SERIES AP220 / AP231 ACROPACK
USER
’S MANUAL
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0x3F E017
7:0
-3 to 3V
Channel 0 GainCoef MSB
0x3F E018 ->
7:0
Reserved
Reserved
0x3F E0FF
7:0
Reserved
Reserved
Table 3.10 Flash Coefficient Memory Map ASCII String Location
ASCII code for AP231 or AP220
starting at address 0x3F EFF0
is present to indicate valid
calibration data.
Flash Address
Bit(s)
AP231 Model
AP220 Model
0x3F EFF0
7:0
A = 0x41
A = 0x41
0x3F EFF1
7:0
P = 0x50
P = 0x50
0x3F EFF2
7:0
2 = 0x32
2 = 0x32
0x3F EFF3
7:0
3 = 0x33
2 = 0x32
0x3F EFF4
7:0
1 = 0x31
0 = 0x30
0x3F EFF5
7:0
0 (null Character)
0 (null Character)
0x3F EFF6->
7:0
Reserved
Reserved
0x3F EFFF
7:0
Reserved
Reserved
4.0 USE OF CALIBRATION DATA
Calibration data is provided in the form of calibration coefficients, so the
user can adjust and improve the accuracy of the analog output voltage over
the uncalibrated state. Each channel's unique offset and gain calibration
coefficients are stored in Flash memory. The use of software calibration
allows the elimination of hardware calibration potentiometers traditionally
used in producing precision analog outputs. A comparison of the
uncalibrated and software calibrated performance is shown to illustrate the
importance of the software calibration.
Software calibration uses some fairly complex equations. Acromag provides
software products (sold separately) to make communication with the board
and calibration easy. It relieves you from having to turn the equations of
the following sections into debugged software calibration code.