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Texas Instruments PGA460 manual available for free PDF download: Troubleshooting Manual
Texas Instruments PGA460 Troubleshooting Manual (28 pages)
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Texas Instruments
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Motherboard
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
1
Overview
3
Getting Started and Evaluation Flow
3
Where Do I Begin
3
After Setting up the EVM, and Verifying the GUI Works, How Do I Tune My Solution
3
After Tuning My Solution on the EVM, How Do I Port the Settings from the GUI and Configure My Custom Solution
3
How Can I Prepare for Mass Production Programming and System Integration
4
PGA460Q1SFF Rendering
4
Hardware Installation and Setup
5
How Should I Position the Shunt on the Alt Pwr Modes Jumper Block
5
Why Is My EVM Consuming 70 Ma, or more than the Average Static Current of 13 Ma
5
Can I Use any Launchpad with the BOOSTXL-PGA460
5
The Closed-Top Twisted Pair Transducer Hangs from the Daughtercard, and Tends to Points down
6
How Do You Recommend I Mount the Transducer with a Support or Stand
6
BOOSTXL-PGA460 Boosterpack Pinout
6
Transducer Mounting Options
6
Is a Transducer's Pin Polarity Important
7
Is a Transducer's Face Orientation Important
7
Software Installation and Setup
7
During Installation, I was Not Prompted to Install the MSP430 and Code Composer Studio
7
Transducer Pin Polarity Examples
7
Beam Pattern of MA58MF14-7N in Horizontal and Vertical Axes
7
UNIFLASH Session Details
8
UNIFLASH Options
8
The Boostxlpga460-Firmware.bat Batch File Fails to Install
9
Batch Programming Failure Prompt
9
PGA460Q1EVM GUI Open Error
9
Hardware Modifications
10
Transformer Driven Transducer Substitution
10
Direct Driven Transducer Substitution
10
Enabling Bi-Static Mode on Daughtercard
11
Full-Bridge Bi-Static Mode Modifications
12
Horn to Focus Field-Of-View
13
Master-Controlled Auto-Addressing Example
13
Running the Software
14
How Can I Detect an Object if It Is Further than 11M
14
How Can I Detect more than Eight Objects? Can I Set the Threshold to Ignore Ringing Decay Ripple or Objects for a Given Time after Bursting? How Can the Threshold Offset be Used
14
Transformer Connections
14
Can I Automatically Set the Threshold Map
15
Maximizing the Threshold Level to Ignore Ultrasonic Activity
15
Auto-Mapped Threshold after 100 NOBAL Loops
15
Can I Automatically Set the Time Varying Gain
16
Can I Evaluate Multiple PGA460 Devices Using the same UART Bus of the PGA460-Q1 EVM
16
Automatic Linear Fit of TVG after 100 NOLO Loops
16
The Ultrasonic Measurement Result Data Is Random, very Short, Always the Maximum Value, or Never Updates
17
UART Interface Address Dropdown
17
Disable Communication to PGA460 on BOOSTXL-PGA460 Motherboard
17
MID-Code Threshold Times and Levels
18
DSP Output Ramp Triggering a False Positive
19
TVG Max-To-Min Trough to Saturate Initial Burst of Echo Data Dump
19
The Noise Floor Increases Significantly at Long Distances
20
Can I Copy My Device Settings from One PGA460 to Another
20
I Do Not See any Echo Return Peaks on My Echo Data Dump
20
Noise Floor Saturation
20
5.10 How Do I Successfully Use a High-Frequency Transducer (180-480Khz) with the GUI
21
Utilitiestime-Of-Flight Converter
21
How Do I Calculate the Distance Using the Return Data from the Ultrasonic Measurement Results
22
Command
22
5.12 Is There any Limitation in Using One-Wire UART (OWU) Mode on the GUI
23
I am Not Able to Detect an Object Using the Energia Sketch, or the Object Distance Is Always the same
23
Running the Hardware and Environmental Factors
23
There Appears to be a Continuous Noise Source Present
23
A False Echo Positive Is Always Present at 7.7 M, Even When the Transducer Is Disconnected. Why Does the PGA460 Detect this Unreal Artifact on the Echo Data Dump
23
Murata MA40H1S-R Noise Floor Saturated Based on Listen-Only Command in a Room with 40-Khz Occupancy Sensor
23
Motor Switching Noise Appears to be Coupling Onto the Ultrasonic Return Path, Which Increases the Noise Floor. How Do I Mitigate this Noisy Loading Effect of the Motors
24
Time Decoupling Toggle Noise at 45.056 Ms
24
In Transformer Driven Mode, the Secondary Voltage Appears as a Distorted Sinusoidal Waveform
25
How Do I Clean-Up My Driver Signal Exciting the Transducer
25
I Can Hear an Audible Clicking Sound from the Ultrasonic Sensor. Is this Normal
25
How Can I Determine the Characteristics of My Transducer if no Datasheet Is Provided, or I Do Not
25
Transducer Driver Waveform Smoothness
25
Does the USB-Boost Circuit Limit My Sensor's Overall Driver Strength
26
When Should I Use the Disable Current Limit Feature
27
Best Practices
27
The Laptop's AC Power Supply Raises the Noise Floor
27
When in Doubt, Restart the GUI and Hardware
27
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