AS5601 Adapter Board
ams Eval Kit Manual, Confidential
Page 3
[v1-00] 2014-Jul-31
1
Introduction
The adapter board allows an easy and fast evaluation of the AS5601 rotary magnetic position
sensor in the lab or together with an existing system. This small factor board is fully assembled with
AS5601 position sensor and its necessary external components. All relevant signals are available
on a dual-row 2.54mm 4-pin header footprint and can be easily wired to an existing application.
The AS5601 is an easy-to-program magnetic rotary position sensor with incremental quadrature
(A/B) and 12-bit digital outputs. Additionally, the PUSH output indicates fast airgap changes
between the AS5601 and magnet which can be used to implement a contactless pushbutton
function in which the knob can be pressed to move the magnet toward the AS5601.
The I²C interface is used for configuration and user programming of non-volatile parameters in the
AS5601.
2
Kit Content
This kit contains following material listed in
. Additional material can be found on our
webpage.
Table 1:
Kit Content
No.
Item
Description
Info
1
AS5601-SO_EK_AB
2
AS5000-MD6H-1
Reference Magnet
Find the datasheet online at
http://ams.com/eng/AS5000-MD6H-1
3
Getting Started
The AS5601 adapter board is ideal for rapid setup of a contactless encoder knob. Additionally to the
adapter board, a sensor magnet in a mechanical setup is required. A reference magnet comes with
the kit.
3.1 Adapter Board Pin-Out
The pin-out of the adapter board is shown in
. For additional information on the AS5601 pins
refer to the product datasheet.
Table 2:
Adapter Board Pin-Out
Header
Pin
Symbol
Description
Info
J3
1
SCL
I2C Clock
Use R3 if pull-up is required
J3
2
SDA
I2C Data
Use R4 if pull-up is required
J3
3
GND
Ground
J3
4
VDD
Positive Power
Supply
J2
1
VRG
LDO Pin in 5V
Leave open in 5V mode. Pull to VDD using