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PROFET 2 Click - 3A with Curiosity PIC32 MZ EF

Published Oct 09, 2023

Click board™

PROFET 2 Click - 3A

Dev Board

Curiosity PIC32 MZ EF

Compiler

NECTO Studio

MCU

PIC32MZ2048EFM100

Embark on a journey of effortless power management with our smart high-side switch, designed to handle 3A loads and high inrush currents, while also featuring innovative ReverSave™ technology for enhanced safety and precision control

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Hardware Overview

How does it work?

PROFET 2 Click - 3A is based on the BTS7080-2EP, a dual-channel, smart high-side power switch with embedded protection and diagnosis features from Infineon Technologies. The BTS7080-2EP has a driving capability suitable for 3A loads and is equipped with "ReverseON" functionality, which causes the power transistor to switch on in reverse polarity. It also offers outstanding energy efficiency with reduced current consumption, state-of-art current sense accuracy, and faster switching/slew rate with no impact on EMC, making it suitable for resistive, inductive, and capacitive loads, replacement of electromechanical relays, fuses, and discrete circuits, and many more. This Click board™ uses five digital pins for direct control. The input pins IN0 and IN1, routed to the PWM and INT pins of the mikroBUS™ socket, activate the corresponding output channels labeled VOUT0

and VOUT1. Also, the Diagnosis Enable (DEN) pin routed to the CS pin of the mikroBUS™ socket controls the diagnosis and protection circuitry. Combined with IN pins, it enables the selection of appropriate operating states: Sleep, Stand-by, and Active Mode. The BTS7080-2EP is protected against overtemperature, overload, reverse power supply(GND and VIN are reverse supplied), and overvoltage. Overtemperature and overload protection work when the device is not in Sleep mode, while overvoltage protection works in all operation modes. For diagnosis purposes, the BTS7080-2EP combines digital and analog signals at the AN pin of the mikroBUS™ socket. Besides, the Diagnosis Selection DSEL pin, routed to the RST pin of the mikroBUS™ socket, selects the channel on which a diagnosis will be performed. The PROFET 2 Click supports an external power

supply for the BTS7080-2EP, which can be connected to the input terminal labeled as VIN and should be within the range of 4.1V to 28V. VIN has an undervoltage detection circuit, which prevents the activation of the power output stages and diagnosis if the applied voltage is below the undervoltage threshold. A power supply indication, red LED labeled as VIN, indicates the presence of an external power supply. This Click board™ can be operated only with a 3.3V logic voltage level. The board must perform appropriate logic voltage level conversion before using MCUs with different logic levels. Also, it comes equipped with a library containing functions and an example code that can be used as a reference for further development.

PROFET 2 Click - 3A hardware overview image

Features overview

Development board

Curiosity PIC32 MZ EF development board is a fully integrated 32-bit development platform featuring the high-performance PIC32MZ EF Series (PIC32MZ2048EFM) that has a 2MB Flash, 512KB RAM, integrated FPU, Crypto accelerator, and excellent connectivity options. It includes an integrated programmer and debugger, requiring no additional hardware. Users can expand

functionality through MIKROE mikroBUS™ Click™ adapter boards, add Ethernet connectivity with the Microchip PHY daughter board, add WiFi connectivity capability using the Microchip expansions boards, and add audio input and output capability with Microchip audio daughter boards. These boards are fully integrated into PIC32’s powerful software framework, MPLAB Harmony,

which provides a flexible and modular interface to application development a rich set of inter-operable software stacks (TCP-IP, USB), and easy-to-use features. The Curiosity PIC32 MZ EF development board offers expansion capabilities making it an excellent choice for a rapid prototyping board in Connectivity, IOT, and general-purpose applications.

Curiosity PIC32MZ EF double side image

Microcontroller Overview

MCU Card / MCU

default

Architecture

PIC32

MCU Memory (KB)

2048

Silicon Vendor

Microchip

Pin count

100

RAM (Bytes)

524288

Used MCU Pins

mikroBUS™ mapper

Diagnosis Signal
RPB4
AN
Diagnosis Selection
RA9
RST
Diagnosis Enable
RPD4
CS
NC
NC
SCK
NC
NC
MISO
NC
NC
MOSI
Power Supply
3.3V
3.3V
Ground
GND
GND
Output Channel 1 Activation
RPE8
PWM
Output Channel 0 Activation
RF13
INT
NC
NC
TX
NC
NC
RX
NC
NC
SCL
NC
NC
SDA
NC
NC
5V
Ground
GND
GND
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Schematic

PROFET 2 Click - 3A Schematic schematic

Step by step

Project assembly

Curiosity PIC32MZ EF front image hardware assembly

Start by selecting your development board and Click board™. Begin with the Curiosity PIC32 MZ EF as your development board.

Curiosity PIC32MZ EF front image hardware assembly
GNSS2 Click front image hardware assembly
Prog-cut hardware assembly
GNSS2 Click complete accessories setup image hardware assembly
Curiosity PIC32 MZ EF MB 1 Access - upright/background hardware assembly
Necto image step 2 hardware assembly
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Curiosity PIC32 MZ EF MCU Step hardware assembly
Necto No Display image step 8 hardware assembly
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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 PROFET 2 Click driver.

Key functions:

  • profet2_set_mode - Set mode device mode for specific channel channel

  • profet2_read_an_pin_voltage - Read AN pin voltage level function

  • profet2_set_den - Set diagnostic enable pin state

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 PROFET 2 3A Click Example.
 *
 * # Description
 * This example showcases the ability of the PROFET 2 3A Click board.
 * It configures Host MCU for communication and then enables 
 * and disables output channel. Besides that, it reads the voltage 
 * of IS pin and calculates current on output for the channel 0.
 *
 * The demo application is composed of two sections :
 *
 * ## Application Init
 * Initialization of the communication modules(ADC and UART) 
 * and additional pins for controlling the device.
 *
 * ## Application Task
 * On every iteration of the task device switches between 
 * DIAGNOSTIC and OFF mode while it reads the voltage of IS pin 
 * and with that calculates current on output for channel 0.
 * 
 * @note
 * Formula for calculating current on load: 
 * I_load = voltage(IS) x kILIS(1800) / rsens(1.2 kΩ)
 *
 * Click board won't work properly on the PIC18F97J94 MCU card.
 *
 * @author Luka Filipovic
 *
 */

#include "board.h"
#include "log.h"
#include "profet23a.h"

static profet23a_t profet23a;   /**< PROFET 2 3A Click driver object. */
static log_t logger;    /**< Logger object. */

void application_init ( void )
{
    log_cfg_t log_cfg;  /**< Logger config object. */
    profet23a_cfg_t profet23a_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.
    profet23a_cfg_setup( &profet23a_cfg );
    PROFET23A_MAP_MIKROBUS( profet23a_cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
    if ( ADC_ERROR == profet23a_init( &profet23a, &profet23a_cfg ) )
    {
        log_error( &logger, " Application Init Error. " );
        log_info( &logger, " Please, run program again... " );

        for ( ; ; );
    }
    profet23a_default_cfg ( &profet23a );
    log_info( &logger, " Application Task " );
    Delay_ms( 1000 );
}

void application_task ( void ) 
{
    static uint8_t mode = PROFET23A_DIAGNOSTIC_ON;
    float profet23a_an_voltage = 0;
    
    err_t error_val = profet23a_set_mode( &profet23a, PROFET23A_CHANNEL_0, mode );
    
    if ( error_val )
    {
        log_error( &logger, "Channe/Mode" );
    }
    
    if ( PROFET23A_DIAGNOSTIC_ON == profet23a.mode )
    {
        mode = PROFET23A_MODE_OFF;
        log_printf( &logger, " > Output ON Channel %u in diagnostic mode\r\n", ( uint16_t )profet23a.channel );
        Delay_ms( 1000 );
    }
    else
    {
        mode = PROFET23A_DIAGNOSTIC_ON;
        log_printf( &logger, " > Output OFF\r\n" );
    }

    if ( profet23a_read_an_pin_voltage ( &profet23a, &profet23a_an_voltage ) != ADC_ERROR )
    {
        log_printf( &logger, " > IS Voltage \t~ %.3f[V]\r\n", profet23a_an_voltage );
        
        float current = profet23a_an_voltage * profet23a.kilis / profet23a.rsens;
        log_printf( &logger, " > OUT Current \t~ %.3f[A]\r\n", current );
    }
    
    log_printf( &logger, "*******************************************\r\n" );
    
    Delay_ms( 2000 );
}

void main ( void ) 
{
    application_init( );

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

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

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