3.1 Interfaces

  • DC bus voltage input: There are three DC bus voltage input interfaces. Each interface receives the DC bus voltage from a driver board. The voltage is then sampled and transmitted to the ADC pins of the MCU for motor control applications. Moreover, the voltage from the mandatory driver board is exploited by the DC/DC converter as the input to generate DC 12V, 5V, and 3.3V voltage sources.
  • Phase current sample inputs: There are three phase current sample input interfaces. Each interface receives two phase current samples from a driver board. The samples are then regulated and optionally transmitted to the ADC pins of the MCU for motor control applications.
  • DC bus current sample input: There are three DC bus current sample input interfaces. Each interface receives the lower-side DC bus current sample from a driver board. The sample is then regulated and optionally transmitted to the ADC pins of the MCU for motor control applications. The above-mentioned phase current samples share the same ADC pins with the DC bus current sample. The user can select one and only one kind of sample for the ADC either the phase current or the DC bus current.
  • HALL signal inputs and Quadrature encoding (QE) signal inputs: There are three HALL signal input interfaces and three QE signal input interfaces. The HALL signal input interfaces are independent from the QE signal input interfaces. The HALL signals are then transmitted to the GPIO pins of the MCU. These GPIO pins can work as the pins for the Input Capture peripherals. The QE signals are then transmitted to the QEI peripherals of the MCU. Both types of signals are useful for sensored motor control applications.
  • PWM output: There are three PWM output interfaces. Each interface transmits six PWM signals for one driver board.
  • DC 12V output: There are three DC 12V output interfaces. Each interface provides a DC 12V voltage source to one driver board as the power supply for the driver circuit.
  • UART: There are two UART interfaces: one is dedicated and the other shares pins with the CAN interface.
  • CAN: There is one CAN interface, which shares pins with one UART interface.
  • SPI: There is one SPI interface.
  • ICSP: There is one ICSP interface to program or debug the MCU. The interface supports an in-circuit debugger, such as ICD-4 or PICkit-4.
  • 5V/3.3V/12V outputs: There are three 5V output interfaces, three 3.3V output interfaces, and three 12V output interfaces.