
preliminary
preliminary
iC-PVS
LINEAR/OFF-AXIS
BATTERY-BUFFERED ABSOLUTE POSITION HALL SENSOR
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tional. If the bit is set later during field operation, it is
most likely unintentional.
PDR: Power Down Reset Detected
A power down reset was performed, caused by un-
dervoltage considerably lower than the battery error
threshold. Another reason may be due to insufficient
stabilizing capacitors at the supply lines VDD and VBAT.
This bit is set after each cold start (no VDD and no
VBAT). It can be reset by overwriting it in the register or
issuing a SCLR instruction. This can be interpreted as
an acknowledgment that this startup was intentional. If
the bit is set later during field operation, it is most likely
unintentional.
PRESET: Pin Preset Detected
This bit is set after a PRESET pulse at pin PRE. It can
be reset by overwriting it in the register or issuing a
SCLR instruction. This can be interpreted as an ac-
knowledgment that this PRESET was intentional. If the
bit is set later during field operation, it is most likely
unintentional. The cause may have been an external
disturbance on the PRE line.
AC_MIN: Signal Amplitude Low
Always set in combination with AMPL_ERR. Indicates
that the magnetic signal amplitude is too low. The status
bit is cleared as soon as the magnetic signal amplitude
is within a valid range again.
AC_MAX: Signal Amplitude High
Always set in combination with AMPL_ERR. Indicates
that the magnetic signal amplitude is too high. The
status bit is cleared as soon as the magnetic signal
amplitude is within a valid range again.
MAG_ERR: Magnet Error
The status bit is set, if the NoMag detection is active
and a magnet error is currently detected. The reason
can be a low signal amplitude or a position consistency
error (see POS_ERR).
Error Output NERR
The pin is an open drain output. If an error is de-
tected, the pin is pulled low. STUP_ERR, CFG_ERR,
CTR_ERR, POS_ERR, BAT_ERR, AMPL_ERR, NO-
MAG_L, ANA_STUP are visible at NERR. Additionally,
NERR is pulled low during the iC-PVS startup phase,
if the device is in sleep state or a reset condition is
currently active. With option ERR_PDR = 1 (see Table
17), PDR, PRESET and REBOOT status messages are
also signalized as errors via output NERR.
During startup phase NERR is pulled low until a com-
plete and correct configuration has been read-in from
the EEPROM. This indicates that iC-PVS is not ready
to operate yet and does not answer any position read
requests.
Warning Output NWRN
Battery early warning BAT_WRN is exclusively output
at open drain pin NWRN if battery monitoring is enabled
(see Table 24).
Chip Revision
CHIP_REV
Addr. 0x4C; bit 7:0
(Read Only)
Code
Chip Revision
0x03
iC-PVS Y
0x04
iC-PVS X
Table 61: Chip Revision