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ADT7476

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Address R/W Description

Bit 7

Bit 6

Bit 5

Bit 4

Bit 3

Bit 2

Bit 1

Bit 0

Default Lockable

0x63 R/W

Enhanced
Acoustics Reg.
2

EN2 ACOU2

ACOU2

EN3

ACOU3 ACOU3 ACOU3

0x00

Yes

0x64 R/W

PWM1

Min

Duty Cycle

5 4

3 2 1 0

0x80

Yes

0x65 R/W

PWM2

Min

Duty Cycle

5 4

3 2 1 0

0x80

Yes

0x66 R/W

PWM3

Min

Duty Cycle

5 4

3 2 1 0

0x80

Yes

0x67

R/W Remote 1 Temp

MIN

5 4

3 2 1 0

0x5A

Yes

0x68

R/W Local Temp T

MIN

5 4

3 2 1 0

0x5A

Yes

0x69

R/W Remote 2 Temp

MIN

5 4

3 2 1 0

0X5A

Yes

0x6A R/W

Remote

THERM Temp
Limit

5 4

3 2 1 0

0x64

Yes

0x6B R/W

Local THERM
Temp Limit

5 4

3 2 1 0

0x64

Yes

0x6C R/W

Remote

THERM Temp
Limit

5 4

3 2 1 0

0x64

Yes

0x6D

R/W Remote 1 and

Local
Temp/T

MIN

Hysteresis

HYSR1

HYSL HYSL HYSL HYSL

0x44

Yes

0x6E R/W

Remote

Temp/T

MIN

Hysteresis

HYSR2

RES RES RES RES

0x40

Yes

0x6F

R/W XNOR Tree Test

Enable

RES

RES RES

RES RES RES XEN

0x00

Yes

0x70 R/W

Remote

Temperature
Offset

5 4

3 2 1 0

0x00

Yes

0x71 R/W

Local
Temperature
Offset

5 4

3 2 1 0

0x00

Yes

0x72 R/W

Remote

Temperature
Offset

5 4

3 2 1 0

0x00

Yes

0x73 R/W

Configuration
Register 2

RES CONV

ATTN AVG

Fan3Detect Fan2Detect Fan1Detect FanPresenceDT 0x00

Yes

0x74 R/W

Interrupt

Mask

OOL R2T LT

R1T 5

CCP

2.5 V/ THERM

0x00

0x75 R/W

Interrupt

Mask

D2 D1

F4P FAN3

FAN2 FAN1 OVT 12

V/VC 0x00

0x76 R Extended

Resolution 1

5 V

CCP

2.5 V

0x00

0x77 R Extended

Resolution 2

TDM2 TDM2

LTMP LTMP TDM1

TDM1

12 V

0x00

0x78 R/W

Configuration
Register 3

DC4 DC3

DC2 DC1

FAST BOOST THERM/

2.5V

ALERT Enable

0x00

Yes

0x79 R THERM Timer

Status

TMR

TMR TMR

TMR TMR TMR ASRT/TMRO

0x00

0x7A R/W

THERM Timer
Limit

LIMT

LIMT LIMT

LIMT LIMT LIMT LIMT

0x00

0x7B R/W

TACH

Pulses

per Revolution

FAN4 FAN4

FAN3 FAN3 FAN2

FAN2

FAN1 FAN1

0x55

0x7C R/W

Configurations
Register 5

R2
THERM
O/P Only

Local
THERM
O/P
Only

R1 THERM
O/P Only

VID/
GPIO

GPIO6P GPIO6D Temp

Offset

TWOS COMPL

0x01

Yes

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Summary of Contents for dBCool ADT7476

Page 1: ...dBCool controller is a thermal monitor and multiple PWM fan controller for noise sensitive or power sensitive applications requiring active system cooling The ADT7476 can drive a fan using either a l...

Page 2: ...ode Change Detect Function 20 Programming the GPIOs 20 Temperature Measurement Method 20 Factors Affecting Diode Accuracy 22 Additional ADC Functions for Temperature Measurement 23 Limits Status Regis...

Page 3: ...59 Changes to Bit 1 in Table 51 68 3 06 Rev 0 to Rev A Changes to Features Section 1 Changes to Table 1 4 Inserted Table 3 6 Changes to Feature Comparisons Between ADT7476 and ADT7468 Section 11 Chan...

Page 4: ...version Time Local Temperature 12 ms Averaging enabled Conversion Time Remote Temperature 38 ms Averaging enabled Total Monitoring Cycle Time 145 ms Averaging enabled 19 ms Averaging disabled Input Re...

Page 5: ...A Rise Time tr 1000 ns SCL SDA Fall Time tf 300 s Data Setup Time tSU DAT 250 ns Detect Clock Low Timeout tTIMEOUT 15 35 ms Can be disabled 1 All voltages are measured with respect to GND unless other...

Page 6: ...ature 260 C Lead Temperature Soldering 10 sec 300 C ESD Rating 1500 V Stresses above those listed under Absolute Maximum Ratings may cause permanent damage to the device This is a stress rating only f...

Page 7: ...tachometer input to measure speed of Fan 3 10 PWM2 Digital Output Open Drain Requires 10 k typical pull up Pulse width modulated output to control Fan 2 speed Can be configured as a high or low freque...

Page 8: ...x43 22 2 5VIN Analog Input Monitors 2 5 V supply typically a chipset voltage THERM Alternatively this pin can be reconfigured as a bidirectional omnidirectional THERM pin Can be used to time and monit...

Page 9: ...REQUENCY Hz TEMPERATURE ERROR C 100mV 60mV 40mV 05382 007 Figure 6 Remote Temperature Error vs Common Mode Noise Frequency 70 60 50 40 30 20 0 10 0 100M 200M 300M 400M 500M 600M NOISE FREQUENCY Hz TEM...

Page 10: ...pply Noise Frequency 3 0 2 5 2 0 1 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 40 20 0 20 40 60 85 OIL BATH TEMPERATURE C TEMPERATURE ERROR C 1 0 1 5 105 125 05382 012 Figure 11 Internal Temperature Error vs Temperature 3 0 2 5...

Page 11: ...Operating Point Register 0x33 Register 0x34 and Register 0x35 Previously TRANGE defined the slope of the automatic fan control algorithm For the ADT7476 TRANGE now defines a true temperature range Fo...

Page 12: ...nnel Remote temperature zone measured through Remote 2 temperature channel Local temperature zone measured through the internal temperature channel Bidirectional THERM pin This feature allows Intel Pe...

Page 13: ...T IF THE ADT7476 IS PLACED INTO ADDR SELECT MODE PINS 13 AND 14 CANNOT BE USED AS THE ALTERNATIVE FUNCTIONS PWM3 TACH4 THERM UNLESS THE CORRECT CIRCUIT IS MUXED IN AT THE CORRECT TIME OR DESIGNED TO H...

Page 14: ...ut using the SMBus The ADT7476 is connected to this bus as a slave device under the control of a master controller which is usually but not necessarily the ICH The ADT7476 has three 7 bit serial bus a...

Page 15: ...nd a repeat start condition instead of a stop condition to begin a new operation WRITE OPERATIONS The SMBus specification defines several protocols for different types of read and write operations The...

Page 16: ...identify itself to the host when multiple devices exist on the same bus The SMBALERT output can be used as either an interrupt out put or an SMBALERT One or more outputs can be connected to a common...

Page 17: ...annel is a high and low limit register Exceeding the programmed high or low limit causes the appropriate status bit to be set Exceeding either limit can also generate SMBALERT interrupts Register 0x44...

Page 18: ...uration Register 2 0x73 Bit 4 1 averaging off Bit 5 1 bypass input attenuators Bit 6 1 single channel convert mode TACH1 Minimum High Byte Register 0x55 Bits 7 5 select ADC channel for single channel...

Page 19: ...0156 3 3300 to 3 3415 2 2000 to 2 2042 1 6650 to 1 6682 1 5000 to 1 5029 512 scale 10000000 00 12 0000 to 12 0156 5 0025 to 5 0090 3 3000 to 3 3042 2 4975 to 2 5007 2 2500 to 2 2529 768 scale 11000000...

Page 20: ...d reported back by the ADT7476 Bit 0 of Interrupt Status Register 2 0x42 is the 12 V VC bit and denotes a VID change when set The VID code change bit is set when the logic states on the VID inputs are...

Page 21: ...ter to remove noise and to a chopper stabilized amplifier that performs the functions of amplification and rectification of the waveform to produce a dc voltage proportional to VBE This voltage is mea...

Page 22: ...the best accuracy is obtained by choosing devices according to the following criteria Base emitter voltage greater than 0 25 V at 11 A at the highest operating temperature Base emitter voltage less t...

Page 23: ...that SMBALERT is set as an output on the appropriate pin Register 0x4E Remote 1 Temperature Low Limit 0x81 default Register 0x4F Remote 1 Temperature High Limit 0x7F default Register 0x50 Local Tempe...

Page 24: ...ure 111 Remote 2 temperature FANS TEMPERATURE 100 HYSTERESIS C THERM LIMIT 05382 029 Configuration Register 2 0x73 Figure 28 THERM Temperature Limit Operation Bit 4 1 averaging off THERM can be disabl...

Page 25: ...mally the only conditions of interest only high limits exist for fan TACHs Because the fan TACH period is actually being measured exceeding the limit indicates a slow or stalled fan Fan Limit Register...

Page 26: ...gone away until read The only way to clear the status bit is to read the status register after the event has gone Interrupt mask registers Register 0x74 and Register 0x75 allow individual interrupt s...

Page 27: ...g Interrupt Sources Interrupt Mask Register 1 and Interrupt Mask Register 2 are located at Register 0x74 and Register 0x75 These allow individ ual interrupt sources to be masked out to prevent SMBALER...

Page 28: ...ister 3 0x78 to 1 This works only if the fan is already running for example in manual mode when the current duty cycle is above Register 0x00 or in automatic mode when the temperature is above TMIN If...

Page 29: ...imer Note that depending on which pins are configured as a THERM timer setting the F4P bit Bit 5 of Interrupt Mask Register 2 0x75 or Bit 0 of Interrupt Mask Register 1 0x74 masks out SMBALERT althoug...

Page 30: ...nificantly because THERM is asserting more frequently on an hourly basis Alternatively OS or BIOS level software can timestamp when the system is powered on If an SMBALERT is gen erated due to the THE...

Page 31: ...pull up an FET with large input capacitance can cause the PWM output to become distorted and adversely affect the fan control range This is a requirement only when using high frequency PWM mode Typica...

Page 32: ...Figure 38 and Figure 39 The SYNC bit in Register 0x62 enables this function Figure 37 Driving a 4 Wire Fan Driving Two Fans from PWM3 The ADT7476 has four TACH inputs available for fan speed measurem...

Page 33: ...ge should be chosen so that it is greater than VIH of the TACH input but less than 3 6 V allowing for the voltage tolerance of the Zener A value of between 3 V and 3 6 V is suitable 05382 043 12V VCC...

Page 34: ...the device is essentially measuring the fan TACH period the higher the count value the slower the fan is actually running A 16 bit fan tachometer reading of 0xFFFF indicates that the fan has stalled...

Page 35: ...fferent spin up characteristics and take different times to overcome inertia The ADT7476 runs the fans just fast enough to overcome inertia and is quieter on spin up than fans programmed to spin up fo...

Page 36: ...Bits 7 5 BHVR 111 manual mode Once under manual control each PWM output can be manu ally updated by writing Register 0x30 to Register 0x32 PWMx current duty cycle registers Programming the PWM Curren...

Page 37: ...temperature channels that can be connected to a CPU on chip thermal diode available on Intel Pentium class CPUs and other CPUs These three temperature channels can be used as the basis for automatic...

Page 38: ...ADT7476 functionality is used PWM2 or SMBALERT TACH4 fan speed measurement or overtemperature THERM function 2 5 V voltage monitoring or overtemperature THERM function 12 V voltage monitoring or VID5...

Page 39: ...lowing features Six VID inputs VID0 to VID5 for VRM10 support Two PWM outputs for fan control of up to three fans The front and rear chassis fans are connected in parallel Three TACH fan speed measure...

Page 40: ...ally controlled Three TACH fan speed measurement inputs VCC measured internally through Pin 4 CPU core voltage measurement VCORE 2 5 V measurement input used to monitor CPU current connected to VCOMP...

Page 41: ...and PWM3 outputs The values selected for these bits determine how the mux connects a temperature measurement channel to a PWM output Automatic Fan Control Mux Options Bits 7 5 BHVR Register 0x5C Regi...

Page 42: ...control three fans The CPU fan sink is controlled by PWM1 the front chassis fan is controlled by PWM2 and the rear chassis fan is controlled by PWM3 The mux is configured for the following fan contro...

Page 43: ...h each temperature measurement channel Remote 1 local and Remote 2 temperature Once the TMIN value is exceeded the fan turns on and runs at the minimum PWM duty cycle The fan turns off once the temper...

Page 44: ...system acoustic benefit PWMMIN should be as low as possible Depending on the fan used the PWMMIN set ting is usually in the 20 to 33 duty cycle range This value can be found through fan validation TEM...

Page 45: ...5 PWMMAX FOR PWM FAN OUTPUTS PWMMAX is the maximum duty cycle at which each fan in the system runs under the automatic fan speed control loop For maximum system acoustic benefit PWMMAX should be as l...

Page 46: ...ning at 50 PWM duty cycle 3 Determine the slope of the required control loop to meet these requirements 4 Using the ADT7476 evaluation software graphically program and visualize this functionality Ask...

Page 47: ...Register 0x63 changes how fast the fan speed increases decreases in the event of a temperature spike The PWM duty cycle increases until the PWM duty cycle reaches the appropriate duty cycle as define...

Page 48: ...0 The rear chassis fan is configured to run at PWMMIN 30 The CPU fan is configured to run at PWMMIN 10 Note that the control range for 4 wire fans is much wider than for 3 wire fans In many cases 4 wi...

Page 49: ...Registers Register 0x6D Remote 1 and Local Temperature Hysteresis Register Bits 7 4 Remote 1 Temperature Hysteresis 4 C default Bits 3 0 Local Temperature Hysteresis 4 C default Register 0x6E Remote 2...

Page 50: ...ion In some applications it is required that fans not turn off below TMIN but remain running at PWMMIN Bits 7 5 of Enhanced Acoustics Register 1 0x62 allow the fans to be turned off or to be kept spin...

Page 51: ...s the ramp rate for PWM outputs associated with the local temperature channel 000 37 5 sec 001 18 8 sec 010 12 5 seconds 011 7 5 seconds 100 4 7 seconds 101 3 1 seconds 110 1 6 seconds 111 0 8 seconds...

Page 52: ...In computers that support S3 and S5 states the core voltage of the processor is lowered in these states When monitoring THERM the THERM timer should be disabled during these states When the VCCP volta...

Page 53: ...te 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0x00 0x29 R TACH1 High Byte 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 0x00 0x2A R TACH2 Low Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0x00 0x2B R TACH2 High Byte 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 0x00 0x2C R TACH3 Low Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2...

Page 54: ...imit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0x81 0x53 R W Remote 2 Temp High Limit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0x7F 0x54 R W TACH1 Mini mum Low Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0xFF 0x55 R W TACH1 Mini mum High Byte 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 0xFF 0x56...

Page 55: ...le RES RES RES RES RES RES RES XEN 0x00 Yes 0x70 R W Remote 1 Temperature Offset 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0x00 Yes 0x71 R W Local Temperature Offset 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0x00 Yes 0x72 R W Remote 2 Temperature Offse...

Page 56: ...urn to their programmed state after a spin up cycle 7 ExtraSlow R W When this bit is set all fan smoothing times are increased by an additional 39 2 1 A THERM event always overrides any fan setting ev...

Page 57: ...bytes are read the low byte must be read first Both the low and high bytes are then frozen until read At power on these registers contain 0x0000 until such time as the first valid fan TACH measurement...

Page 58: ...mal protection Table 27 Register 0x41 Interrupt Status Register 1 Power On Default 0x00 Bit Name R W Description 0 2 5 V THERM Read only 2 5 V 1 indicates that the 2 5 V high or low limit has been exc...

Page 59: ...indicates that Fan 4 has dropped below minimum speed or has stalled This bit is not set when the PWM3 output is off THERM Read only If Pin 14 is configured as the THERM timer input for THERM monitorin...

Page 60: ...imit 0x81 0x53 R W Remote 2 temperature high limit 0x7F 1 Exceeding any of these temperature limits by 1 C causes the appropriate status bit to be set in the interrupt status register Setting the Conf...

Page 61: ...two valid TACH rising edges are seen from the fan If there is not a valid TACH signal during the fan TACH measurement directly after the fan start up timeout period then the TACH measurement reads 0xF...

Page 62: ...egisters Power On Default 0xC4 Bit Name R W Description 2 0 FREQ R W These bits control the PWMx frequency only apply when PWM channel is in low frequency mode 000 11 0 Hz 001 14 7 Hz 010 22 1 Hz 011...

Page 63: ...three fans to be driven from PWM3 output and their speeds to be measured SYNC 0 synchronizes only TACH3 and TACH4 to PWM3 output 5 MIN1 R W When the ADT7476 is in automatic fan control mode this bit...

Page 64: ...3 R W When this bit is 1 smoothing is enabled on the local temperature channel 6 4 ACOU2 R W Assuming that PWMx is associated with the Remote 2 temperature channel these bits define the maximum rate o...

Page 65: ...ty cycle for PWMx 0x00 0 duty cycle fan off 0x40 25 duty cycle 0x80 50 duty cycle 0xFF 100 duty cycle fan full speed 1 These registers become read only when the ADT7476 is in automatic fan control mod...

Page 66: ...o a particular temperature channel Once the temperature for that channel falls below its TMIN value the fan remains running at PWMMIN duty cycle until the temperature TMIN hysteresis Up to 15 C of hys...

Page 67: ...TACH channel 1 Fan1Detect Read Fan1Detect 1 indicates that a 4 wire fan is connected to the TACH1 input 2 Fan2Detect Read Fan2Detect 1 indicates that a 4 wire fan is connected to the TACH2 input 3 Fan...

Page 68: ...ult 5 F4P R W If Pin 14 is configured as TACH 4 F4P 1 masks SMBALERT for a Fan 4 fault If Pin 14 is configured as THERM F4P 1 masks SMBALERT for an exceeded THERM timer limit If Pin 14 is configured a...

Page 69: ...DC2 R W DC2 1 enables TACH measurements to be continuously made on TACH2 Fans must be driven by dc Setting this bit prevents pulse stretching because it is not required for dc driven motors 6 DC3 R W...

Page 70: ...0 changes the temperature range to the Offset 64 temperature range When this bit is changed the ADT7476 interprets all relevant temperature register values as defined by this bit 1 Temp Offset R W Tem...

Page 71: ...be disabled on any channel by In Offset 64 mode writing 64 C to the appropriate THERM temperature limit In twos complement mode writing 128 C to the appropriate THERM temperature limit 3 Max Speed on...

Page 72: ...l Outline Package QSOP RQ 24 Dimensions shown in inches ORDERING GUIDE Model Termperature Range Package Description Package Option ADT7476ARQZ1 40 C to 125 C 24 Lead QSOP RQ 24 ADT7476ARQZ REEL1 40 C...

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