter photo transistor
circuit
 Programmable filter timer to suppress spike or noise for P0 and P1 inputs
 Configured as outputs to drive (source/sink) LEDs or other loads up to 25 mA
 4.5 V to 5.5 V operation
 1 MHz Fast-mode Plus (Fm+) compatible I2C-bus serial interface with 30 mA
high drive capability on SDA output for driving high capacitive buses
 Active LOW reset (RESET) input pin resets device to power-up default state: can be
used to recover from bus stuck condition
 All Call address allows programming of more than one device at the same time with
the same parameters
 16 programmable slave addresses using two address pins
 40 C to +85 C operation
 ESD protection exceeds 2000 V HBM per JESD22-A114 and 1000 V CDM per
JESD22C101
 Latch-up testing is done to JEDEC Standard JESD78 which exceeds 100 mA
 Package offered: TSSOP16
3. Applications
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Amusement machines
Gaming and slot machines
Consumer home appliances or toys
Industrial automation
HVAC and building climate control systems
Robotics
Security and surveillance camera
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 Variable-speed fans and pumps
 Vending machines
4. Ordering information
Table 1.
Ordering information
Type number
Topside
marking
Package
Name
Description
Version
PCA9629APW
PA9629A
TSSOP16
plastic thin shrink small outline package; 16 leads;
body width 4.4 mm
SOT403-1
4.1 Ordering options
Table 2.
Ordering options
Type number
Orderable
part number
Package
Packing method
Minimum
order quantity
Temperature
PCA9629APW
PCA9629APWJ
TSSOP16
Reel 13” Q1/T1
*Standard mark SMD
2500
Tamb = 40 C to +85 C
5. Block diagram
AD0 AD1
PCA9629A
SCL
INPUT
REGISTER
INPUT FILTER
SDA
I2C-BUS
CONTROL
GPIO AND
INTERRUPT
OUTPUT
CONTROL
GPIO
WITH
INPUT
FILTER
ON
P0/P1
P0/DET
P3
POWER-ON
RESET
VDD
200 kΩ
INT
RESET
1: motor outputs
0: GPO outputs
VSS
1 MHz
OSCILLATOR
WATCHDOG
TIMER
CONTROL
REGISTERS
MOTOR CONTROLLER
INTERRUPT
HANDLER
TOTAL STEPS
AND
PULSE WIDTH
COUNTERS
RAMP
CONTROL
LOOP DELAY
TIMER
COIL
EXCITATION
LOGIC
OUTPUT
PHASE
SEQUENCE
GENERATOR
0
1
OUT0
OUT3
002aah527
Remark: All I/Os are set to inputs at power-up and reset.
Fig 1.
PCA9629A block diagram
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6. Pinning information
6.1 Pinning
P0/DET
1
16 VDD
P1
2
15 SDA
P2
3
14 SCL
P3
4
AD0
5
AD1
6
11 OUT1
RESET
7
10 OUT2
VSS
8
PCA9629APW
13 INT
12 OUT0
9
OUT3
002aah528
Fig 2.
Pin configuration for TSSOP16
6.2 Pin description
Table 3.
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Pin description
Symbol
Pin
Type
Description
P0/DET
1
I/O
input/output 0 (output is 25 mA push-pull) or detection of
motor position input (see details in Section 7.3.21
“MCNTL — Motor control register”)
P1
2
I/O
input/output 1 (output is 25 mA push-pull)
P2
3
I/O
input/output 2 (output is 25 mA push-pull)
P3
4
I/O
input/output 3 (output is 25 mA push-pull)
AD0
5
I
address input 0
AD1
6
I
address input 1
RESET
7
I
active LOW reset input with 1 s filter
VSS
8
ground
supply ground
OUT3
9
O
control 25 mA push-pull output 3
OUT2
10
O
control 25 mA push-pull output 2
OUT1
11
O
control 25 mA push-pull output 1
OUT0
12
O
control 25 mA push-pull output 0
INT
13
O
active LOW interrupt output; open-drain
SCL
14
I
serial clock line
SDA
15
I/O
serial data line; open-drain capable of sinking 30 mA
VDD
16
power supply
supply voltage
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7. Functional description
Refer to Figure 1 “PCA9629A block diagram”.
7.1 Device address
Following a START condition, the bus master must send the target slave address followed
by a read or write operation. The slave address of the PCA9629A is shown in Figure 3.
Slave address pins AD1 and AD0 choose one of 16 slave addresses. To conserve power,
no internal pull-up resistors are incorporated on AD1 and AD0. Table 4 shows all 16 slave
addresses by connecting the AD0 and AD1 to VDD, VSS, SCL or SDA.
slave address
0
1
0
A3
fixed
A2
A1
A0 R/W
programmable
002aad905
Fig 3.
PCA9629A device address
The last bit of the first byte defines the reading from or writing to the PCA9629A. When set
to logic 1 a read is selected, while logic 0 selects a write operation.
Table 4.
AD1
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AD0
Device family high-order Variable portion of address
address bits
A6
A5
A4
A3
A2
A1
A0
Address
VSS
VSS
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
40h
VSS
VDD
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
42h
VDD
VSS
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
44h
VDD
VDD
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
46h
VSS
SCL
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
48h
VSS
SDA
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
4Ah
VDD
SCL
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
4Ch
VDD
SDA
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
4Eh
SCL
VSS
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
50h
SDA
VSS
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
52h
SCL
VDD
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
54h
SDA
VDD
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
56h
SCL
SCL
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
58h
SCL
SDA
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
5Ah
SDA
SCL
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
5Ch
SDA
SDA
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
5Eh
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7.2 Command register
Following the successful acknowledgement of the slave address and a write bit, the bus
master sends a byte to the PCA9629A. This byte is stored in the Command register.
AI
-
D5
D4
D3
D2
D1
D0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
default at power-up
or after RESET
register number
Auto-Increment
Fig 4.
002aad906
Command register
At power-up, the Command register defaults to 80h, with the AI bit set to ‘1’ and the lowest
seven bits set to ‘0’. The lowest six bits are used as a pointer to determine which register
will be accessed. Only a command register code with the six least significant bits equal to
the 35 allowable values as defined in Table 5 “Register summary” are acknowledged.
Reserved or undefined command codes are not acknowledged.
The most significant bit of the Command register is for Auto-Increment. If the
Auto-Increment flag is set, the six low-order bits of the Control register are automatically
incremented after a read or write. This allows the user to program the registers
sequentially. The contents of these bits will roll over to ‘00 0000’ after the last register
(address = 22h) is accessed. Only the six least significant bits are affected by the AI flag.
Unused bits must be programmed with zeroes.
7.3 Register definitions
Table 5.
Register summary
Register
number
D5 D4
D3
D2
D1 D0
Name
Type
Function
00h
0
0
0
0
0
0
MODE
read/write
Mode register
01h
0
0
0
0
0
1
WDTOI
read/write
Watchdog time-out interval register
02h
0
0
0
0
1
0
WDCNTL
read/write
Watchdog control register
03h
0
0
0
0
1
1
IO_CFG
read/write
I/O Configuration register
04h
0
0
0
1
0
0
INTMODE
read/write
Interrupt mode register
05h
0
0
0
1
0
1
MSK
read/write
Mask interrupt register
06h
0
0
0
1
1
0
INTSTAT
read only
Interrupt status register
07h
0
0
0
1
1
1
IP
read only
Input port register
08h
0
0
1
0
0
0
INT_MTR_ACT
read/write
Interrupt motor action control register
09h
0
0
1
0
0
1
EXTRASTEPS0
read/write
Count value for extra steps for INTP0
0Ah
0
0
1
0
1
0
EXTRASTEPS1
read/write
Count value for extra steps for INTP1
0Bh
0
0
1
0
1
1
OP_CFG_PHS
read/write
Output port configuration and phase control
register
0Ch
0
0
1
1
0
0
OP_STAT_TO
read/write
Output port state and time-out control
register
0Dh
0
0
1
1
0
1
RUCNTL
read/write
Ramp up control register
0Eh
0
0
1
1
1
0
RDCTNL
read/write
Ramp down control register
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Table 5.
Register summary …continued
Register
number
D5 D4
D3
D2
D1 D0
Name
Type
Function
0Fh
0
0
1
1
1
1
PMA
read/write
Perform multiple of actions control register
10h
0
1
0
0
0
0
LOOPDLY_CW
read/write
Loop delay time for reversing from CW to
CCW register
11h
0
1
0
0
0
1
LOOPDLY_CCW
read/write
Loop delay time for reversing from CCW to
CW register
12h
0
1
0
0
1
0
CWSCOUNTL
read/write
Number of steps CW low byte
13h
0
1
0
0
1
1
CWSCOUNTH
read/write
Number of steps CW high byte
14h
0
1
0
1
0
0
CCWSCOUNTL
read/write
Number of steps CCW low byte
15h
0
1
0
1
0
1
CCWSCOUNTH
read/write
Number of steps CCW high byte
16h
0
1
0
1
1
0
CWPWL
read/write
Step pulse width for CW rotation low byte
17h
0
1
0
1
1
1
CWPWH
read/write
Step pulse width for CW rotation high byte
18h
0
1
1
0
0
0
CCWPWL
read/write
Step pulse width for CCW rotation low byte
19h
0
1
1
0
0
1
CCWPWH
read/write
Step pulse width for CCW rotation high byte
1Ah
0
1
1
0
1
0
MCNTL
read/write
Motor start/stop and rotate direction control
1Bh
0
1
1
0
1
1
SUBADR1
read/write
I2C-bus subaddress 1
1Ch
0
1
1
1
0
0
SUBADR2
read/write
I2C-bus subaddress 2
1Dh
0
1
1
1
0
1
SUBADR3
read/write
I2C-bus subaddress 3
1Eh
0
1
1
1
1
0
ALLCALLADR
read/write
All Call I2C-bus address
1Fh
0
1
1
1
1
1
STEPCOUNT0
read only
Step counter byte 0
20h
1
0
0
0
0
0
STEPCOUNT1
read only
Step counter byte 1
21h
1
0
0
0
0
1
STEPCOUNT2
read only
Step counter byte 2
22h
1
0
0
0
1
0
STEPCOUNT3
read only
Step counter byte 3
23h to
3Fh
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Reserved[1]
[1]
These registers marked “Reserved” should not be written, and the master will not be acknowledged when accessed.
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7.3.1 MODE — Mode register
Table 6.
MODE - Mode register (address 00h) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value
Description
00h
MODE
7
-
0*
not used
6
R/W
1
Low-power sleep mode. Oscillator off.
0*
Normal mode.
1
Disable INT output pin
0*
Enable INT output pin
1
outputs change on I2C-bus ACK
0*
outputs change on I2C-bus STOP condition
1
PCA9629A responds to I2C-bus subaddress 1
0*
PCA9629A does not respond to I2C-bus
subaddress 1
1
PCA9629A responds to I2C-bus subaddress 2
0*
PCA9629A does not respond to I2C-bus
subaddress 2
1
PCA9629A responds to I2C-bus subaddress 3
0*
PCA9629A does not respond to I2C-bus
subaddress 3
1*
PCA9629A responds to All Call I2C-bus
address
0
PCA9629A does not respond to All Call
I2C-bus address
5
R/W
4
R/W
3
2
1
0
7.3.1.1
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
Low-power sleep mode, oscillator off (bit 6)
This feature allows user to program the device in Low-power sleep mode (internal
oscillator off) to save power when motor output pins are idle.
Writing ‘1’ to this bit will be ignored and no effect if the motor is running (MCNTL[7] = 1),
otherwise the device will go into Low-power sleep mode and de-assert INT output pin if
INT pin is asserted, but the interrupt status bits will not be cleared and keep the same
value.
As soon as the device enters into the Low-power sleep mode, all motor output pins are
forced driving LOW, all GPIO pins are set as input with 3-state (high-impedance) output,
and interrupt status bits will not allow change (even GPIOs input signal edge is changed
or reading/writing to access the INTSTAT register will not clear this register). User can still
read or write to set motor parameter registers during Low-power sleep mode.
Writing ‘0’ to this bit will bring the device back to normal operation mode. It takes 300 s
maximum for the internal oscillator to be up and running back to normal operation mode.
Timing on motor drive outputs and GPIOs control are not guaranteed if all registers are
accessed within the 300 s window. The INT output pin will be asserted again if any of the
interrupt status bits are set before entering the Low-power sleep mode and interrupt
output pin is enabled (bit 5 = 0).
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7.3.1.2
Disable interrupt output pin (bit 5)
This feature is useful when the host/micro/master does not want the INT pin to toggle
when interrupts occur. Within PCA9629A, when interrupts are enabled and interrupt event
occurs, the actions related to the interrupt event are still carried out. However, if bit 5 = 1,
the INT pin does not show the activation of interrupt because the pin is disabled. If
bit 5 = 0, the micro sees the actual status of the INT pin.
The only exception to this rule is when the watchdog timer is enabled in the ‘Interrupt and
Reset’ mode (see Section 7.3.2.2). In this case, the interrupt line toggles when the
watchdog timer times out (even though bit 5 of this register is a ‘1’). This is because in the
‘Interrupt and Reset mode’ the part gets reset (and hence bit 5 is cleared) when the timer
times out.
7.3.1.3
Outputs change on STOP (bit 4)
This feature can be used to synchronize the starting of the motor across multiple
PCA9629A devices on the bus at approximately the same time (within few microseconds
of one another). The host controller can program all the PCA9629As on the bus and then
issue the I2C-bus STOP condition. Upon receiving the STOP condition, all the PCA9629A
devices on the bus start generating pulse sequences required to turn the motor. This
feature is applicable only to the motor coil outputs of the device namely, OUT0 to OUT3.
It is not applicable to the general-purpose I/Os (P0 to P3).
7.3.2 Watchdog timer
The purpose of the watchdog timer is to recover the PCA9629A if the system it is used in
enters an erroneous state. When the timer times out, the watchdog generates an interrupt
to the host controller and, if programmed for reset or stop motor, resets PCA9629A or
motor is stopped if the user program fails to ‘feed’ the watchdog. To feed the watchdog,
the user simply addresses the PCA9629A ([START + slave address + START] or
[START + slave address + STOP]) within the watchdog time-out interval. Only this
sequence resets the watchdog.
Watchdog timer features:
• Can be programmed to reset the PCA9629A to POR state if it is not periodically
addressed
• Can be programmed to stop the motor if it is not periodically addressed and motor is
in start (running) state
• Can be enabled by software and select one of three watchdog interrupt modes
• Watchdog interrupt flag bit[5] in INTSTAT register
• Programmable 8-bit timer from one second to 255 seconds
The watchdog timer should be used in the following manner:
• Set the time-out interval value in WDTOI register
• Set the mode of operation (interrupt only, interrupt and reset, or interrupt and stop
motor) and enable the watchdog using the WDCNTL register
• Address the PCA9629A periodically before the watchdog timer underflows to prevent
reset/interrupt/motor stop
• Read watchdog interrupt bit (WDINT) in INTSTAT register to check for watchdog
event
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7.3.2.1
WDTOI — WatchDog Time-Out Interval register
The watchdog time-out interval should be programmed in this register. The default value
is FFh, which indicates a 255 second time-out interval. The smallest value for the time-out
interval is 01h, which indicates a one-second time-out interval. Watchdog operation
cannot be enabled with a zero second time-out interval. If user writes a zero value to this
register, the timer does not start.
Table 7.
WDTOI - Watchdog time-out interval register (address 01h) bit description
Legend: * default value.
7.3.2.2
Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value
Description
01h
WDTOI
7:0
R/W
FFh*
Watchdog time-out interval
WDCNTL — WatchDog Control register
Table 8.
WDCNTL - Watchdog control register (address 02h) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value
Description
02h
WDCNTL
7:3
read only
00h*
Reserved.
2:1
R/W
11 or
10
WDMOD: watchdog interrupt and stop motor
mode.
01
WDMOD: watchdog interrupt and reset
mode.
00*
WDMOD: watchdog interrupt only mode.
1
WDEN: watchdog enabled.
0*
WDEN: watchdog disabled.
0
R/W
This register controls the operation of the watchdog timer. Watchdog timer can be enabled
by setting the WDEN bit of this register. Before enabling the watchdog timer, the watchdog
interrupt flag WDINT must be cleared (if it is set). The interrupt flag, motor stop flag and
the reset flag are shared same bit (WDINT) in INTSTAT register.
The WDMOD bit determines the mode of operation. There are three modes of operation:
• Interrupt only mode: This is the default mode of operation. In this mode, when the
watchdog timer times out, the interrupt flag is set (WDINT bit) in INTSTAT register.
• Interrupt and reset mode: In this mode, when the watchdog timer times out, the reset
flag is set (WDINT bit) in INTSTAT register and resets the chip to POR state. All
registers are set to default value except the WDINT bit stay ‘1’ in INTSTAT register
until read of or write to the INTSTAT register.
• Interrupt and stop motor mode: When the watchdog timer times out, the motor stop
flag is set (WDINT bit) in INTSTAT register and motor is forced to stop (set OFF,
logic 0 on OUT[3:0]) immediately regardless of the bit[3:0] setting in the
OP_STAT_TO register. User can change the motor output state in OP_STAT_TO
register after WDINT bit is cleared.
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7.3.3 IO_CFG — I/O Configuration register
The lower four bits of this register configures the direction of the I/O pins P0 to P3. If a bit
in [3:0] is set (written with logic 1), the corresponding port pin is enabled as an input with
high-impedance output driver. If the bit is cleared (written with logic 0), the corresponding
port pin is enabled as an output and the upper 4 bits of this register reflect the outgoing
logic levels of these pins. At reset, the device’s ports P0 to P3 are inputs.
Table 9.
IO_CFG - I/O configuration register (address 03h) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value
Description
03h
IO_CFG
7:4
R/W
0000*
Reflects output logic levels when P[3:0] are
configured as general purpose outputs.
3
R/W
1*
P3 will be configured as input
0
P3 will be configured as output
1*
P2 will be configured as input
0
P2 will be configured as output
1*
P1 will be configured as input
0
P1 will be configured as output
1*
P0 will be configured as input
0
P0 will be configured as output
2
1
0
read/write access
from I2C-bus
read only access
from I2C-bus
Fig 5.
R/W
R/W
R/W
IO_CFG - I/O CONFIGURATION REGISTER
bit[3:0]
bit[7:4]
IP - INPUT PORT REGISTER (bit[3:0])
P0 to P3
002aah530
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7.3.4 INTMODE — Interrupt Mode register
When interrupt(s) are enabled, bits [3:0] determine whether rising edge or falling edge of
signal at P0 to P3 causes the interrupt to be generated. Interrupts are latched and flag(s)
are set in the corresponding bits of INTSTAT register. When interrupts are masked using
MSK register, these bits have no effect.
Bits [6:4] are used to configure the pulse width of the input spike or noise to suppress for
P0 to P1 as interrupt based inputs.
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Table 10. INTMODE - Interrupt mode register (address 04h) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value
04h
INTMODE
7
-
0*
6:4
R/W
3
2
1
0
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
Description
reserved
pulse width of spike or noise that must be
suppressed by the input filter for P0 and
P1 inputs
111 to
100
10 ms
011
5 ms
010
1 ms
001*
500 s
000
0s
1
interrupt occurs on falling edge for P3
0*
interrupt occurs on rising edge for P3
1
interrupt occurs on falling edge for P2
0*
interrupt occurs on rising edge for P2
1
interrupt occurs on falling edge for P1
0*
interrupt occurs on rising edge for P1
1
interrupt occurs on falling edge for P0
0*
interrupt occurs on rising edge for P0
reading INTSTAT register
1
D
Q
WDRST
WDINT
WDMST
IO_CFG[0]
MSK[0]
RISING EDGE
DETECTOR
P0
WATCHDOG
TIMER
MODE[5]
INTMODE
FALLING EDGE
DETECTOR
INT
reading INTSTAT register
IO_CFG[3]
1
D
Q
1
D
Q
MSK[3]
RISING EDGE
DETECTOR
P3
INTMODE
FALLING EDGE
DETECTOR
reading INTSTAT register
OP_CFG_PHS[4]
MSK[4]
MCNTL[7]
Fig 6.
MOTOR STOP
DETECTOR
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7.3.5 MSK — Mask interrupt register
Upon power-up, all the internal interrupt latches are reset and interrupt flags cleared and
interrupt mask bits [4:0] are set to logic 1, thus disabling interrupts from input ports P0 to
P3 and motor stop caused by bit 7 in MCNTL register. Interrupts may be enabled by
setting corresponding mask bits to logic 0.
Table 11. MSK - Interrupt mask register (address 05h) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value
Description
05h
MSK
7:5
-
000*
reserved
4
R/W
1*
Disable interrupt when motor is stopped
0
Enable interrupt when motor is stopped
1*
Disable interrupt for I/O P3
0
Enable interrupt for I/O P3
1*
Disable interrupt for I/O P2
0
Enable interrupt for I/O P2
1*
Disable interrupt for I/O P1
0
Enable interrupt for I/O P1
1*
Disable interrupt for I/O P0
0
Enable interrupt for I/O P0
3
2
1
0
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
An additional control to enable or disable the INT pin is provided by MODE control register
bit 5 (MODE[5]). Refer to Table 6.
7.3.6 INTSTAT — Interrupt Status register
This register reflects the status of an interrupt. INTSTAT is a read-only register.
INTP0 to INTP3 interrupt caused by input port pins P0 to P3, respectively, and motor stop
interrupt caused by bit 7 in MCNTL register when this bit changes from 1 to 0.
Table 12. INTSTAT - Interrupt status register (address 06h) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value
Description
06h
INTSTAT
7:6
-
00*
reserved
5
read only
1
WDINT watchdog interrupt flag set[1][2]
0*
WDINT watchdog interrupt flag clear
4
read only
1
Motor stop interrupt flag set[1]
0*
Motor stop interrupt flag clear
1
INTP3 flag set[1]
3:0
[1]
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INTP3 flag clear
1
INTP2 flag set[1]
0*
INTP2 flag clear
1
INTP1 flag set[1]
0*
INTP1 flag clear
1
INTP0 flag set[1]
0*
INTP0 flag clear
Reading or writing any value to this register will clear this bit.
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This bit will be cleared by any reset events except the watchdog reset event.
Upon power-up or any reset events, INTSTAT register bits [4:0] are cleared (= 0), thus
clearing the interrupt flags. Change in logic level at GPIO pins P0 to P3 configured as
inputs or motor stopped will cause generation of interrupt when not masked using MSK
register. The corresponding flag bit in this register is set and latched until reading this
register clears all bits.
7.3.7 IP — Input Port register
This register is read-only. They reflect the incoming logic levels of the port pins P0 to P3,
regardless of whether the pin is defined as an input or an output by the I/O configuration
register. Writes to this register have no effect.
Table 13. IP - Input Port register (address 07h) bit description
Legend: * default value ‘X’ is determined by the externally applied logic level.
Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value
Description
07h
IP
7:4
read only
0h*
reserved
3:0
read only
Xh*
reflects incoming logic levels of I/O P0 to P3
7.3.8 Interrupt based motor control
Interrupt mechanisms from GPIOs 0 and 1 (INTP0 and INTP1) can be used to control the
motor operation. Interrupts from GPIOs 2 and 3 are not used for motor control. They
behave as normal GPIO interrupts. In the following sections, the word ‘interrupt’ refers
only to INTP0 and INTP1. The following actions can be performed upon the occurrence of
an interrupt:
•
•
•
•
Stop the motor
Reverse the direction of motion
Re-start the motor with new speed and ramp rate
Move extra steps and then stop the motor or reverse its direction.
Only interrupts that occurred after the motor was started are acted upon. When an
interrupt occurs, it is latched and the programmed action is performed. The
microcontroller has to clear the interrupt before another occurrence of the same interrupt,
otherwise the second occurrence will not be acted upon. The following register,
INT_MTR_ACT, is used to program the various interrupt based control features of the
motor. To enable the interrupt based control of the motor, bit 0 of the INT_MTR_ACT
register must be set to 1.
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INT_MTR_ACT — Interrupt motor action control register
Table 14.
INT_MTR_ACT - Interrupt motor action control register (address 08h)
bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value
Description
08h
INT_MTR_ACT
7:5
R/W
111 or
110
re-start motor on INT caused by P0 or P1
101
re-start motor on INT caused by P1
100
re-start motor on INT caused by P0
011
reverse motor on INT caused by P0 or P1
010
stop motor on INT caused by P0 or P1
001
stop motor on INT caused by P1
000*
stop motor on INT caused by P0
11
INTP0 auto clears INTP1
10
INTP1 auto clears INTP0
01
INTP0 auto clears INTP1;
INTP1 auto clears INTP0
00*
INT auto clear for INTP0, INTP1 disabled
4:3
R/W
2:1
R only
00*
reserved
0
R/W
1
enable interrupt based control of motor
0*
disable interrupt based control of motor
If the bit 0 interrupt based control of motor is disabled, then values programmed in the rest
of bit [3:7] have no effect on the motor operation. The interrupt motor action control has no
effect during ramp operation.
When an interrupt occurs, if the motor is programmed in bit [7:5] to stop on that interrupt,
the following sequence of events takes place in the given order:
1. If extra steps feature is enabled for that interrupt (see
EXTRASTEPS0/EXTRASTEPS1 register settings), then extra steps will occur.
2. If ramp down is enabled (see RDCNTL register setting), the motor starts ramping
down.
3. Motor stops.
Remark: Setting ‘re-start motor’ will be ignored when ‘stop motor on INT’ is detected.
When an interrupt occurs, if the motor is programmed in bit [7:5] to reverse direction on
that interrupt, the following sequence of events takes place:
1. If extra steps feature is enabled for that interrupt (see
EXTRASTEPS0/EXTRASTEPS1 register setting), then extra steps occurs in the
current direction of motion.
2. The motor stops for the amount of time specified in the LOOPDLY_CW or
LOOPDLY_CCW timer register.
3. Motor reverses its direction of rotation.
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When an interrupt occurs, if the motor is programmed in bit [7:5] to re-start motor on that
interrupt, the following sequence of events takes place:
1. The current motor speed and operation is changing and re-start new motor speed and
operation based on these new motor parameter registers setting.
The bit [4:3] setting provides a mechanism to clear the two interrupts (INTP0 and INTP1)
automatically with the occurrence of one interrupt clears the other without the
microcontroller. The auto clear feature is disabled by default.
This feature is only available for interrupts that directly affect the operation of the motor as
defined by the bit [7:5]. For example, if INTP0 is used to stop the motor then it can be
automatically cleared by its pair INTP1. However INTP1 should be manually cleared
(through I2C-bus read the INTSTAT register). If both the interrupts are used to control the
motor operation (bit [7:5] = 010, 011, or 110/111), then all options of the bit [4:3] setting are
valid. Any interrupt that is not automatically cleared by its pair should be manually cleared
through I2C-bus read the INTSTAT register.
The auto clear mechanism can be used to create various motor movement patterns
without being supervised by the microcontroller. For example, consider an application
where the direction of motor rotation must be automatically reversed based on signals
from two sensors placed apart from each other (sometimes referred to as ‘HOME’
positions) in a continuous manner without involving the microcontroller. The following
example shows how to program the device for such an operation.
Example: This example assumes that two position sensors are located spaced apart and
a drive mechanism is needed to move an object back and forth between these two
sensors. Figure 7 shows this application use case. Driving the stepper motor causes
movement of the object toward one of the sensors. Logic level output of one sensor is
connected to input pin P0 and the other to P1. P0 and P1 are configured as inputs.
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3.3 V
5V
1.6 kΩ
1.6 kΩ
1.1 kΩ
2 kΩ
VDD
MASTER
CONTROLLER
INT
RST
generates INTP0
P0
SCL
P1
SDA
P2
INT
P3
generates INTP1
sensor 1
sensor 0
RESET
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OUT2
OUT1
OUT0
AD1
AD0
12 V EXTERNAL
HIGH CURRENT
DRIVER
position A
electrical
stepper motor
M
VSS
002aah546
Fig 7.
Example of controlling doll head movement between two home positions
At power-up, INTP0 to INTP3 flags in INTSTAT[3:0] are clear (= 0).
Set IO_CFG[1:0] = 11, configure both P0 and P1 as inputs.
Set INT_MTR_ACT[0] = 1, enable interrupt based motor control.
Set INT_MTR_ACT[7:5] = 011, reverse motor on interrupt caused by P0 or P1.
Set INT_MTR_ACT[4:3] = 01, INTP0 auto clears INTP1; INTP1 auto clears INTP0.
Set INTMODE[1:0] to select interrupt occurs on either falling or rising edge.
Set MSK[1:0] = 00, enable both interrupts for P0 and P1.
Start motor by writing bit 7 to 1 in MCNTL register and after some time, position sensor
causes input logic at P0 to toggle.
When the input logic level at P0 changes, the interrupt caused by P0 is latched; INTP0
flag in INTSTAT is set (= 1).
Since INT_MTR_ACT[0] = 1 (enable interrupt based motor control) and
INT_MTR_ACT[7:5] = 011 (reverse motor on interrupt caused by P0 or P1), the motor
direction is reversed and the INTP1 flag is cleared (since INTP0 clears INTP1). This
allows interrupt generation at the end of reverse movement by sensor at P1.
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7.3.9 EXTRASTEPS0, EXTRASTEPS1 — Extra steps count for INTP0, INTP1
control register
Table 15.
EXTRASTEPS0, EXTRASTEPS1 - Extra steps count for INTP0, INTP1 register
(address 09h, 0Ah) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value
Description
09h
EXTRASTEPS0
7:0
R/W
00h*
count value for EXTRASTEPS (steps)
for INTP0
0Ah
EXTRASTEPS1
7:0
R/W
00h*
count value for EXTRASTEPS (steps)
for INTP1
Extra steps feature is used to make the motor rotate a specified amount of steps from the
point of an interrupt occurrence. The EXTRASTEPS0 register is used for P0 interrupt
(INTP0) and the EXTRASTEPS1 register is used for P1 interrupt (INTP1).
This register has no effect if the interrupt based motor control is disabled
(INT_MTR_ACT[0] = 0).
The 8-bit value in this register is used to determine the number of steps to be overdriven.
Direction of rotation of motor is maintained. If the count value in this register = 0, the
EXTRASTEPS feature is disabled.
7.3.10 OP_CFG_PHS — Output Port Configuration and Phase control register
This register is used to configure the OUT[3:0] pins output function and level. When bit 4
is set to 0 to select the OUT[3:0] as general purpose output pins and the lower 4 bits of
this register reflect the outgoing logic levels of these pins. When bit 4 is set to 1 to select
the OUT[3:0] as motor drive output pins and the lower 4 bits will reflect the output logic
levels on OUT[3:0] pins when motor is stopped (read only).
The bits [7:6] are used to configure the phase of the output waveforms at the motor output
pins OUT0 to OUT3 to drive the motor coils (with external high current drivers). One of the
following three modes of drive method can be selected using these two bits:
• One-phase drive (wave drive)
• Two-phase drive
• Half-step drive
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Table 16.
OP_CFG_PHS - Output Port Configuration and Phase control register
(address 0Bh) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value Description
0Bh
OP_CFG_PHS
7:6
R/W
11 or
10
half-step drive outputs
01
two-phase drive outputs
00*
one-phase drive outputs
5
-
0*
reserved
4
R/W
1*
OUT[3:0] will be configured as motor drive
outputs
0
OUT[3:0] will be configured as general
purpose outputs (GPO)
3:0
R/W
0000* When bit 4 is set to 0, these 4 bits reflect
output logic levels on OUT[3:0] pins for
GPO function.
When bit 4 is set to 1, these 4 bits reflect
the last output logic levels on OUT[3:0]
pins when motor is stopped (read only).
Remark: The phase of the output waveforms can be changed at any time by writing to
bits [7:6] of this register.
read/write access
from I2C-bus
OP_CFG_PHS OUTPUT PORT CONFIGURATION
AND PHASE CONTROL REGISTER
read motor
stopped state
MOTOR OUTPUT PHASE
SEQUENCE GENERATOR
Fig 8.
bit 4
bit[3:0]
0
OUT0 to OUT3
1
002aah529
Simplified schematic for OUT[3:0] control
7.3.11 OP_STAT_TO
The bit [1:0] determines the condition of motor output pins when motor is stopped on
clockwise and the bit [3:2] determines the condition of motor output pins when motor is
stopped on counter-clockwise. One of logic 0, logic 1 or hold (last state) selects for motor
output state.
The bit [7:5] is used to configure the motor stop time-out timer. The time-out timer is
enabled and starts to count down when this value is non-zero and motor is stopped, the
motor output pins will drive all logic 0s when counting down to zero. This time-out timer is
counting down when motor is stopped and reload the value again when motor is started.
When motor is in stop condition (MCNTL[7] = 0), the OUT[3:0] pins are driving HIGH if
output pins are set to logic 1 (ON) and the time-out timer is disabled in OP_STAT_TO
register.
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Table 17.
OP_STAT_TO - Output state and time-out control register (address 0Ch)
bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Access
0Ch
OP_STAT_TO
7:5
R/W
Description
Motor stop time-out timer. The output
state will drive all logic 0 when motor is
stopped and this timer counts down to
zero.
111
1020 ms
110
508 ms
101
252 ms
100
124 ms
011
60 ms
010
28 ms
001
12 ms
000*
disable time-out timer
4
R/W
0*
reserved
3:2
R/W
11 or 10
output pins = logic 1 (ON) after
CCW stop
01
output pins = HOLD last state after
CCW stop
00*
output pins = logic 0 (OFF) after
CCW stop[1]
1:0
[1]
Value
R/W
11 or 10
output pins = logic 1 (ON) after CW stop
01
output pins = HOLD last state after
CW stop
00*
output pins = logic 0 (OFF) after
CW stop[1]
No need to enable the motor stop time-out timer.
Remark: Both output time-out control and output state can be changed at any time by
writing to this register.
7.3.12 RUCNTL — Ramp-up control register
Table 18. RUCNTL - Ramp-up control register (address 0Dh) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value
Description
0Dh
RUCNTL
7:6
read only
00*
reserved
5
R/W
4
3:0
[1]
R/W
R/W
1
enable ramp-up during start
0*
disable ramp-up during start
1
re-enable ramp-up to change ramp-up rate[1]
0*
self clear after new rate of ramp-up start
running
0000*
ramp-up step multiplication factor
No effect if bit 5 is set to 0, or when the motor is running on the final (top) speed.
The multiplication factor has a decimal range from 1 to 8192 as shown in Table 19.
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Table 19.
Multiplication factor value for ramp-up, ramp-down control
Register value [3:0]
Decimal value (D)
Ramp step multiplication factor (2D)
0000
0
1
0001
1
2
0010
2
4
0011
3
8
0100
4
16
0101
5
32
0110
6
64
0111
7
128
1000
8
256
1001
9
512
1010
10
1024
1011
11
2048
1100
12
4096
1101
13
8192
1110, 1111
14, 15
reserved and do not use
The RUCNTL[5] enables/disables the speed ramp-up during starting of the motor.
The RUCNTL[4] re-enables the new speed ramp-up to replace the current ramp-up rate
while the current ramp-up is running. User can write bit [5:4] = 11 with new ramp-up step
multiplication factor in bit [3:0] to change new ramp-up rate and bit 4 is self-cleared to 0.
Re-enabling the ramp-up will change the ramp-up rate immediately during the ramp-up
operation only. User can set re-enable ramp-up without re-start motor operation to change
the ramp-up rate curve on-the-fly. The prescaler range setting (eight ranges in
CWPWH/CCWPWH registers) must be in the same range during re-enable ramp-up
operation. See Figure 10.
The RUCNTL[3:0] defines the acceleration rate of the ramp-up control. If the value is
small, the PWM width decrement (accelerating) is slower.
The pulse width decrement step is ‘smallest_pulse_step  RUCNTL[3:0] factor’. The
smallest_pulse_step is defined by prescaler value of CWPWH [15:13] and
CCWPWH[15:13]. Each prescaler setting’s smallest_pulse_step is given in Table 27 and
Table 29 (the minimum value of the range).
The ramp up control will start in speed of maximum_pulse_step, which is the maximum
value of the range given in Table 27 and Table 29.
The ramp-up is completed (final speed) when the pulse width gets the width that is set by
CWPWL/CWPWH or CCWPWL/CCWPWH registers.
During ramp-up, the step pulse width is automatically decremented (from the maximum
value for step pulse width in the chosen range) until the value in CWPW or the CCWPW
register is reached, depending on the direction of rotation. See Figure 9
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7.3.13 RDCNTL — Ramp-down control register
Table 20. RDCNTL - Ramp-down control register (address 0Eh) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value
Description
0Eh
RDCNTL
7:6
read only
00*
reserved
5
R/W
1
enable ramp-down to stop
0*
disable ramp-down to stop
1
re-enable ramp-down to change ramp-down
rate[1]
0*
self clear after new rate of ramp-down start
running
0000*
ramp-down step multiplication factor
4
3:0
[1]
R/W
R/W
No effect if bit 5 is set to 0, or when the motor is running on the final (top) speed.
The multiplication factor has a decimal range from 1 to 8192 as shown in Table 19.
The RDCNTL[5] enables/disables the speed ramp-down during stopping of the motor.
The RDCNTL[4] re-enables the new speed ramp-down to replace the current ramp-down
rate while the current ramp down is running. User can write bit [5:4] = 11 with new
ramp-down step multiplication factor in bit[3:0] to change new ramp-down rate and bit 4 is
self-cleared to 0. Re-enabling the ramp-down will change the ramp-down rate immediately
during the ramp down operation only. User can set re-enable ramp down without re-start
motor operation to change the ramp-down rate curve on-the-fly. The prescaler range
setting (eight ranges in CWPWH/CCWPWH registers) must be in the same range during
re-enable ramp down operation. See Figure 10.
The RDCNTL[3:0] defines the decelerating rate of the ramp down control. If the value is
small, the PWM width increment (decelerating) is slower.
The pulse width increment step is ‘smallest_pulse_step  RDCNTL[3:0] factor’. The
smallest_pulse_step is defined by prescaler value of CWPWH[15:13] and
CCWPWH[15:13]. Each prescaler setting’s smallest_pulse_step is given in Table 27 and
Table 29 (the minimum value of the range).
The ramp-down control will end in speed of maximum_pulse_step, which is the maximum
value of the range given in Table 27 and Table 29.
During ramp-down, the step pulse width is automatically incremented from the current
value in CWPW or the CCWPW, depending on the direction of rotation, until it reaches the
maximum value for step pulse width in the chosen range. See Figure 9.
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speed
duration to keep rotation/step in final speed
total steps are defined by
CWSCOUNTx/CCWSCOUNTx
and PMA registers
decrease step pulse width(2)
(acceleration rate)
increase step pulse width(2)
(deceleration rate)
ramp start speed(1)
ramp end speed(1)
(no microcontroller interactions required)
ramp-down
start motor
if MCNTL[7] = 1
stop motor when
operation is completed and
MCNTL[7] bit is self-clear
ramp-up operation
OUT0
OUT1
OUT2
OUT3
98.304
ms
97.536
ms
final speed
24 μs
ramp-down operation
24 μs
97.728
ms
98.112
ms
97.92
ms
97.92
ms
98.112
ms
97.728
ms
97.536
ms
98.304
ms
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(1) The ramp start or ramp end speed is defined as the maximum value of the range given in Table 27 and Table 29 based on prescaler bits [15:13] in
CWPWH/CCWPWH registers. For example, the ramp start or ramp end speed is 98.304 ms if the CWPWH/CCWPWH[15:13] = 010.
(2) The decrease/increase step pulse width is defined as the minimum value of the range given in Table 27 and Table 29 based on prescaler bit s [15:13] in
CWPWH/CCWPWH registers times the ramp step multiplication factor bits [3:0] in RUCNTL/RDCNTL registers. For example, the decrease/increase step pulse width is
192 s (12 s  16) if the CWPWH/CCWPWH[15:13] = 010 (minimum value 12 s) and RUCNTL/RDCNTL[3:0] = 0100 (multiplication factor 16).
(3) The ramp-up final speed is defined as the minimum value of the range given in Table 27 and Table 29 based on prescaler bit s [15:13] times the step pulse width value
bits [12:0] plus 1 in CWPWH/L and CCWPWH/L registers. For example, the ramp-up final speed is 24 s (12 s  2) if the CWPWH/CCWPWH[15:13] = 010 (minimum
value 12 s) and the CWPWH/L or CCWPWH/L = 0x0001 (1 + 1).
Fig 9.
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final (top) speed(3)
ramp-up
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keep rotating 1536 steps
in final speed
(re-enable ramp-up or ramp-down
has no effect during the final speed)
decrease step pulse width
by 24 μs (second ramp speed)
decrease step pulse width
by 48 μs (first ramp speed)
(re-enable
ramp-up bit)
increase step pulse width
by 48 μs (third ramp speed)
(re-enable
ramp-down bit)
increase step pulse width
by 24 μs(fourth ramp speed)
ramp start speed
(49.152 ms)
ramp end speed
(49.152 ms)
time
ramp down
ramp up
final speed (24.582 ms)
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Example shown for how to program re-enable ramp-up and ramp-down during ramp operation.
(1) CWPWH = 30h, CWPWL = 00h (ramp start/stop speed is 49.152 ms and final speed is 24.582 ms.
(2) CWSCOUNTH = 06h, CWSCOUNTL = 00h (duration to keep rotation 1536 steps after final speed).
(3) RUCNTL = 23h (enable ramp-up and set acceleration rate 6 s  8 = 48 s; this is the first ramp speed).
(4) RDCNTL = 23h (enable ramp-down and set deceleration rate 6 s  8 = 48 s; this is the third ramp speed).
(5) PMA = 01h (perform motor action specified in bit[1:0] of MCNTL register once).
(6) MCNTL = 80h (start motor with rotate clockwise).
(7) RUCNTL = 32h (during ramp-up, re-enable ramp-up and change the multiplication factor value to the new ramp acceleration
rate 6 s  4 = 24 s; this is the second ramp speed).
(8) RDCNTL = 32h (during ramp-down, re-enable ramp-down and change the multiplication factor value to the new ramp
deceleration rate 6 s  4 = 24 s; this is the fourth ramp speed).
Fig 10. PCA9629A operation model for re-enable ramp-up and ramp-down
During ramp-up and ramp-down phase of operation, the interrupt based controls do not
affect the motor run. A stop request from the microcontroller (writing MCNTL[7] = 0 or
MCNTL[5] = 1) is the only event that affects the motor operation during ramp-up and
ramp-down.
During ramp-up, the micro can issue a stop request either normal stop (MCNTL[7] = 0) or
emergency stop (MCNTL[5] = 1). The following sequence of events takes place in the
given order:
1. If emergency stop is enabled (MCNTL[5] = 1), the motor stops immediately (even if
ramp-down is enabled) - Priority 1.
2. If normal stop is enabled (MCNTL[7] = 0) and ramp-down is enabled, then the motor
starts to ramp down to stop - Priority 2.
3. If normal stop is enabled (MCNTL[7] = 0) and ramp-down is disabled, then motor
stops immediately - Priority 3.
During ramp-down, the micro can issue a stop request either normal stop (MCNTL[7] = 0)
or emergency stop (MCNTL[5] = 1). The following sequence of events takes place in the
given order:
1. If emergency stop is enabled (MCNTL[5] = 1), the motor stops immediately (it does
not finish ramping down) - Priority 1.
2. If normal stop is enabled (MCNTL[7] = 0) and ramp-down is enabled, then the motor
continues to ramp down to a stop - Priority 2.
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In the duration between end of ramp-up and beginning of ramp-down, the interrupt based
controls (if enabled) can affect the operation of the motor. In this region, Section 7.3.8
gives the priority of events when both interrupt-based control and ramp control are
enabled together.
7.3.14 PMA — Perform multiple of actions control register
Table 21. PMA - Perform multiple of actions control register (address 0Fh) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value
Description
0Fh
PMA
7:0
R/W
00h
perform motor action specified in bits [1:0] of
MCNTL register continuously
01h*
perform motor action specified in bits [1:0] of
MCNTL register once
02h to
FFh
Perform motor action number of times from
2 (02h) to 255 (FFh) specified in bits [1:0] of
MCNTL register
This register determines if the motor operation specified in bits [1:0] of MCNTL register is
executed once, multiple times (2 ~ 255) or continuously. If continuous operation
(PMA = 00h) is set, the motor can be stopped either by issuing a stop request or if an
interrupt happens and the motor is programmed to stop on that interrupt. If multiple times
operation is set from 1 to 255 in bit [7:0], the motor stops automatically after finishing the
current multiple times operation. The number of action counter is always increased by 1
whenever the motor rotation direction is changed during the MCNTL[1:0] = 10 or 11.
7.3.15 LOOPDLY_CW — Loop delay timer for CW to CCW control register
This feature is used to make the motor wait for a certain amount of time before reversing
its direction from clockwise to counter-clockwise rotation. There are two situations in
which the motor must reverse its direction of rotation:
• The user requests both clockwise and counter-clockwise rotation (also known as auto
reversal mode).
• On an interrupt (also known as interrupt reversal mode).
This register holds the wait time value in resolution of 4 ms. 00h = 0 second wait time,
01h = 4 ms wait time, and FFh = 1.02 seconds wait time.
Remark: LOOPDLY_CW timer has an accuracy of 3 %.
Table 22.
LOOPDLY_CW - Loop delay timer for CW to CCW control register (address 10h)
bit description
Legend: * default value.
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Register
Bit
Access
Value
Description
10h
LOOPDLY_CW
7:0
R/W
00h*
loop delay counter for reversing from
clockwise to counter-clockwise rotation
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7.3.16 LOOPDLY_CCW — Loop delay timer for CCW to CW control register
This feature is used to make the motor wait for a certain amount of time before reversing
its direction from counter-clockwise to clockwise rotation. There are two situations in
which the motor must reverse its direction of rotation:
• The user requests both clockwise and counter-clockwise rotation (also known as auto
reversal mode).
• On an interrupt (also known as interrupt reversal mode).
This register holds the wait time value in resolution of 4 ms. 00h = 0 second wait time,
01h = 4 ms wait time, and FFh = 1.02 seconds wait time.
Remark: LOOPDLY_CCW timer has an accuracy of 3 %.
Table 23.
LOOPDLY_CCW - Loop delay timer for CCW to CW control register (address 11h)
bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value
Description
11h
LOOPDLY_CCW
7:0
R/W
00h*
loop delay counter for reversing from
counter-clockwise to clockwise rotation
7.3.17 CWSCOUNTL, CWSCOUNTH — Number of clockwise steps register
This register determines the number of steps the motor should turn in clockwise direction.
Table 24.
CWSCOUNTL, CWSCOUNTH - Number of clockwise steps count register
(address 12h, 13h) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value
Description
12h
CWSCOUNTL
7:0
R/W
00h*
number of clockwise steps, low byte
13h
CWSCOUNTH
7:0
R/W
00h*
number of clockwise steps, high byte
7.3.18 CCWSCOUNTL, CCWSCOUNTH — Number of counter-clockwise steps
register
This register determines the number of steps the motor should turn in counter-clockwise
direction.
Table 25.
CCWSCOUNTL, CCWSCOUNTH - Number of counter-clockwise steps count
register (address 14h, 15h) bit description
Legend: * default value.
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Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value
Description
14h
CCWSCOUNTL
7:0
R/W
00h*
number of counter-clockwise steps,
low byte
15h
CCWSCOUNTH
7:0
R/W
00h*
number of counter-clockwise steps,
high byte
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7.3.19 CWPWL, CWPWH — Clockwise step pulse width register
This register determines the step pulse width used for the phase sequence output
waveforms during ClockWise (CW) rotation.
Table 26.
CWPWL, CWPWH - Clockwise step pulse width control register
(address 16h, 17h) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value
Description
16h
CWPWL
7:0
R/W
00h*
step pulse width, low byte
17h
CWPWH
7:0
R/W
00h*
step pulse width, high byte
This register sets the pulse width value between 3 s and 3145 ms (3 %).
15
14
13
12
0
PRESCALER
P2
P1
STEP PULSE WIDTH
13 bits (213 = 8192 steps)
P0
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Fig 11. Step pulse width for clockwise rotation
The upper three bits of the register are the prescaler that determines the dynamic range
for the step pulse width. Table 27 shows the range for each setting of the prescaler.
Table 27.
Prescaler range settings
Prescaler [P2:P0]
Decimal value (D)
2D
Range
000
0
1
3 s to 24.576 ms
001
1
2
6 s to 49.152 ms
010
2
4
12 s to 98.304 ms
011
3
8
24 s to 196.608 ms
100
4
16
48 s to 393.216 ms
101
5
32
96 s to 786.432 ms
110
6
64
192 s to 1572.864 ms
111
7
128
384 s to 3145.728 ms
Remark: The values given in Table 27 are based on nominal 1 MHz internal clock.
This method gives the user access to the entire range with the smallest pulse width
(fastest speed) of 3 s at the lower end, and the largest pulse width (slowest speed) of
3145 ms at the higher end.
The prescaler value defines the range of the ramp control. The ramp-up starts from its
maximum pulse width and ramp-down ends at same maximum pulse width. The top
speed of the ramp control is defined by both PRESCALER and STEP_PULSE_WIDTH
values.
Final (top) speed = (minimum pulse width in the range defined by
PRESCALER[15:13])  (STEP_PULSE_WIDTH[12:0] + 1).
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7.3.20 CCWPWL, CCWPWH — Counter-clockwise step pulse width register
This register determines the step pulse width used for the phase sequence output
waveforms during Counter-ClockWise (CCW) rotation.
Table 28.
CCWPWL, CCWPWH - Counter-clockwise step pulse width control register
(address 18h, 19h) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value
Description
18h
CCWPWL
7:0
R/W
00h*
step pulse width, low byte
19h
CCWPWH 7:0
R/W
00h*
step pulse width, high byte
The 16-bit value sets the pulse width between 3 s and 3145 ms (3 %).
15
14
13
12
0
PRESCALER
P2
P1
STEP PULSE WIDTH
13 bits (213 = 8192 steps)
P0
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Fig 12. Step pulse width for counter-clockwise rotation
The upper three bits of the register are the prescaler that determines the dynamic range
for the step pulse width. Table 29 shows the range for each setting of the prescaler.
Table 29.
Prescaler range settings
Prescaler [P2:P0]
Decimal value (D)
2D
Range
000
0
1
3 s to 24.576 ms
001
1
2
6 s to 49.152 ms
010
2
4
12 s to 98.304 ms
011
3
8
24 s to 196.608 ms
100
4
16
48 s to 393.216 ms
101
5
32
96 s to 786.432 ms
110
6
64
192 s to 1572.864 ms
111
7
128
384 s to 3145.728 ms
Remark: The values given in Table 29 are based on nominal 1 MHz internal clock.
This method gives the user access to the entire range with the smallest pulse width
(fastest speed) of 3 s at the lower end, and the largest pulse width (slowest speed) of
3145 ms at the higher end.
The prescaler value defines the range of the ramp control. The ramp-up is started from its
maximum pulse width and ramp-down ends at same maximum pulse width. The top
speed of the ramp control is defined by both PRESCALER and STEP_PULSE_WIDTH
values.
Final (top) speed = (minimum pulse width in the range defined by
PRESCALER[15:13])  (STEP_PULSE_WIDTH[12:0] + 1).
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7.3.21 MCNTL — Motor control register
This register acts like the master control panel for driving the motor. It determines the type
of motor operation and controls the starting/stopping or re-start new speed of the motor.
The registers from address 08h (INT_MTR_ACT) to 19h (CCWPWH) are referred to as
the motor parameter registers. The user must first program the motor parameter registers
that are required for the current run of the motor. After that, this register should be
programmed with the type of operation required in bits [1:0]. The motor starts when bit 7
of this register is set.
While the bit 7 of this register is still 1 (motor is running), the user also can re-program the
motor parameter registers that are required to change the motor speed for the next run of
the motor. The motor can re-start with new speed and operation without stopping motor
when both bits [7:6] of this register are set to 1. The type of operation control in bit [1:0] is
not allowed to change when re-starting motor.
Table 30. MCNTL - Motor control register (address 1Ah) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Access
1Ah
MCNTL
7
R/W
6
R/W
5
R/W
4
W only
3
W only
Value
1
start motor
0*
stop motor
1
re-start motor for new speed and operation
0*
self clear after new speed starts running
1
emergency stop motor
0*
self clear after motor stop and bit 7 also clears to
0
1
enable START (bit 7) ignore caused by P0 state
0*
7.3.21.1
Description
disable START (bit 7) ignore caused by P0 state
P0 polarity setting for START (bit 7) ignore
1
set P0 input state is HIGH to ignore START bit 7
0*
set P0 input state is LOW to ignore START bit 7
2
R only
0*
reserved
1:0
R/W
11
rotate counter-clockwise first, then clockwise
10
rotate clockwise first, then counter-clockwise
01
rotate counter-clockwise
00*
rotate clockwise
MCNTL[7]: start/stop motor
This bit indicates the state of the motor. A ‘1’ indicates that the motor is running and
‘0’ indicates that the motor is in the stopped state.
To start the motor, write ‘1’ to this bit. Once the motor is started. Changing bits [1:0] of the
MCNTL register do not affect motor operation. Only three bits that can affect motor
operation in the MCNTL register while the motor is running are the start/stop bit, re-start
bit, and emergency stop bit. Also, any start command (writing ‘1’ to this bit only when it is
already set), before the completion of the current operation are ignored.
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When the current operation is completed, the motor stops and this bit is cleared. The
completion of motor operation can be checked by reading this bit or detecting motor stop
interrupt if motor stop interrupt is enabled in MSK register (bit 4 = 0). After the motor has
stopped, the motor parameter registers can be updated and the motor can be started
again.
The microcontroller can stop the motor at any time by writing ‘0’ to this bit (this is referred
to as a normal stop request). Once the motor stops, this bit is cleared and it will generate
interrupt if motor stop interrupt is enabled. Stop request issued when the motor is already
in the stopped state is ignored.
7.3.21.2
MCNTL[6]: re-start motor
The ‘re-start motor’ feature is designed to change the current motor speed and operation
without stopping motor. So the re-start motor is changing current motor run based on the
new motor parameter registers setting. User can re-program new speed and operation
while the current motor operation is still running (bit 7 = 1), then write ‘1’ to both bits [7:6]
to re-start new speed/operation and this bit is self cleared after new speed and operation
start running. The new speed of step pulse width will start on OUT(x + 1) output pin right
after the current phase of output waveform finished on OUTx output pin. Once the motor
is re-started by writing both bits [7:6] to ‘1’, the motor parameter registers can be
re-program again for another new speed and operation.
Re-start motor operation is allowed only if the total number of steps is not completed (in
CWSCOUNT/CCWSCOUNT, PMA and EXTRASTEPS0/EXTRASTEPS1 registers), so
re-start motor does not change the step counter (CWSCOUNT/CCWSCOUNT) value and
will continuously count the remaining steps until all steps are completed or motor is
stopped. The following registers can be re-programmed for re-start motor operation:
•
•
•
•
INT_MTR_ACT
LOOPDLY_CW, LOOPDLY_CCW
RUCNTL, RDCNTL
CWPW[12:0], CCWPW[12:0]
The following rules should be observed while programming this bit to re-start motor run:
• During the interrupt motor re-start operation, setting this re-start bit has no effect.
• The prescaler range setting (eight ranges in CWPWH/CCWPWH registers) must be in
the same range during re-start motor operation.
• Set re-start motor bit to ‘1’ while the current motor is running (bit 7 = 1) in the final
(top) or target speed (S0), the re-start motor action will take place immediately based
on the new motor parameter registers setting. If both ramp-up/ramp-down are
disabled, it will change to new speed of S1 immediately as shown in Figure 13. If both
ramp-up/ramp-down are enabled, it will go to new speed of S1 with either ramp up
(S0 < S1) or ramp down (S0 > S1) as shown in Figure 14.
• Set re-start motor bit to ‘1’ while the current motor is running (bit 7 = 1) in the ramp
operation, the re-start motor action will wait for the ramp-up or ramp-down to
complete, then re-start the new motor operation based on the new motor parameter
registers setting as shown in Figure 15.
• User can set both re-start motor and re-enable ramp operations at the same time.
Motor will change the ramp rate first if motor is running in the ramp operation.
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• Re-start motor request issued when the motor is already in the stopped state is
ignored.
• Re-start motor request when the current motor is stopped and waiting for the loop
delay time in auto-reversal mode is ignored.
speed
motor running at S0
first operation
(set pulse width of speed S1)
motor running at S1
second operation
time
start motor
(set bit 7 = 1)
re-start motor (set bits [7:6] = 11)
terminate the current operation
and re-start next operation
motor stop
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Fig 13. Re-start motor with ramp-up/ramp-down disable while current motor running in the final speed
speed
if S0 < S1,
ramp up
to speed S1
12.29 ms
24.58 ms
first operation
motor running at S0 24.58 ms
(set pulse width of speed S1
and enable ramp-up/ramp-down)
36.87 ms
motor running at S1
speed (12.294 ms)
second operation
(128 steps)
third operation
(total of steps)
if S0 > S1,
ramp down
to speed S1
motor running at S1
speed (36.87 ms)
49.15 ms
start motor
(bit 7 = 1)
with speed S0
fourth operation
motor ramp down
to end speed
(maximum pulse width)
re-start motor
(set bits [7:6] = 11)
with either ramp up
or ramp down
from speed S0
ramp up or down
to final speed S1
start ramp down
to maximum
pulse width
(motor stop)
time
ramp down to
end speed 49.152 ms
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Fig 14. Re-start motor with ramp-up/ramp-down enable while current motor running in the final speed
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speed
12.29 ms
if S0 < S1, ramp up
to speed S1
motor running at S1
speed (12.294 ms)
(re-start motor will wait for
the ramp up to complete)
second operation
(128 steps)
24.58 ms
third operation
(total of steps)
if S0 > S1,
ramp down
to speed S1
36.87 ms
motor running at S1
speed (36.87 ms)
first operation
49.15 ms
fourth operation
(motor stop)
motor ramp down
to end speed
(maximum pulse width)
start motor (bit 7 = 1)
with ramp up and
final speed is S0
24.58 ms
re-start motor
(set bits [7:6] = 11)
with either ramp up
or ramp down
from speed S0
ramp up or down
to final speed S1
start ramp down
to maximum
pulse width
time
ramp down
to end speed
49.152 ms
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Fig 15. Re-start motor with ramp-up/ramp-down enable while current motor running in the ramp-up
7.3.21.3
MCNTL[5]: emergency stop
The ‘emergency stop’ feature is used to stop the motor immediately when this bit is
set to 1. Emergency stop feature has a higher priority over ramp operation. So even if
ramp operation is enabled, if the micro issues an emergency stop request, the motor
stops immediately and does not ramp up or ramp down to stop. The micro should decide
how the part should handle its stop request — either normal stop by setting bit 7 to 0, or
emergency stop by setting this bit 5 to 1. This bit self clears after write 1 and bit 7 also
clears to 0 after motor stop, it will generate an interrupt if motor stop interrupt is enabled.
Emergency stop request issued when the motor is already in the stopped state is ignored.
7.3.21.4
MCNTL[4]: enable/disable START (bit 7) ignore caused by P0 state
The ‘START (bit 7) ignore caused by P0 state’ feature is designed to control and monitor
motor home-position based on P0 input state. In normal operation, this bit is set to 0 to
disable this function.
When the motor is in STOP condition (START bit 7 = 0), the microcontroller can set bit 7
to 1 and bit[4:3] = 10 to control motor operation in the following order:
1. If the P0 input state is LOW, then START bit 7 is ignored (motor is non-operational
and in right position).
2. If P0 input state is HIGH, then motor is started until the P0 input state is detected as
LOW (motor is back to right position).
When the motor is in STOP condition (START bit 7 = 0), the microcontroller can set bit 7
to 1 and bit[4:3] = 11 to control motor operation in the following order:
1. If the P0 input state is HIGH, then START bit 7 is ignored (motor is non-operational
and in right position).
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2. If P0 input state is LOW, then motor is started until the P0 input state is detected as
HIGH (motor is back to right position).
User can periodically send this command to keep motor in home-position without polling
the P0 input state.
7.3.21.5
MCNTL[3]: P0 polarity setting for START (bit 7) ignore
This bit is used to set P0 input state either LOW or HIGH for detection when bit 4 is set to
1 to enable the ‘START (bit 7) ignore caused by P0 state’ feature and P0 is configured as
input in IO_CFG register.
The input filter for P0 input state change detection can be enabled to suppress a spike or
noise in the range of 500 s to 10 ms as shown in the bit[6:4] in INTMODE register. The
input filter for P0 will be disabled if bit[6:4] is set to ‘00’ in INTMODE register.
7.3.21.6
MCNTL[1:0]: clockwise (CW) / counter-clockwise (CCW)
These two bits are used to program the direction of the motor for current operation. The
number of clockwise or counter-clockwise rotation steps are defined in CWSCOUNT or
CCWSCOUNT registers and the number of repeat operations (from 1 to 255 or
continuously) is defined in the PMA register. Number of steps should be non zero in the
direction of operation (CW or CCW). In auto/interrupt based reversal modes (CW and
CCW), the number of steps in both directions should be non zero. If this condition is not
satisfied, the motor does not start. Options 10 and 11 are called auto reversal modes (to
differentiate it from interrupt based reversal). In these modes, the motor starts rotating in
one direction and after completing the required steps reverses the direction of rotation. If
continuous mode of operation is programmed in PMA register (bits [7:0] = 00h) with auto
reversal, then the motor keeps repeating the operation continuously until the micro issues
a stop request or if an interrupt happens and the motor is programmed to stop on that
interrupt.
7.3.22 SUBADR1 to SUBADR3 — I2C-bus subaddress 1 to 3
SUBADR1 to SUBADR3 - I2C-bus subaddress registers 1 to 3
(addresses 1Bh, 1Ch 1Dh) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Table 31.
Address
Register
Bit
Symbol
Access Value
Description
1Bh
SUBADR1
7:1
A1[7:1]
R/W
1110 001*
I2C-bus subaddress 1
0
A1[0]
R only
0*
reserved
7:1
A2[7:1]
R/W
1110 010*
I2C-bus subaddress 2
0
A2[0]
R only
0*
reserved
7:1
A3[7:1]
R/W
1110 100*
I2C-bus subaddress 3
0
A3[0]
R only
0*
reserved
1Ch
1Dh
SUBADR2
SUBADR3
Subaddresses are programmable through the I2C-bus. Default power-up values are E2h,
E4h, E8h, and the device(s) will not acknowledge these addresses right after power-up
(the corresponding bits [3:1] in MODE register is equal to 0).
Once subaddresses have been programmed to their right values, bits [3:1] (MODE
register) must be set to logic 1 in order to have the device acknowledging these
addresses. Only the seven MSBs representing the I2C-bus subaddress are valid. The
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LSB in SUBADRx register is a read-only bit (0). When subaddress control bits [3:1] in
MODE register is set to logic 1, the corresponding I2C-bus subaddress can be used
during either an I2C-bus read or write sequence.
7.3.23 ALLCALLADR — All Call I2C-bus address
Table 32. ALLCALLADR - All Call I2C-bus address register (address 1Eh) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Symbol
Access Value
Description
1Eh
ALLCALLADR
7:1
AC[7:1]
R/W
1110 000*
ALLCALL I2C-bus
address register
0
AC[0]
R only
0*
reserved
The All Call I2C-bus address allows all the PCA9629As on the bus to be programmed at
the same time (bit 0 in register MODE must be equal to 1 (power-up default state)). This
address is programmable through the I2C-bus and can be used during either an I2C-bus
read or write sequence. Only the seven MSBs representing the All Call I2C-bus address
are valid. The LSB in ALLCALLADR register is a read-only bit (0). If bit 0 in MODE
register = 0, the device does not acknowledge the address programmed in register
ALLCALLADR.
7.3.24 STEPCOUNT[0:3] — Step counter registers
Table 33.
STEPCOUNT0, STEPCOUNT1, STEPCOUNT2, STEPCOUNT3 - Step counter
registers (addresses 1Fh, 20h, 21h, 22h) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value
Description
1Fh
STEPCOUNT0
7:0
R only
00h*
step counter byte [7:0] (clear after read)
20h
STEPCOUNT1
7:0
R only
00h*
step counter byte [15:8] (clear after read)
21h
STEPCOUNT2
7:0
R only
00h*
step counter byte [23:16] (clear after read)
22h
STEPCOUNT3
7:0
R only
00h*
step counter byte [31:24] (clear after read)
This 32-bit counter is designed to continuously count total number of step pulses that
drive the motor coils from output ports OUT0 to OUT3. This 32-bit step counter will be
cleared after they are read, overflow, power-on reset, or hardware/software reset.
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7.4 Motor coil excitation
Initially, after a power-up of the device, when the motor is started for the first time, the first
coil that is energized is OUT0 (if the motor is turning in the clockwise direction), or OUT3
(if the motor is turning in the counter-clockwise direction). This very first step (after a
power-up) is not counted towards the number steps the motor is required to move (it is the
reference step). All subsequent steps are all counted. This applies only for the very first
time the motor is started after the device is powered up.
For all subsequent starting of the motor, the first coil that is energized is the same coil
where it had stopped. For example, consider the motor running in clockwise direction in
the one-phase drive mode. If the last coil that was energized before the motor stopped
was OUT2, then when the motor is started again OUT2 is energized first and after the
pulse width time elapses the next coil in sequence, that is, OUT3 is energized.
7.5 Power-on reset
When power is applied to VDD, an internal Power-On Reset (POR) holds the PCA9629A in
a reset condition until VDD has reached VPOR. At that point, the reset condition is released
and the PCA9629A registers and state machine initialize to their default states. The
power-on reset typically completes the reset and enables the part by the time the power
supply is above VPOR. However, when it is required to reset the part by lowering the power
supply, it is necessary to lower it below 2 V typical.
Remark: The system level reset pulse should be > 4 s for the chip to guarantee reset
condition.
7.6 RESET input
A reset can be accomplished by holding the RESET pin LOW for a minimum of tw(rst). The
PCA9629A registers and I2C-bus state machine are held in their default state until the
RESET input is once again HIGH. The RESET input has a 200 k internal pull-up to VDD
pin.
The maximum wait time after RESET pin is released is 1 ms (typical).
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7.7 Software reset
The Software Reset Call allows all the devices in the I2C-bus to be reset to the power-up
state value through a specific formatted I2C-bus command. To be performed correctly, it
implies that the I2C-bus is functional and that there is no device hanging the bus.
The maximum wait time after software reset is 1 ms (typical).
The SWRST Call function is defined as the following:
1. A START command is sent by the I2C-bus master.
2. The reserved General Call I2C-bus address ‘0000 000’ with the R/W bit set to ‘0’
(write) is sent by the I2C-bus master.
3. The PCA9629A device(s) acknowledge(s) after seeing the General Call address
‘0000 0000’ (00h) only. If the R/W bit is set to ‘1’ (read), no acknowledge is returned to
the I2C-bus master.
4. Once the General Call address has been sent and acknowledged, the master sends
one byte. The value of the byte must be equal to 06h. The PCA9629A acknowledges
this value only. If the byte is not equal to 06h, the PCA9629A does not acknowledge it.
If more than one byte of data is sent, the PCA9629A does not acknowledge anymore.
5. Once the right byte has been sent and correctly acknowledged, the master sends a
STOP condition to end the software reset sequence: the PCA9629A then resets to the
default value (power-up value) and is ready to be addressed again within the specified
bus free time. If the master sends a Repeated START instead, no reset is performed.
The I2C-bus master must interpret a non-acknowledge from the PCA9629A (at any
time) as a ‘Software Reset Abort’. The PCA9629A does not initiate a software reset.
7.8 Interrupt output
The open-drain active LOW interrupt is activated by the following three mechanisms:
• Watchdog timer: If the watchdog timer is enabled and the timer times out, then an
interrupt is generated and the watchdog interrupt flag bit [5] is set in the interrupt
status register (INTSTAT).
• Motor stop: If the motor stop interrupt is enabled in the mask interrupt register (MSK)
and bit [7] in MCNTL register changes state from 1 to 0, then an interrupt is generated
and interrupt flag bit [4] is set in the interrupt status register (INTSTAT).
• GPIOs: One or more of pins P0 to P3 can generate an interrupt if the following
conditions are met:
– The pin is configured as an input in the I/O configuration register (IO_CFG).
– The interrupt from that pin is enabled in the mask interrupt register (MSK).
– The pin’s state change (rising edge or falling edge) is programmed to generate an
interrupt in the interrupt mode register (INTMODE).
The interrupt INT pin output can be enabled or disabled using MODE register bit [5]
(0 = enable; 1 = disable). The interrupt flag bit is set in the INTSTAT register when one of
the interrupts is generated from P0 to P3, motor stops or watchdog timer time-out.
Remark: If the state of the pin does not match the contents of the Input port register,
changing an I/O from an output to an input may cause a false interrupt to occur.
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7.9 Phase sequence generator
The PCA9629A phase sequence generator uses the on-chip oscillator and control logic to
generate logic waveforms needed to support the following three types of stepper motor
drive formats:
• One-phase drive, also called ‘wave drive’
• Two-phase drive
• Half-step drive
These logic level outputs are used to drive high current power driver stages to provide
required drive current to the stepper motor coils.
7.9.1 One-phase drive (wave drive)
In one-phase drive method, only one winding is energized at any given time. The
advantage of wave drive mode is its simplicity. The disadvantage of wave drive mode is
that in the unipolar wound motor only 25 %, and in the bipolar motor only 50 % of the total
motor winding are used at any given time. This means that maximum torque output from
the motor is not made available. Since only one winding is energized, holding torque and
working torque are reduced by 30 %. This can, within limits, be compensated by
increasing supply voltage. The advantage of this form of drive is higher efficiency, but at
the cost of reduced step accuracy.
step pulses
A
output A
B
output B
C output C
D output D
output
disabled
rotor position
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Number of steps shown = 4 for simplicity.
Fig 16. Wave drive step sequence waveforms
Table 34.
Logic output sequence for wave drive
Winding
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Winding D
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Winding C
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
Winding B
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
Winding A
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
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7.9.2 Two-phase drive
In two-phase drive method, two windings are energized at any given time. In case of
two-phase drive, the torque output of the unipolar wound motor is lower than the bipolar
motor (for motors with the same winding parameters) since the unipolar motor uses only
50 % of the available winding, while the bipolar motor uses the entire winding.
step pulses
A
output A
B
output B
C output C
D output D
output
disabled
rotor position
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Number of steps shown = 4 for simplicity.
Fig 17. Two-phase drive step sequence waveforms
Table 35.
Logic output sequence for two-phase drive
Winding
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Winding D
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
Winding C
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
Winding B
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
Winding A
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
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7.9.3 Half-step drive (one-phase and two-phase on)
‘Half-step drive’ combines both wave and two-phase (one-phase and two-phase on) drive
modes. This results in angular movements that are half of those in 1- or 2-phases-on drive
modes. Half-stepping can reduce a phenomenon referred to as resonance, which can be
experienced in 1- or 2-phases-on drive modes.
As the name implies, in this mode it is possible to step a motor in a half-step sequence,
thus producing half steps, for example 3.75 steps from a 7.5 motor. A possible drawback
for some applications is that the holding torque is alternately strong and weak on
successive motor steps. This is because on full steps only one phase winding is
energized, while on the half-steps two stator windings are energized. Also, because
current and flux paths differ on alternate steps, accuracy is worse than when full stepping.
step pulses
A
output A
B
output B
C output C
D output D
output
disabled
rotor position
002aah558
Four step stepper motor run with half-step waveforms increases the number of steps to eight.
Fig 18. Half-step drive sequence waveforms
Table 36.
Logic output sequence for half-step drive
Winding
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Winding D
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Winding C
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Winding B
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Winding A
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
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8. Characteristics of the I2C-bus
The I2C-bus is for two-way, two-line communication between different ICs or modules.
The two lines are a serial data line (SDA) and a serial clock line (SCL). Both lines must be
connected to a positive supply via a pull-up resistor when connected to the output stages
of a device. Data transfer may be initiated only when the bus is not busy.
8.1 Bit transfer
One data bit is transferred during each clock pulse. The data on the SDA line must remain
stable during the HIGH period of the clock pulse as changes in the data line at this time
will be interpreted as control signals (see Figure 19).
SDA
SCL
data line
stable;
data valid
change
of data
allowed
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Fig 19. Bit transfer
8.1.1 START and STOP conditions
Both data and clock lines remain HIGH when the bus is not busy. A HIGH-to-LOW
transition of the data line while the clock is HIGH is defined as the START condition (S).
A LOW-to-HIGH transition of the data line while the clock is HIGH is defined as the STOP
condition (P) (see Figure 20).
SDA
SCL
S
P
START condition
STOP condition
mba608
Fig 20. Definition of START and STOP conditions
8.2 System configuration
A device generating a message is a ‘transmitter’; a device receiving is the ‘receiver’. The
device that controls the message is the ‘master’ and the devices which are controlled by
the master are the ‘slaves’ (see Figure 21).
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SDA
SCL
MASTER
TRANSMITTER/
RECEIVER
SLAVE
RECEIVER
SLAVE
TRANSMITTER/
RECEIVER
MASTER
TRANSMITTER
MASTER
TRANSMITTER/
RECEIVER
I2C-BUS
MULTIPLEXER
SLAVE
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Fig 21. System configuration
8.3 Acknowledge
The number of data bytes transferred between the START and the STOP conditions from
transmitter to receiver is not limited. Each byte of eight bits is followed by one
acknowledge bit. The acknowledge bit is a HIGH level put on the bus by the transmitter,
whereas the master generates an extra acknowledge related clock pulse.
A slave receiver which is addressed must generate an acknowledge after the reception of
each byte. Also a master must generate an acknowledge after the reception of each byte
that has been clocked out of the slave transmitter. The device that acknowledges has to
pull down the SDA line during the acknowledge clock pulse, so that the SDA line is stable
LOW during the HIGH period of the acknowledge related clock pulse; set-up time and hold
time must be taken into account.
A master receiver must signal an end of data to the transmitter by not generating an
acknowledge on the last byte that has been clocked out of the slave. In this event, the
transmitter must leave the data line HIGH to enable the master to generate a STOP
condition.
data output
by transmitter
not acknowledge
data output
by receiver
acknowledge
SCL from master
1
2
S
START
condition
8
9
clock pulse for
acknowledgement
002aaa987
Fig 22. Acknowledgement on the I2C-bus
9. Bus transactions
Data is transmitted to the PCA9629A registers using ‘Write Byte’ transfers.
Data is read from the PCA9629A registers using ‘Read Byte’ transfers.
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10. Application design-in information
3.3 V
5V
1.6 kΩ
1.6 kΩ
1.1 kΩ
2 kΩ
VDD
MASTER
CONTROLLER
INT
RST
generates INTP0
P0
SCL
P1
SDA
P2
INT
P3
generates INTP1
sensor 1
sensor 0
RESET
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position B
OUT3
OUT2
OUT1
OUT0
AD1
AD0
12 V EXTERNAL
HIGH CURRENT
DRIVER
position A
electrical
stepper motor
M
VSS
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Device address configured as 0100 0000b for this example.
Fig 23. Typical application
10.1 Stepper motor coil driver considerations
When choosing a motor and coil driver circuit for an application, it is necessary to choose
the coil driver such that the minimum expected drive strength of the coil driver over the
anticipated operating conditions exceeds the minimum coil current in the application. For
the NMOS FETs, the gate voltage affects the FET drive strength, so it is necessary to
evaluate the FET with its gate at the minimum VDD planned for the PCA9629A application,
because the PCA9629A cannot drive the gate higher than the VDD.
For example, in most applications a 5 V power supply would have a specification like
5 V  10 % or 5 V  20 %, so it would be necessary to verify that the ON-resistance or
current sinking capability of the FET with a gate voltage of 4.75 V or 4.5 V, whichever
applies, is capable of sinking all of the current that the motor might require. Since FETs
present a capacitive load to the outputs of the PCA9629A, the output asymptotically
approaches the VDD of the part, so eventually the full VDD appears at the output. However,
for Darlington bipolar coil drivers the input current represents a static current load that
reduces the VOH. So depending upon the input current of the Darlington bipolar coil driver,
the PCA9629A output voltage will always be less than VDD. This in turn reduces the input
current and also reduces the available drive current from the Darlington bipolar coil driver,
so the lowest gain for the driver and the input current gain product must be considered in
verifying that the maximum motor current can be sunk by the driver.
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10.2 Considerations when using GPIO pins P0 to P3 as inputs
For proper operation of GPIO pins as inputs, the signals at the inputs must be free from
any glitches or noise. The signals must be logic level inputs.
For example, outputs from sensors must provide logic level signals at the input pins of
PCA9629A. This may require signal conditioning at the outputs of sensors. Another
example is when using P0 to P3 for key switch sensing. The inputs of PCA9629A do not
provide key de-bouncing on P2 and P3 inputs. This is external to PCA9629A and is
user-defined and supplied.
10.3 Priority of ramp control, interrupt-based control, loop delay and
emergency stop
During ramp-up and ramp-down phases of operation, the interrupt-based controls do not
affect the motor run. Interrupts that occur during ramp-up or ramp-down are ignored. Once
the ramp-up operation is finished (when the motor is running at the final speed), then the
interrupts that occur are acted upon. A stop request from the microcontroller (writing 0 to
MCNTL[7], 1 to MCNTL[5] or watchdog stop motor mode) is the only event that affects the
motor operation during ramp-up and ramp-down.
During ramp-up, the microcontroller can issue a stop request. The following sequence of
events takes place in the given order:
1. If emergency stop is enabled (MCNTL[5] = 1), the motor stops immediately (even if
ramp-down is enabled) or if watchdog stop motor mode is the same as emergency
stop except the output phases are all zeros; Priority 1.
2. If normal stop is enabled (MCNTL[7] = 0) and ramp-down is enabled, then the motor
starts to ramp down to a stop; Priority 2.
3. If normal stop is enabled (MCNTL[7] = 0) and ramp-down is disabled, then motor
stops immediately; Priority 3.
During ramp-down, the microcontroller can issue a stop request. The following sequence
of events takes place in the given order:
1. If emergency stop is enabled (MCNTL[5] = 1), the motor stops immediately (it does
not finish ramping down) or if watchdog stop motor mode is the same as emergency
stop except the output phases are all zeros; Priority 1.
2. If normal stop is enabled (MCNTL[7] = 0) and ramp-down is enabled, then the motor
continues to ramp down to a stop; Priority 2.
In the duration between end of ramp-up and beginning of ramp-down, the interrupt-based
controls (if enabled) can affect the operation of the motor. In this region, Section 7.3.8.1
gives the priority of events when both interrupt-based control and ramp control are
enabled together. Consider the following example (the motor is programmed to reverse
rotation on an interrupt):
• Motor programmed for CW rotations; ramp-up and ramp-down enabled; reverse
rotation on interrupt P0/P1.
• When motor is started, it starts ramping up and when ramp-up is completed it rotates
at the final speed.
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• If interrupt P0 happens, then it reverses rotation right away and start rotating in the
CCW direction for the specified number of steps.
• Before the specified number of steps is completed in the CCW direction, if interrupt
P1 happens, then it again reverses its rotation right away and start rotating in the CW
direction for the specified number of steps.
• If no other interrupt happens, the motor finishes executing the specified number of
steps in the CW direction and then starts to ramp down.
In the above example, if extra steps are enabled for interrupts P0 and P1, then when the
interrupts happen the motor executes the extra steps in the current direction of rotation
and then reverses its direction.
11. Limiting values
Table 37. Limiting values
In accordance with the Absolute Maximum Rating System (IEC 60134).
Symbol
Parameter
VDD
Conditions
Min
Max
Unit
supply voltage
0.5
+6.0
V
VI/O
voltage on an input/output pin
VSS  0.5
5.5
V
II/O
input/output current
-
50
mA
II
input current
-
20
mA
ISS
ground supply current
-
210
mA
Ptot
total power dissipation
-
400
mW
Tstg
storage temperature
65
+150
C
Tamb
ambient temperature
40
+85
C
Pn, OUTn, INT, SCL, SDA
12. Static characteristics
Table 38. Static characteristics
VDD = 4.5 V to 5.5 V; VSS = 0 V; Tamb = 40 C to +85 C; unless otherwise specified.
Symbol
Parameter
Conditions
Min
Typ
Max
Unit
Supply
VDD
supply voltage
4.5
-
5.5
V
IDD
supply current
operating mode; no load;
fSCL = 1 MHz; VDD = 5.5 V
-
6
10
mA
Istb
standby current
no load; fSCL = 0 kHz;
MODE[6] = 1; OSC off;
VI = VDD or VSS; VDD = 5.5 V
-
600
800
A
VPOR
power-on reset voltage
no load; VI = VDD or VSS
-
2.3
-
V
-
2.0
-
V
VPDR
power-down reset voltage
no load; VI = VDD or VSS
[1]
Input SCL; input/output SDA
VIL
LOW-level input voltage
0.5
-
+0.3VDD
V
VIH
HIGH-level input voltage
0.7VDD
-
5.5
V
IOL
LOW-level output current
VOL = 0.4 V; VDD = 5.0 V
30
40
-
mA
IL
leakage current
VI = VDD or VSS
1
-
+1
A
Ci
input capacitance
VI = VSS
-
6
-
pF
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Table 38. Static characteristics …continued
VDD = 4.5 V to 5.5 V; VSS = 0 V; Tamb = 40 C to +85 C; unless otherwise specified.
Symbol
Parameter
Conditions
Min
Typ
Max
Unit
OUT0 to OUT3 outputs
LOW-level output current
IOL
IOL(tot)
VOH
VOL = 0.4 V; VDD = 4.5 V
[2]
20
22
-
mA
VOL = 0.5 V; VDD = 4.5 V
[2]
25
28
-
mA
total LOW-level output current
VOL = 0.5 V; VDD = 4.5 V
[2]
-
-
120
mA
HIGH-level output voltage
IOH = 10 mA; VDD = 4.5 V
[3]
4.0
-
-
V
P0 to P3 I/Os
IOL
LOW-level output current
VOL = 0.5 V; VDD = 4.5 V
[2]
25
28
-
mA
IOL(tot)
total LOW-level output current
VOL = 0.5 V; VDD = 4.5 V
[2]
-
-
120
mA
VOH
HIGH-level output voltage
IOH = 10 mA; VDD = 4.5 V
[3]
4.0
-
-
V
IOZ
OFF-state output current
3-state; VOH = VDD or VSS
10
-
+10
A
Cio
input/output capacitance
3-state pins as inputs
-
5
-
pF
Address inputs
VIL
LOW-level input voltage
0.5
-
+0.3VDD
V
VIH
HIGH-level input voltage
0.7VDD
-
5.5
V
ILI
input leakage current
1
-
+1
A
Ci
input capacitance
-
3
-
pF
-
+0.3VDD
V
RESET input
VIL
LOW-level input voltage
0.5
VIH
HIGH-level input voltage
0.7VDD
-
5.5
V
ILI
input leakage current
1
-
+1
A
Ci
input capacitance
-
3
-
pF
ILIL
LOW-level input leakage current VI = VSS
7
-
45
A
IOL
LOW-level output current
VOL = 0.5 V; VDD = 4.5 V
24
28
-
mA
IOH
HIGH-level output current
open-drain; VOH = VDD
10
-
+10
A
Co
output capacitance
-
7
-
pF
INT output
[1]
In order to reset part, VDD must be lowered to 1.4 V.
[2]
Each bit must be limited to a maximum of 25 mA and the total package limited to 210 mA due to internal busing limits.
[3]
For IOH = 25 mA, the minimum VOH = VDD  0.7 V with VDD = 4.5 V to 5.5 V.
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VDD = 5.0 V
VDD = 5.0 V
PMOS
data[0:3]
I/O
CONTROL
PMOS
data[0:3]
OUTPUT
CONTROL
OUT[0:3]
(output)
enable
P[0:3]
(I/O)
NMOS
NMOS
input data [0:3]
002aag588
002aag587
Fig 24. OUT[0:3] output equivalent circuit
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13. Dynamic characteristics
Table 39. Dynamic characteristics
VDD = 4.5 V to 5.5 V; VSS = 0 V; Tamb = 40 C to +85 C; unless otherwise specified.
Oscillator frequency = 1 MHz  3 % at 40 C to +85 C (see Figure 28).
Symbol
Parameter
Conditions
Standard-mode
I2C-bus
[1]
Fast-mode
I2C-bus
Fast-mode Plus Unit
I2C-bus
Min
Max
Min
Max
Min
Max
0
100
0
400
0
1000
fSCL
SCL clock frequency
kHz
tBUF
bus free time between a
STOP and START condition
4.7
-
1.3
-
0.5
-
s
tHD;STA
hold time (repeated) START
condition
4.0
-
0.6
-
0.26
-
s
tSU;STA
set-up time for a repeated
START condition
4.7
-
0.6
-
0.26
-
s
tSU;STO
set-up time for STOP
condition
4.0
-
0.6
-
0.26
-
s
tHD;DAT
data hold time
0
-
0
-
0
-
ns
0.3
3.45
0.1
0.9
0.05
0.45
s
0.3
3.45
0.1
0.9
0.05
0.45
s
tVD;ACK
data valid acknowledge time
[2]
tVD;DAT
data valid time
[3]
tSU;DAT
data set-up time
250
-
100
-
50
-
ns
tLOW
LOW period of the SCL clock
4.7
-
1.3
-
0.5
-
s
tHIGH
HIGH period of the SCL clock
tf
fall time of both SDA and SCL
signals
tr
rise time of both SDA and
SCL signals
tSP
pulse width of spikes that
must be suppressed by the
input filter
td(o)
output delay time
4.0
-
0.6
-
0.26
-
s
-
300
20 +
0.1Cb[6]
300
-
120
ns
-
1000
20 +
0.1Cb[6]
300
-
120
ns
[7]
-
50
-
50
-
50
ns
[8]
5.7
7.4
5.7
7.4
5.7
7.4
s
[4][5]
interrupt based
motor control
latency
RESET
tw(rst)
reset pulse width
2.3
-
2.3
-
2.3
-
s
trec(rst)
reset recovery time
1.2
-
1.2
-
1.2
-
ms
[1]
Minimum SCL clock frequency is limited by the bus time-out feature, which resets the serial bus interface if either SDA or SCL is held
LOW for a minimum of 25 ms. Disable bus time-out feature for DC operation.
[2]
tVD;ACK = time for acknowledgement signal from SCL LOW to SDA (out) LOW.
[3]
tVD;DAT = minimum time for SDA data out to be valid following SCL LOW.
[4]
In order to bridge the undefined region of the SCL falling edge, a master device must internally provide a hold time of at least 300 ns for
the SDA signal (refer to the VIL of the SCL signal).
[5]
The maximum tf for the SDA and SCL bus lines is specified at 300 ns. The maximum fall time (tf) for the SDA output stage is specified at
250 ns. This allows series protection resistors to be connected between the SDA and the SCL pins and the SDA/SCL bus lines without
exceeding the maximum specified tf.
[6]
Cb = total capacitance of one bus line in pF.
[7]
Input filters on the SDA and SCL inputs suppress noise spikes less than 50 ns.
[8]
The time delay from one of the P[1:0] inputs edge changes to the motor control outputs OUT[3:0] change. Typical value = 6.5 s.
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0.7 × VDD
SDA
0.3 × VDD
tr
tBUF
tf
tHD;STA
tSP
tLOW
0.7 × VDD
SCL
0.3 × VDD
tHD;STA
P
tSU;STA
tHD;DAT
S
tHIGH
tSU;DAT
tSU;STO
Sr
P
002aaa986
Fig 26. Definition of timing
ACK or read cycle
START
SCL
SDA
30 %
RESET
50 %
50 %
50 %
trec(rst)
tw(rst)
50 %
P0 to P3
output off
002aag778
Fig 27. Reset timing
aaa-010095
1.02
fosc
(MHz)
1.01
1.00
0.99
0.98
−40
−15
10
25 35
60
85
Tamb (°C)
VDD = 5 V  10 %
Fig 28. Typical oscillator frequency versus temperature
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14. Test information
VDD
PULSE
GENERATOR
VI
RL
500 Ω
VO
2VDD
open
VSS
DUT
CL
50 pF
RT
500 Ω
002aac019
RL = load resistance.
CL = load capacitance includes jig and probe capacitance.
RT = termination resistance should be equal to the output impedance Zo of the pulse generators.
Fig 29. Test circuitry for switching times for GPIO pins P0 to P3
VDD
PULSE
GENERATOR
VI
RL
165 Ω
VO
VDD
open
VSS
DUT
RT
CL
50 pF
002aaf593
RL for SDA and SCL = 165  (30 mA or less current).
CL = load capacitance includes jig and probe capacitance.
RT = termination resistance should be equal to the output impedance Zo of the pulse generators.
Fig 30. Test circuitry for switching times for SDA and SCL
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15. Package outline
TSSOP16: plastic thin shrink small outline package; 16 leads; body width 4.4 mm
SOT403-1
E
D
A
X
c
y
HE
v M A
Z
9
16
Q
(A 3)
A2
A
A1
pin 1 index
θ
Lp
L
1
8
e
detail X
w M
bp
0
2.5
5 mm
scale
DIMENSIONS (mm are the original dimensions)
UNIT
A
max.
A1
A2
A3
bp
c
D (1)
E (2)
e
HE
L
Lp
Q
v
w
y
Z (1)
θ
mm
1.1
0.15
0.05
0.95
0.80
0.25
0.30
0.19
0.2
0.1
5.1
4.9
4.5
4.3
0.65
6.6
6.2
1
0.75
0.50
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.13
0.1
0.40
0.06
8o
o
0
Notes
1. Plastic or metal protrusions of 0.15 mm maximum per side are not included.
2. Plastic interlead protrusions of 0.25 mm maximum per side are not included.
OUTLINE
VERSION
SOT403-1
REFERENCES
IEC
JEDEC
JEITA
EUROPEAN
PROJECTION
ISSUE DATE
99-12-27
03-02-18
MO-153
Fig 31. Package outline SOT403-1 (TSSOP16)
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16. Handling information
All input and output pins are protected against ElectroStatic Discharge (ESD) under
normal handling. When handling ensure that the appropriate precautions are taken as
described in JESD625-A or equivalent standards.
17. Soldering of SMD packages
This text provides a very brief insight into a complex technology. A more in-depth account
of soldering ICs can be found in Application Note AN10365 “Surface mount reflow
soldering description”.
17.1 Introduction to soldering
Soldering is one of the most common methods through which packages are attached to
Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), to form electrical circuits. The soldered joint provides both
the mechanical and the electrical connection. There is no single soldering method that is
ideal for all IC packages. Wave soldering is often preferred when through-hole and
Surface Mount Devices (SMDs) are mixed on one printed wiring board; however, it is not
suitable for fine pitch SMDs. Reflow soldering is ideal for the small pitches and high
densities that come with increased miniaturization.
17.2 Wave and reflow soldering
Wave soldering is a joining technology in which the joints are made by solder coming from
a standing wave of liquid solder. The wave soldering process is suitable for the following:
• Through-hole components
• Leaded or leadless SMDs, which are glued to the surface of the printed circuit board
Not all SMDs can be wave soldered. Packages with solder balls, and some leadless
packages which have solder lands underneath the body, cannot be wave soldered. Also,
leaded SMDs with leads having a pitch smaller than ~0.6 mm cannot be wave soldered,
due to an increased probability of bridging.
The reflow soldering process involves applying solder paste to a board, followed by
component placement and exposure to a temperature profile. Leaded packages,
packages with solder balls, and leadless packages are all reflow solderable.
Key characteristics in both wave and reflow soldering are:
•
•
•
•
•
•
Board specifications, including the board finish, solder masks and vias
Package footprints, including solder thieves and orientation
The moisture sensitivity level of the packages
Package placement
Inspection and repair
Lead-free soldering versus SnPb soldering
17.3 Wave soldering
Key characteristics in wave soldering are:
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• Process issues, such as application of adhesive and flux, clinching of leads, board
transport, the solder wave parameters, and the time during which components are
exposed to the wave
• Solder bath specifications, including temperature and impurities
17.4 Reflow soldering
Key characteristics in reflow soldering are:
• Lead-free versus SnPb soldering; note that a lead-free reflow process usually leads to
higher minimum peak temperatures (see Figure 32) than a SnPb process, thus
reducing the process window
• Solder paste printing issues including smearing, release, and adjusting the process
window for a mix of large and small components on one board
• Reflow temperature profile; this profile includes preheat, reflow (in which the board is
heated to the peak temperature) and cooling down. It is imperative that the peak
temperature is high enough for the solder to make reliable solder joints (a solder paste
characteristic). In addition, the peak temperature must be low enough that the
packages and/or boards are not damaged. The peak temperature of the package
depends on package thickness and volume and is classified in accordance with
Table 40 and 41
Table 40.
SnPb eutectic process (from J-STD-020D)
Package thickness (mm)
Package reflow temperature (C)
Volume (mm3)
< 350
 350
< 2.5
235
220
 2.5
220
220
Table 41.
Lead-free process (from J-STD-020D)
Package thickness (mm)
Package reflow temperature (C)
Volume (mm3)
< 350
350 to 2000
> 2000
< 1.6
260
260
260
1.6 to 2.5
260
250
245
> 2.5
250
245
245
Moisture sensitivity precautions, as indicated on the packing, must be respected at all
times.
Studies have shown that small packages reach higher temperatures during reflow
soldering, see Figure 32.
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temperature
maximum peak temperature
= MSL limit, damage level
minimum peak temperature
= minimum soldering temperature
peak
temperature
time
001aac844
MSL: Moisture Sensitivity Level
Fig 32. Temperature profiles for large and small components
For further information on temperature profiles, refer to Application Note AN10365
“Surface mount reflow soldering description”.
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18. Soldering: PCB footprints
Footprint information for reflow soldering of TSSOP16 package
SOT403-1
Hx
Gx
P2
(0.125)
Hy
Gy
(0.125)
By
Ay
C
D2 (4x)
D1
P1
Generic footprint pattern
Refer to the package outline drawing for actual layout
solder land
occupied area
DIMENSIONS in mm
P1
P2
Ay
By
C
D1
D2
Gx
Gy
Hx
Hy
0.650
0.750
7.200
4.500
1.350
0.400
0.600
5.600
5.300
5.800
7.450
sot403-1_fr
Fig 33. PCB footprint for SOT403-1 (TSSOP16)
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19. Abbreviations
Table 42.
Abbreviations
Acronym
Description
AI
Auto-Increment
CCW
Counter-ClockWise
CDM
Charged-Device Model
CMOS
Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
CPU
Central Processing Unit
CW
ClockWise
DMOS
double-Diffused Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
DUT
Device Under Test
ESD
ElectroStatic Discharge
FET
Field-Effect Transistor
Fm+
Fast-mode Plus
GPIO
General Purpose Input/Output
HBM
Human Body Model
HVAC
Heating, Venting and Air Conditioning
I/O
Input/Output
I2C-bus
Inter-Integrated Circuit bus
IC
Integrated Circuit
LED
Light Emitting Diode
LSB
Least Significant Bit
NMOS
Negative-channel Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
MSB
Most Significant Bit
PCB
Printed-Circuit Board
pps
pulses per second
PWM
Pulse Width Modulator
POR
Power-On Reset
20. Revision history
Table 43.
Revision history
Document ID
Release date
Data sheet status
Change notice
Supersedes
PCA9629A v.2
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Modifications:
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Section 2 “Features and benefits”, sixth bullet item: changed from “344.8 kpps” to “333.3 kpps”
(this is a correction to documentation only; no change to device)
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Document status[1][2]
Product status[3]
Definition
Objective [short] data sheet
Development
This document contains data from the objective specification for product development.
Preliminary [short] data sheet
Qualification
This document contains data from the preliminary specification.
Product [short] data sheet
Production
This document contains the product specification.
[1]
Please consult the most recently issued document before initiating or completing a design.
[2]
The term ‘short data sheet’ is explained in section “Definitions”.
[3]
The product status of device(s) described in this document may have changed since this document was published and may differ in case of multiple devices. The latest product status
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Suitability for use — NXP Semiconductors products are not designed,
authorized or warranted to be suitable for use in life support, life-critical or
safety-critical systems or equipment, nor in applications where failure or
malfunction of an NXP Semiconductors product can reasonably be expected
to result in personal injury, death or severe property or environmental
damage. NXP Semiconductors and its suppliers accept no liability for
inclusion and/or use of NXP Semiconductors products in such equipment or
applications and therefore such inclusion and/or use is at the customer’s own
risk.
Applications — Applications that are described herein for any of these
products are for illustrative purposes only. NXP Semiconductors makes no
representation or warranty that such applications will be suitable for the
specified use without further testing or modification.
Customers are responsible for the design and operation of their applications
and products using NXP Semiconductors products, and NXP Semiconductors
accepts no liability for any assistance with applications or customer product
design. It is customer’s sole responsibility to determine whether the NXP
Semiconductors product is suitable and fit for the customer’s applications and
products planned, as well as for the planned application and use of
customer’s third party customer(s). Customers should provide appropriate
design and operating safeguards to minimize the risks associated with their
applications and products.
NXP Semiconductors does not accept any liability related to any default,
damage, costs or problem which is based on any weakness or default in the
customer’s applications or products, or the application or use by customer’s
third party customer(s). Customer is responsible for doing all necessary
testing for the customer’s applications and products using NXP
Semiconductors products in order to avoid a default of the applications and
the products or of the application or use by customer’s third party
customer(s). NXP does not accept any liability in this respect.
Limiting values — Stress above one or more limiting values (as defined in
the Absolute Maximum Ratings System of IEC 60134) will cause permanent
damage to the device. Limiting values are stress ratings only and (proper)
operation of the device at these or any other conditions above those given in
the Recommended operating conditions section (if present) or the
Characteristics sections of this document is not warranted. Constant or
repeated exposure to limiting values will permanently and irreversibly affect
the quality and reliability of the device.
Terms and conditions of commercial sale — NXP Semiconductors
products are sold subject to the general terms and conditions of commercial
sale, as published at http://www.nxp.com/profile/terms, unless otherwise
agreed in a valid written individual agreement. In case an individual
agreement is concluded only the terms and conditions of the respective
agreement shall apply. NXP Semiconductors hereby expressly objects to
applying the customer’s general terms and conditions with regard to the
purchase of NXP Semiconductors products by customer.
No offer to sell or license — Nothing in this document may be interpreted or
construed as an offer to sell products that is open for acceptance or the grant,
conveyance or implication of any license under any copyrights, patents or
other industrial or intellectual property rights.
All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers.
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Export control — This document as well as the item(s) described herein
may be subject to export control regulations. Export might require a prior
authorization from competent authorities.
Non-automotive qualified products — Unless this data sheet expressly
states that this specific NXP Semiconductors product is automotive qualified,
the product is not suitable for automotive use. It is neither qualified nor tested
in accordance with automotive testing or application requirements. NXP
Semiconductors accepts no liability for inclusion and/or use of
non-automotive qualified products in automotive equipment or applications.
In the event that customer uses the product for design-in and use in
automotive applications to automotive specifications and standards, customer
(a) shall use the product without NXP Semiconductors’ warranty of the
product for such automotive applications, use and specifications, and (b)
whenever customer uses the product for automotive applications beyond
NXP Semiconductors’ specifications such use shall be solely at customer’s
own risk, and (c) customer fully indemnifies NXP Semiconductors for any
liability, damages or failed product claims resulting from customer design and
use of the product for automotive applications beyond NXP Semiconductors’
standard warranty and NXP Semiconductors’ product specifications.
Translations — A non-English (translated) version of a document is for
reference only. The English version shall prevail in case of any discrepancy
between the translated and English versions.
21.4 Trademarks
Notice: All referenced brands, product names, service names and trademarks
are the property of their respective owners.
I2C-bus — logo is a trademark of NXP Semiconductors N.V.
22. Contact information
For more information, please visit: http://www.nxp.com
For sales office addresses, please send an email to: [email protected]
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23. Contents
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4.1
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6.1
6.2
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7.1
7.2
7.3
7.3.1
7.3.1.1
7.3.1.2
7.3.1.3
7.3.2
7.3.2.1
General description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features and benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Ordering information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Ordering options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Pinning information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Pinning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Pin description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Functional description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Device address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Command register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Register definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
MODE — Mode register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Low-power sleep mode, oscillator off (bit 6) . . . 8
Disable interrupt output pin (bit 5) . . . . . . . . . . 9
Outputs change on STOP (bit 4) . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Watchdog timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
WDTOI — WatchDog Time-Out Interval
register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7.3.2.2
WDCNTL — WatchDog Control register . . . . 10
7.3.3
IO_CFG — I/O Configuration register. . . . . . . 11
7.3.4
INTMODE — Interrupt Mode register . . . . . . . 11
7.3.5
MSK — Mask interrupt register. . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7.3.6
INTSTAT — Interrupt Status register . . . . . . . 13
7.3.7
IP — Input Port register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
7.3.8
Interrupt based motor control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
7.3.8.1
INT_MTR_ACT — Interrupt motor action
control register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7.3.9
EXTRASTEPS0, EXTRASTEPS1 —
Extra steps count for INTP0, INTP1
control register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
7.3.10
OP_CFG_PHS — Output Port Configuration
and Phase control register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
7.3.11
OP_STAT_TO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7.3.12
RUCNTL — Ramp-up control register . . . . . . 20
7.3.13
RDCNTL — Ramp-down control register . . . . 22
7.3.14
PMA — Perform multiple of actions control
register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
7.3.15
LOOPDLY_CW — Loop delay timer for
CW to CCW control register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
7.3.16
LOOPDLY_CCW — Loop delay timer for
CCW to CW control register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
7.3.17
CWSCOUNTL, CWSCOUNTH —
Number of clockwise steps register . . . . . . . . 26
7.3.18
CCWSCOUNTL, CCWSCOUNTH —
Number of counter-clockwise steps register. . 26
7.3.19
CWPWL, CWPWH —
Clockwise step pulse width register . . . . . . . .
7.3.20
CCWPWL, CCWPWH —
Counter-clockwise step pulse width register .
7.3.21
MCNTL — Motor control register . . . . . . . . . .
7.3.21.1 MCNTL[7]: start/stop motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.3.21.2 MCNTL[6]: re-start motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.3.21.3 MCNTL[5]: emergency stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.3.21.4 MCNTL[4]: enable/disable START (bit 7)
ignore caused by P0 state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.3.21.5 MCNTL[3]: P0 polarity setting for START
(bit 7) ignore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.3.21.6 MCNTL[1:0]: clockwise (CW) /
counter-clockwise (CCW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.3.22
SUBADR1 to SUBADR3 —
I2C-bus subaddress 1 to 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.3.23
ALLCALLADR — All Call I2C-bus address . .
7.3.24
STEPCOUNT[0:3] — Step counter registers .
7.4
Motor coil excitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.5
Power-on reset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.6
RESET input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.7
Software reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.8
Interrupt output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.9
Phase sequence generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.9.1
One-phase drive (wave drive) . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.9.2
Two-phase drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.9.3
Half-step drive
(one-phase and two-phase on) . . . . . . . . . . .
8
Characteristics of the I2C-bus . . . . . . . . . . . .
8.1
Bit transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8.1.1
START and STOP conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . .
8.2
System configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8.3
Acknowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9
Bus transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
Application design-in information. . . . . . . . .
10.1
Stepper motor coil driver considerations . . . .
10.2
Considerations when using GPIO pins
P0 to P3 as inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.3
Priority of ramp control, interrupt-based
control, loop delay and emergency stop . . . .
11
Limiting values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12
Static characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13
Dynamic characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14
Test information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15
Package outline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16
Handling information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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17.2
17.3
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21.1
21.2
21.3
21.4
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Soldering of SMD packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Introduction to soldering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wave and reflow soldering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wave soldering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reflow soldering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Soldering: PCB footprints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Legal information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Data sheet status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Disclaimers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Trademarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contact information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Date of release: 21 March 2014
Document identifier: PCA9629A