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Programmable Position Sensor Module 
with CAN Connection 

User Manual 

PCAN-GPS 

Document version 1.2.2 (2018-08-03) 

Summary of Contents for PCAN-GPS

Page 1: ...Programmable Position Sensor Module with CAN Connection User Manual PCAN GPS Document version 1 2 2 2018 08 03...

Page 2: ...citly marked by or 2018 PEAK System Technik GmbH Duplication copying printing or other forms and the electronic distribution of this document is only allowed with explicit permission of PEAK System Te...

Page 3: ...gnetic Field Sensor 10 3 Hardware Configuration 13 3 1 Coding Solder Jumpers 14 3 2 Buffer Battery for GNSS 15 4 Connectors 16 4 1 Spring Terminal Strip 16 4 2 SMA Antenna Connector 17 4 3 microSD Slo...

Page 4: ...e and Software 23 7 3 Sending the Firmware 25 8 Technical Specifications 29 Appendix A CE Certificate 33 Appendix B Dimension Drawing 34 Appendix C CAN Messages of the Demo Firmware 35 C 1 CAN Message...

Page 5: ...e via CAN This gives a whole range of options for manipulation evaluation filtering and routing of the data traffic On delivery the PCAN GPS is provided with a demo firmware that transmits the raw dat...

Page 6: ...s signaling Connection via a 10 pole spring terminal strip Phoenix Voltage supply from 8 to 30 V Extended operating temperature range from 40 to 85 C with exception of the button cell New firmware can...

Page 7: ...l 7 1 3 Prerequisites for Operation Power supply in the range of 8 to 30 V DC For updating the firmware via CAN CAN interface of the PCAN series for the computer e g PCAN USB Operating system Windows...

Page 8: ...satellite systems GNSS GPS USA GLONASS Russia Galileo Europe QZSS Japan SBAS supplementary To receive a satellite signal an external antenna must be connected to the SMA socket Both passive and active...

Page 9: ...sensor internal filters for limitation and damping of output values They are implemented by configurable high pass and low pass With its cut off frequency 3 dB level the high pass defines the minimum...

Page 10: ...Field Sensor The acceleration and magnetic field sensor Bosch Sensortec BMC050 is used to determine the position in a magnetic field such as the earth s magnetic field and the acceleration along thre...

Page 11: ...ation sensor is done via the addition of a correction value which is copied from the EEPROM This requires a conversion of an 8 bit value Public Register to a 10 bit value Internal Register see table W...

Page 12: ...gradually adjusted 4 lsb to reach the target value Fast compensation The correction value is calculated from the average of 16 measurements and the target value Manual compensation The user specifies...

Page 13: ...oding solder jumpers all open Buffer battery for satellite reception not connected These settings need to be adjusted only if necessary On delivery you can operate the PCAN GPS module without changing...

Page 14: ...e status of the ports is relevant in the following cases The loaded firmware is programmed so that it reads the status at the corresponding ports of the microcontroller For example the activation of c...

Page 15: ...ites GNSS needs about half a minute until the first position fix after switching on the PCAN GPS module To shorten this period the button cell can be used as a buffer battery for a quick start of the...

Page 16: ...V DC e g car terminal 30 reverse polarity protection 2 GND Ground 3 CAN_L 4 CAN_H Differential CAN signal 5 DOut Digital output Low side switch 6 DIn1 Digital input High active internal pull down inve...

Page 17: ...he navigation satellite systems GPS and GLONASS 4 3 microSD Slot internal For the recording of for example status and location information a microSD memory card of the types SD and SDHC can be used no...

Page 18: ...a list of the used CAN messages 5 2 Status LEDs The PCAN GPS has two status LEDs that can be green red or orange The status LEDs are controlled by the running firmware If the PCAN GPS module is in CA...

Page 19: ...he PCAN GPS is in sleep mode a wake up signal will be required for the device to turn on again The following subsections show the possibilities 5 4 1 Wake up Externally by High Level Via pin 9 of the...

Page 20: ...lop applications for ARM processors and microcon trollers on Windows platforms The collection includes the GNU GCC compiler for C and C Make and further tools Further information about Yagarto www yag...

Page 21: ...esources of the module by means of this library The library is documented in the header files h The files are located in each example directory 6 3 Firmware Examples Compiling On the DVD the Examples...

Page 22: ...ter cmd exe as program to be executed 3 At the command prompt change to the previously copied directory 4 Execute the following command in order to clean up the target directories i e out from files t...

Page 23: ...interface and the PCAN GPS module with proper termination 120 on each end of the CAN bus Operating system Windows 10 8 1 7 32 64 bit If you want to update several PCAN GPS modules connected to the sa...

Page 24: ...the computer Pay attention to the proper termination of the CAN cabling 2 x 120 Perform the following steps for preparation of the software 1 On the supplied DVD change to the following directory Deve...

Page 25: ...see above 2 Switch on the module by applying a supply voltage Due to the High level at the Boot CAN connection the module starts the CAN bootloader This is indicated by the two LEDs both orange the le...

Page 26: ...ld in order to select the desired firmware file bin to be send 7 Click on the OK button 8 Make sure that the PCAN Flash program is connected with 500 kbit s to the available CAN interface at the compu...

Page 27: ...ording dialog box 9 Click the Detect button in order to detect the PCAN GPS module connected to the CAN bus An entry for the PCAN GPS module appears in the main window 10 Select the entry for the PCAN...

Page 28: ...bottom of the window The process was successful if the last message to appear is Flashing of module s finished 12 Disconnect the power supply from the module 13 At the module disconnect Boot CAN from...

Page 29: ...he operating temperature range for used button cell Connectors Spring terminal strip 10 pole 3 5 mm pitch Phoenix Contact FMC 1 5 10 ST 3 5 195234 Antenna Sub Miniature A SMA Supply for activa antenna...

Page 30: ...short circuit with error message Maximum update rate of navigation data 10 Hz Maximum number of satellites received at the same time 56 Sensitivity max 161 dbm tracking and navigation Time to first p...

Page 31: ...SPI Accelerometer Measuring ranges 2 4 8 16 G Data format 10 bits two s complement Filter possibilities Low pass with 1 kHz 8 Hz bandwidth Operating modes Power off Normal Suspend Low Power Correctio...

Page 32: ...without SMA connector See also dimension drawing Appendix B on page 34 Weight Circuit board 33 g incl button cell and mating connector Casing 17 g Environment Operating temperature 40 85 C 40 to 185...

Page 33: ...PCAN GPS User Manual 33 Appendix A CE Certificate...

Page 34: ...PCAN GPS User Manual 34 Appendix B Dimension Drawing The dimension drawing is not shown in actual size...

Page 35: ...PCAN Explorer the provided DVD contains an example project suitable for the demo firmware in the following directory branch Develop Microcontroller hardware PCAN GPS C 1 CAN Messages from the PCAN GP...

Page 36: ..._Rotation_B 0 32 50 ms Rotation_Z Floating point number2 unit degree per second 620h GPS_Status 0 8 GPS_AntennaS tatus 0 INIT 1 DONTKNOW 2 OK 3 SHORT 4 OPEN 8 8 GPS_NumSatel lites 16 8 100 ms GPS_Navi...

Page 37: ...0 ms GPS_Indicator NS 0 INIT 78 North 83 South 624h GPS_PositionAltitude 0 32 100 ms GPS_Altitude Floating point number2 625h GPS_Delusions_A 0 32 GPS_PDOP 32 32 100 ms GPS_HDOP Floating point number2...

Page 38: ...Monday 1 Tuesday 2 Wednesday 3 Thursday 4 Friday 5 Saturday 6 Sunday 32 8 RTC_DayOfMo nth 40 8 RTC_Month 48 16 500 ms RTC_Year C 2 CAN Messages to the PCAN GPS CAN ID Start bit Bit count Identifier V...

Page 39: ...C_SetHour 24 8 RTC_SetDayOfWeek 0 Monday 1 Tuesday 2 Wednesday 3 Thursday 4 Friday 5 Saturday 6 Sunday 32 8 RTC_SetDayOfMonth 40 8 RTC_SetMonth 48 16 RTC_SetYear 656h Out_RTC_TimeFromGPS 1 byte 0 1 RT...

Page 40: ...Ulysses AA 162 PCAN GPS_UserManAppendix_Antenna pdf www taoglas com GNSS receiver u blox MAX 7W PCAN GPS_UserManAppendix_GNSS pdf www u blox com Gyroscope STMicroelectronics L3GD20 PCAN GPS_UserManAp...

Page 41: ...Informa tion Battery The device and the battery it contains must not be disposed of with household waste Remove the battery from the device for proper separate disposal The PCAN GPS contains the foll...

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