POSITION / SPEED34THE Industry First10 Turn Position SensorTen turn servo or bushing mount Hall effect sensor in size 09 (22.2mm)POSITION / SPEEDProduct OverviewThe Vishay 34THE is ideally suited for a wide variety of “offroad”steering and actuator applications. Proven long lifeHall effect technology capable of operating in the toughestindustrial environments. True power-on position sensor.ApplicationsOff-road vehicles: steering and actuator applicationsAgricultural machinery, fork-lifts, sweepersMarine rudder position controlAny kind of off-road application involving a multi-turnposition functionalityElectrical SpecificationsFeatures & BenefitsNon contacting long life Hall effectAccurate linearity down to: ± 0.5 %All electrical angles available up to: 3600°, fully settablefrom 0 to 10 turns.Very long life: 50M cycles for servo, 10M cyclesfor bushingFully configurable in angle & output typeCompliant to RoHS Directive 2002/95/ECRedundant option for higher safety level applicationsParameter Standard Special74Electrical Angle 10 turns 3600º Any other angle upon requestLinearity ± 1 % ± 0.5 %Supply Voltage 5V DC±10 % Other upon requestSupply Current < 16 mA for single < 32 mA for redundantOutput SignalAnalog ratiometric 1 % to 99 % of V supply(other upon request)or PWM 1 kHz, 10 % to 90 % duty cycle or SPI binary on 5 V or binary on 3.3 VOver Voltage Protection+20 V DCReverse Voltage Protection-10 V DCLoad Resistance RecommendedMin 1kΩ for analog output and PWM outputHysteresis Static10º on drive shaftMechanical SpecificationsParameterMechanical travelBearing typeStandardResolutionStandard3600º continuousA sleeve bearing for bushing model / 2 ball bearings for servo modelIP 50; other upon request12 bits for analog and PWM, 14 bits for SPIwww.FutureElectronics.com/Sensors
6040200100802 020Polygons of arbitrary shapein any colorFigure 5. Font toolWE’VE GOT YOU COVERED!Published 11 times a year, Future Technology Magazine (FTM) features the latest andgreatest industry tips, technology breakthroughs, and innovative products from leadingmanufacturers and suppliers, with a strong emphasis on New Product Introductions.Also, most featured products are available in engineering quantities.You won’t want to miss a single issue of this informative resource and critical tool in today’smarket, where you’ll find:PRODUCT AND TECHNOLOGY NEWS FROM FUTURE ELECTRONICSTechnical ViewFree Graphics Library Provides Great User Experience and QuickTime to Market By: Sylvain Cormier, Eng., MBA, Advanced Engineer, Future ElectronicsUser interfaces have evolved over time.foreground image with the background to createWith this evolution came a rise in customerthe appearance of semi transparency.expectations for product interactivity andbe ter user experience. In the fast pacedWhen including text in the UI, the designer canelectronics market, implementation needs touse one of the dozen royalty free fonts that arebe achieved in the shortest possible delay.included with the SEGGER tool. If those fontsdo not match the requirements, it is possible toUsers have now grown accustomed to the smartcreate new fonts from true type fonts using thephone experience. Consequently, the Graphicaltool that is provided in the package (see Figure 5).User Interface (GUI) is often the key di ferentiatingfactor that can have a huge impact on the successTouchscreen support for emWin is also available.of a product. Companies often struggle to developIt includes a low level driver, which handles thea produc that is both professional looking andanalog input, debouncing and calibration of theUsers ask more and more for an interactiveeasy to use. The workflow required to reach thistouchscreen. The window manager deals withexperience. The tool comes with various built-ingoal is obstructed by several hurdles as a mix oftouch messages and widgets such as bu toninteractive widgets. Icons, sliders, check boxes,individuals from di ferent fields, ranging fromobjects. I takes no more than one line of codebuttons and drop-down lists a l have fu ly encapsulateduser interaction with automatic clickhuman psychology to embedded design, isto create a bu ton or other widget, which thenrequired. The implementation of the User Interfaceautomatically handles touch messages and reactshandling (see Figure 3). In addition, many of(UI) in an embedded system should not be one ofaccordingly. The widgets have different a tributes,the widgets (progress bars, windows) can bethose cha lenges. NXP has addressed this issuewhich makes them very flexible. Because in mostskinnable, a lowing the designer to customizeby partnering with market-leader SEGGER tocases the default a tributes are fine, they arethe UI to their design (see Figure 4).provide their best-in-class emWin Graphics libraryeasy to use. Of course the touchscreen support isfree of charge when used with any current NXPwri ten in ANSI C.ARM MCU.Di ferent applications may require different screenThe emWin solution was developed by SEGGERsizes and resolutions. emWin provides configurationse tings to easily change the LCD size forto provide a robust, proven, industry leading UserInterface (UI) solution. They have invested manyyour project. The developer only needs to changeyears of development e fort to cover the entirethe value of define variables to be able to reflectUI development process. The tools available in thethe target LCD resolution settings. Once this isemWin package include highly optimized drawingdone, it is be possible to see the co rect screenroutines, HW abstraction, PC-based design,size and color depth on a PC screen by using asimulation and co laborative tools.simulation tool. It wi l be the same look and feelas the one used in the end application.emWin Supported FeaturesThe memory footprint of such tools often requiresMany microcontroler companies o fer basic emWin makes it possible to integrate themthe use of oversized memory densities. emWingraphics routines. Unfortunately, these often seamlessly in the design by providing a tool thathas been designed to have a memory footprint asprovide only basic primitive drawings such as easily converts them to .c files. The tool supportssma l as possible. Various configuration switcheslines, circles, squares, etc. With emWin, complex popular formats such as JPEG, GIF and BMP. Asa low tailoring the software to perfectly matchfigures can be generated on top of the basic ones. an added bonus, emWin provides alpha blendingcapabilities that make it easy to combine ayour needs, reducing memory consumptionArcs, complex multi-point polygons, roundedto a minimum. The memoryrequirements vary dependingon which parts of the softwareare used and how efficient yourperceived screen resolution (see Figure 2). Thesetarget compiler is. It is thereforeadvanced tools a low a designer to come up withnot possible to specify precisevalues, bu the fo lowing appliestime required to obtain the desired look and feel.to typical systems:Small systems (no windowmanager)RAM: 100 bytesStack: 500 bytes• ROM: 10-25 kb (dependingon the functionality used)corners and gradient fi ls are a l part of the toolset(see Figure 1). In addition, anti-aliasing can beused to provide smooth transitions and increasedprofessional looking GUI, while minimizing the120 140160180Figure 2. 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