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POT 4 Click with UNI Clicker

Published Oct 10, 2023

Click board™

POT 4 Click

Dev Board

UNI Clicker

Compiler

NECTO Studio

MCU

MK51DN512CLQ10

Our trimmer potentiometer solution is engineered to revolutionize control, providing fine-tuning capabilities for precise adjustments in a wide range of devices and applications

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Hardware Overview

How does it work?

POT 4 Click is based on the PRS11R-425F-S103B1, a high-quality rotary 10k potentiometer from Bourns providing very accurate voltage output. The PDB081-P10-103B1 features a small form factor, offers a push-on momentary switch, a flatted shaft style, and a wide operating temperature range, withstanding 50V maximum voltage. Typical applications include consumer white goods, test and measurement equipment, communications and laboratory equipment, and other applications requiring an analog or digitized control voltage. The output of the potentiometer is brought to the non-inverting input of the OPA344, a rail-to-rail

operational amplifier from Texas Instruments, used as a stable unity gain buffer, providing a constant input and output impedance. Without a buffer, the variable impedance would affect the reference voltage. Therefore, the OPA344 ensures good stability of the circuit. A buffered signal can be converted to a digital value using the MCP3221, a successive approximation A/D converter with a 12-bit resolution from Microchip using a 2-wire I2C compatible interface, or can be sent directly to an analog pin of the mikroBUS™ socket labeled as AN. The selection can be performed by using an onboard SMD switch labeled as VIN SEL, placing it

in an appropriate position marked as AN or ADC. Noting that the PRS11R-425F-S103B1 has an optional push momentary switch, this Click board™ also has an interrupt that will signal to users when this feature is used. This Click board™ can operate with either 3.3V or 5V logic voltage levels selected via the VCC SEL jumper. This way, both 3.3V and 5V capable MCUs can use the communication lines properly. Also, this Click board™ comes equipped with a library containing easy-to-use functions and an example code that can be used as a reference for further development.

POT 4 Click top side image
POT 4 Click bottom side image

Features overview

Development board

UNI Clicker is a compact development board designed as a complete solution that brings the flexibility of add-on Click boards™ to your favorite microcontroller, making it a perfect starter kit for implementing your ideas. It supports a wide range of microcontrollers, such as different ARM, PIC32, dsPIC, PIC, and AVR from various vendors like Microchip, ST, NXP, and TI (regardless of their number of pins), four mikroBUS™ sockets for Click board™ connectivity, a USB connector, LED indicators, buttons, a debugger/programmer connector, and two 26-pin headers for interfacing with external electronics. Thanks to innovative manufacturing technology, it allows you to build

gadgets with unique functionalities and features quickly. Each part of the UNI Clicker development kit contains the components necessary for the most efficient operation of the same board. In addition to the possibility of choosing the UNI Clicker programming method, using a third-party programmer or CODEGRIP/mikroProg connected to onboard JTAG/SWD header, the UNI Clicker board also includes a clean and regulated power supply module for the development kit. It provides two ways of board-powering; through the USB Type-C (USB-C) connector, where onboard voltage regulators provide the appropriate voltage levels to each component on the board, or using a Li-Po/Li

Ion battery via an onboard battery connector. All communication methods that mikroBUS™ itself supports are on this board (plus USB HOST/DEVICE), including the well-established mikroBUS™ socket, a standardized socket for the MCU card (SiBRAIN standard), and several user-configurable buttons and LED indicators. UNI Clicker is an integral part of the Mikroe ecosystem, allowing you to create a new application in minutes. Natively supported by Mikroe software tools, it covers many aspects of prototyping thanks to a considerable number of different Click boards™ (over a thousand boards), the number of which is growing every day.

UNI clicker double image

Microcontroller Overview

MCU Card / MCU

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Type

8th Generation

Architecture

ARM Cortex-M4

MCU Memory (KB)

512

Silicon Vendor

NXP

Pin count

144

RAM (Bytes)

131072

Used MCU Pins

mikroBUS™ mapper

Analog Output
PA17
AN
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NC
RST
NC
NC
CS
NC
NC
SCK
NC
NC
MISO
NC
NC
MOSI
Power Supply
3.3V
3.3V
Ground
GND
GND
NC
NC
PWM
NC
NC
INT
NC
NC
TX
NC
NC
RX
I2C Clock
PC10
SCL
I2C Data
PC11
SDA
Power Supply
5V
5V
Ground
GND
GND
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Take a closer look

Schematic

POT 4 Click Schematic schematic

Step by step

Project assembly

UNI Clicker front image hardware assembly

Start by selecting your development board and Click board™. Begin with the UNI Clicker as your development board.

UNI Clicker front image hardware assembly
Thermo 28 Click front image hardware assembly
SiBRAIN for STM32F745VG front image hardware assembly
Prog-cut hardware assembly
UNI Clicker MB 1 - upright/with-background hardware assembly
Necto image step 2 hardware assembly
Necto image step 3 hardware assembly
Necto image step 4 hardware assembly
Necto image step 5 hardware assembly
Necto image step 6 hardware assembly
Necto image step 7 hardware assembly
Necto No Display image step 8 hardware assembly
Necto image step 9 hardware assembly
Necto image step 10 hardware assembly
Debug Image Necto Step hardware assembly

Track your results in real time

Application Output via Debug Mode

1. Once the code example is loaded, pressing the "DEBUG" button initiates the build process, programs it on the created setup, and enters Debug mode.

2. After the programming is completed, a header with buttons for various actions within the IDE becomes visible. Clicking the green "PLAY" button starts reading the results achieved with the Click board™. The achieved results are displayed in the Application Output tab.

DEBUG_Application_Output

Software Support

Library Description

This library contains API for POT 4 Click driver.

Key functions:

  • pot4_get_switch_pin - This function returns the switch (SW) pin logic state

  • pot4_read_voltage - This function reads raw ADC value and converts it to proportional voltage level

  • pot4_convert_voltage_to_percents - This function converts analog voltage to potentiometer position in percents

Open Source

Code example

This example can be found in NECTO Studio. Feel free to download the code, or you can copy the code below.

/*!
 * @file main.c
 * @brief POT 4 Click Example.
 *
 * # Description
 * This example demonstrates the use of POT 4 click board by reading and displaying
 * the potentiometer position.
 *
 * The demo application is composed of two sections :
 *
 * ## Application Init
 * Initializes the driver and logger.
 *
 * ## Application Task
 * Reads and displays on the USB UART the potentiometer position in forms of voltage and
 * percents once per second only when the potentiometer switch is active.
 *
 * @author Stefan Filipovic
 *
 */

#include "board.h"
#include "log.h"
#include "pot4.h"

static pot4_t pot4;     /**< POT 4 Click driver object. */
static log_t logger;    /**< Logger object. */

void application_init ( void )
{
    log_cfg_t log_cfg;  /**< Logger config object. */
    pot4_cfg_t pot4_cfg;  /**< Click config object. */

    /** 
     * Logger initialization.
     * Default baud rate: 115200
     * Default log level: LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
     * @note If USB_UART_RX and USB_UART_TX 
     * are defined as HAL_PIN_NC, you will 
     * need to define them manually for log to work. 
     * See @b LOG_MAP_USB_UART macro definition for detailed explanation.
     */
    LOG_MAP_USB_UART( log_cfg );
    log_init( &logger, &log_cfg );
    log_info( &logger, " Application Init " );

    // Click initialization.
    pot4_cfg_setup( &pot4_cfg );
    POT4_MAP_MIKROBUS( pot4_cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
    err_t init_flag = pot4_init( &pot4, &pot4_cfg );
    if ( ( ADC_ERROR == init_flag ) || ( I2C_MASTER_ERROR == init_flag ) )
    {
        log_error( &logger, " Communication init." );
        for ( ; ; );
    }
    
    log_info( &logger, " Application Task " );
}

void application_task ( void ) 
{
    if ( !pot4_get_switch_pin ( &pot4 ) )
    {
        float voltage = 0;
        if ( POT4_OK == pot4_read_voltage ( &pot4, &voltage ) ) 
        {
            log_printf( &logger, " AN Voltage : %.3f V\r\n", voltage );
            log_printf( &logger, " Potentiometer : %u %%\r\n\n", 
                        ( uint16_t ) pot4_convert_voltage_to_percents ( &pot4, voltage ) );
            Delay_ms( 1000 );
        }
    }
}

void main ( void ) 
{
    application_init( );

    for ( ; ; ) 
    {
        application_task( );
    }
}

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------ END

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