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Vsin vs. Vcos Plot
The
Vsin vs Vcos
graph shows the electrical angle from the
. However, there is more information shown in
Figure 10, such as the radius of the output values that can give
further diagnostic information to system. As long as the sensor
is fully saturated, or the applied magnetic field strength exceeds
25 kA/m, the radius value remains unchanged at a constant
temperature. As the AMR effect is smaller at high temperatures,
the radius value changes with respect to temperature. See the
data sheet for the temperature coefficient values for
the output amplitude for the V
SIN
and the V
COS
channels.
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Figure 10.
Vsin vs Vcos
Graph
Digital Inputs
To toggle two digital inputs on the
, click the buttons
in the
Digital Inputs
pane (see Figure 11).
The
Power Down Disabled
in a low
power state by disabling the internal circuitry and placing the
outputs in a high impedance state. See the
data sheet
for full details on the power-down current of the device.
The
Gain Control Disabled
button puts the device in gain control
mode (see Figure 11). This mode alters the bridge supply voltage
based on the internal temperature value of the
Through gain control mode, the output amplitude temperature
coefficient of the
data sheet
for full details on output amplitude vs. temperature with the gain
control mode enabled and disabled.
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Figure 11.
Digital Inputs
Pane
Offset Calibration
An offset calibration is required to maximize the accuracy of
the
. The V
SIN
and V
COS
channels have inherent voltage
offsets due to a resistor mismatch within the AMR sensor bridges.
See the
data sheet for full details on the offset voltage
ranges for the outputs.
There are a few methods that can null the offsets for the outputs.
The
GUI uses a maximum/minimum value to calculate
these offsets. To run an offset calibration, click
Run Cal
(see
. When
Run Cal
is clicked, rotate the magnetic stimulus
slowly through an entire mechanical rotation. This slow rotation
ensures that the maximum and minimum output voltages are
found for each channel.
The offset of each channel is calculated as the midpoint between
the maximum and mid values captured during the calibration
cycle. During normal operation, the offset value for each channel is
subtracted from the current value before calculating the magnetic
angle.
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Figure 12.
Offset Calibration
Pane