Do you have a question about the PICOSTRAIN PS09-EVA-KIT and is the answer not in the manual?
Questions and answers
Summary of Contents for acam PICOSTRAIN PS09-EVA-KIT
Page 1
Manual PSØ9-EVA-KIT Evaluation System for PSØ9 19th May 2011 Document-No.: DB_PSØ9-EVA_en V0.1...
Page 2
The information provided by this data sheet is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by acam for its use, nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties that may result from its use. The information is subject to change without notice and is provided „as is“ without war- ranty of any kind (expressed or implied).
Page 4
PSØ9-EVA acam ®, 1 ® are registered trademarks of acam-messelectronic gmbh acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
Page 5
This cable can be provided to test the UART bridge of the PSØ9 by establishing communication between 4 layer PCB the UART of PSØ9 and a serial terminal application on a acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
Page 6
USB cable Connecting PICOPROG to the PC Wall power supply CD-ROM Incl. software and data sheets Optional - FTDI TTL-232R-3V3 cable (upon request) acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
Page 7
Capacitor Selection and Assembly..............2-3 2.3.2 Half bridge ....................2-3 2.3.3 Half bridge connection for Solar Applications ..........2-4 2.3.4 Full bridge ....................2-5 2.3.5 Wheatstone Full Bridge ................2-7 2.3.6 Quattro mode .....................2-8 acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
The 4 MHz ceramic crystal oscillator is not present and there is no possibility to connect an external RC oscillator to PSØ9. Thus the PSØ9 can be operated only with the built in RC-oscillator. Operating the PSØ9 with the acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
It is basically connected to the pads A and B (SG_A1 and SG_A2, SG_B1 and SG_B2 are shorted). For the gain and temperature measurement, external resistors Rext1 and Rext2 are connected the pads C and D (also shorted). acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
So with 1 kOhm strain gauges the load cell shows a total resistance of 2 kOhm. The current into the sensor is reduced by a factor of 2. This option is reasonable in case all the strain gauges are on one side of the load cell. acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
For PICOSTRAIN a full bridge is ideally separated into two half bridges. This wiring can increase the resolution com- pared to Wheatstone bridges by 0.6 bit. Figure 2-5: Full Bridge acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
Page 12
PSØ81 compatible mode of PSØ9. For details on this mode and its associated advantages, please refer to section 3.3.5 of PSØ9 data sheet. Figure 2-7: PSØ81-compatible wiring acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
Please note: In Wheatstone mode the operation via SPI interface is recommended. If IIC is to be used, please opera- te in Single Conversion Mode. See also the bug report in the PS09 data sheet. acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
Typical applications are bathroom-scales, baby or platform scales. Figure 2-9: Connecting four half bridges or two full bridges in One sense mode acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
Optionally the LCD driver can be powered by the voltage selected by the on-board jumpers on the motherboard (vol- tage adjustable). The appropriate jumper (J26 (fixed) or J27 (adjustable)) has to be soldered in order to select the source of the LCD’s power supply. acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
Page 16
GPIOs 0, 1, 2. Sample programs which use the LCD for display, along with the appropriate header files that are specific to the Holtek driver, HT1620 are available as part of the PSØ9 Assembler examples. acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
200 mm x 100 mm Base plate Weighing plate 90 mm x 90 mm 70 mm Total height Wiring diagram Figure 4-2: Wiring diagram (to be verified) To be verified acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
Optionally you can see a video-tutorial about the PS08 Assembler Software (which structurally the same as the PSØ9 Assembler) by watching the video from: ASM-Screencast.exe in PS08-Assembler-Introduction\Flash folder. acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
SPI) Switch to IIC Establishes the communication mode Figure 5-2: Switch IIC/SPI between the Picoprog and the PSØ9 to IIC mode acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
Page 22
Display of HB0 result using the software filters set under „Filter“. Eff. Resolution Effective resolution with respect to maximum output Filter Selection of various software filters like SINC (rolling average) and Median (non-linear filter). acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
Page 23
Graphical display of the results. The consolidated result HB0 as well as the separate half bridge results can be dis- played. Additionally, Temperature can also be graphically displayed. acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
Page 24
= messb2: Standard is measurement range 2. Option to select range 1. 4 MHz oscillator control = sel_start_osz: Sets the switch on control for the 4 MHz oscillator acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
Page 25
Enables to select when the user code has to be executed and the configuration to be used on reset. DSP: These options enable to enable/disable the interrupt, select the interrupt polarity and select the pin for an external interrupt. acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
Page 26
5.2.6 Expert Page Figure 5-7: Expert Page This page refers to expert setting only. Please change settings only after getting an introduction by an acam engi- neer. acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
Page 27
Start manually a new measurement. Send byte to PSØ9: Sends the byte to the PSØ9 through SPI/IIC interface Send SSN only: Toggles the CSN of the SPI interface to the PSØ9. acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
Page 28
Additionally the multi- functional diagnostic pins (MULTIO3 & 4) can also be configured here. These configurations must also be done respectively when using the multi-input or capacitive keys or the UART. 5-10 acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
Page 29
Select DLC config. Configurations for doing the adjustment procedure according to OIML 3000 or OIML 6000. The configuration should be selected before starting with the compensation procedure. acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de 5-11...
Page 30
(a screencast is a basically an instruction video). It contains the theory behind the PICOSTRIAN tempe- rature compensation as well as its practical application in the software. To download the screencast please go to: http://www.acam.de/download-center/picostrain 5-12 acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
The following sections give just a short description of the assembler program. For a detailed description of the assembler software please use the online help of the program. The online help can be opened from the Menu or by pressing the F1 button. acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
PSØ9-EVA The following help window opens up: 6.2.2 Assembler Tab Page acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
Page 34
The *.prj file can also be opened and edited in this Window. Note1: The .asm and .h files can be in different folders or locations. The *.prj file stores the location of the file while saving the project. acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
Page 35
Help menu or by pressing F4 or by clicking on the ‘Bulb’ icon on the top. Only *.prj project files can be opened via the Search Examples option. To open individual files, use the File -> Open option. acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
<filename.h>. They are automatically included from the Lib folder. The alternative method of using a single assembler files without using ‘include’ files at all is also supported. 6.2.3 Debugger Page acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
Page 37
- LED indicator: the LED indicates the current status of the debugger. If it is grayed the debugger isn‘t active. An active debugger is indicated through an orange-colored LED labeled with ‚RUNNING‘ on it. acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
The debugger tab page gives you the possibility to run your program step by step or only parts of it and a lot more. Additional information is obtained which is normally not obvious. 6.2.4 Download Page acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
Page 39
OTP. Hence this must be set very carefully only in the last step of programming completion. For more information refer Section 6.2 .1 of PSØ9 data sheet. acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
Different settings for the assembler and the editor can be done by selecting the item “Settings” in the “Tools” menu. A screen appears that shows the following sheets: acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de 6-10...
Page 41
Note: If the communication with the PSØ9 is to take place through SPI protocol or IIC protocol must be set accordin- gly in the Settings tab ‘Use IIC protocol’ option and also on the PSØ9-EVAL Motherboard using the on-board jumper. acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de 6-11...
Design Guideline for Building a Solar Body Scale AN023 V1.3 September 2009 All available documents can be downloaded from the acam website at: http://www.acam.de/download-section/picostrain Document History May 2011 First release acam-messelectronic gmbh - Am Hasenbiel 27 - D-76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch - Germany - www.acam.de...
Need help?
Do you have a question about the PICOSTRAIN PS09-EVA-KIT and is the answer not in the manual?
Questions and answers