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SPI Comm. to Inclinometer

 
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 12:10 am     Reply with quote

I see several problems.

1. You have the PIC configured for SPI mode 2. But the SCA61T spec
has a timing diagram which shows Mode 0 should be used (Figure 3).

2. The SCA61T spec says that the chip is in Measure Mode upon
power-on reset. You don't need to put it in that mode.
Unfortunately, the SPI spec sheet is awful. They never tell you
what you can do in Measure Mode. So I'm going to assume
that you can send the commands shown in Table 2.

3. The number of bits normally used for RS232 is 8 bits, not 9.

4. You should prevent the program from falling off the end of main().
Put in a while(1); statement at the end, or put a loop there.

One of the SPI commands is RWTR, which is Read/Write Temperature
register. They don't tell you the width of the register. You're left to
infer that it may be 11 bits. They also don't tell you exactly what it is
that this register holds. Is it the temperature in degrees Centigrade, or
the Temperature error offset ? What are the units that you're reading ?
What is the range of the readings ? Is it in two's complement mode ?
They don't say. This is really an astonishingly poor data sheet.

The following program should get you started. I don't know for sure
that it will work, but it ought to do something. I think it will read 11 bits
of the Temperature Register, and left justify them in a 16-bit word.
So you'll likely get a maximum output value of 0xFFE0. The minimum
might be 0x0000. By using two spi_write() commands, I'm sending it
16 clocks during the read cycle, where the timing diagram shows 11.
Most devices would just ignore the extra clocks. I don't know that this
chip will do that. Anyway, this is a test program.

Code:

#include <16F877.H>
#use delay(clock=20000000)
#use rs232(baud=9600, xmit=PIN_C6, rcv=PIN_C7, ERRORS)

// SPI modes.
#define SPI_MODE_0_0 0x4000
#define SPI_MODE_0_1 0x0000
#define SPI_MODE_1_0 0x0010
#define SPI_MODE_1_1 0x4010

// SCA61T pins.
#define SCA61T_ST  PIN_B2   // Self test pin
#define SCA61T_CS  PIN_B1   // Chip select pin

//  SCA61T commands.
#define RWTR 0x08

//=================================
void main()
{
int8 lsb;
int8 msb;
int16 result;

output_low(SCA61T_ST);  // Disable self-test mode
output_high(SCA61T_CS);   // Init CS pin   

setup_spi(SPI_MASTER | SPI_MODE_0_0 | SPI_CLK_DIV_64);

while(1)
  {
   output_low(SCA61T_CS);   
   spi_write(RWTR);
   msb = spi_read(0x00);     
   lsb = spi_read(0x00);   
   output_high(SCA61T_CS);

   result = make16(msb, lsb);   
   printf("Temp. reg. = %lx\n\r", result);
   delay_ms(1000); 
  }   

}
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 7:28 am     Reply with quote

Thanks a lot, I did get the temperature to work based on your reply. The temperature is an 8bit response so I didn't need the LSB part of your code. They have a data sheet just for temperature, it is here http://www.vti.fi/att/en/customer/TN6_Internal_Temperature_Sensing.pdf I was pretty close to getting it in some of my earlier attempts. I still cannot get the inclination angle out of it though. I tried to apply the same concept as for temperature but 00 just comes back. Sometimes instead of 00 I get FF back, it's random. I've got to be close. Here's what I'm trying which isn't working. Thoughts?

Code:
#include <16F876.h>
#use delay(clock=20000000)
#use rs232(baud=9600, xmit=PIN_C6, rcv=PIN_C7, ERRORS)

// SPI modes.
#define SPI_MODE_0_0 0x4000
#define SPI_MODE_0_1 0x0000
#define SPI_MODE_1_0 0x0010
#define SPI_MODE_1_1 0x4010

// SCA61T pins.
#define SCA61T_ST  PIN_B2   // Self test pin
#define SCA61T_CS  PIN_B1   // Chip select pin

//  SCA61T commands.
#define RWTR 0x08
#define MEAS 0x00

//=================================
void main()
{
   int8 temp;
   int8 angle;
   output_low(SCA61T_ST);  // Disable self-test mode
   output_high(SCA61T_CS);   // Init CS pin   
   setup_spi(SPI_MASTER | SPI_MODE_0_0 | SPI_CLK_DIV_64);

   while(TRUE)
   {
      output_low(SCA61T_CS);   
      spi_write(RWTR);
      temp = spi_read(0x00);         
      output_high(SCA61T_CS);     
      printf("Temp. reg. = %u\n\r", temp);
      delay_ms(1000);

      output_low(SCA61T_CS);   
      spi_write(MEAS);
      angle = spi_read(0x00);         
      output_high(SCA61T_CS);     
      printf("meas reg. = %u\n\r", angle);
      delay_ms(1000);
   }   
}
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 9:24 am     Reply with quote

Hiya,

I've been following this interesting thread. I don't think that MEAS is going to get you any data in return. RDAX/Y should return the accel info, but you might be needing to pass something else to access the angle...

Good luck, Mike
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 9:31 am     Reply with quote

You don't need to send the MEAS command. The data sheet says
that the chip is put into Measure Mode at power-up.

You need to send the command necessary to read the Inclination
register. They don't say what this command is. The SPI appnote
gives the command to read the acceleration. But your chip reads
the inclination. Maybe the commands are the same. So try the
code that I posted, except use the RDAX command, instead of RWTR.
You will need this #define statement:

Code:
#define RDAX  0x10
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 9:34 am     Reply with quote

Sorry, I'm confused now. I thought this chip can do all 3? Sounds like it from the website...terrible docs tbh.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 10:16 am     Reply with quote

Alright I think I got it with all of your help. I really do appreciate it. What a great first SPI project (sarcasm detected). Apparently RDAX is not acceleration but rather inclination. I accessed the register and when I tilt the chip this value changes. When I stop the value retains itself, so it's not acceleration anyway. What some terrible documentation on their part. I wrote to tell them that too. You'ld think at $60/device they would do a better job.

Thanks again for all the help
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:26 pm     Reply with quote

dsaari,

Out of curiosity, did you try RDAY? It should *hopefully* return the tilt angle on the y-axis?

Thanks for clearing this up m8 Smile

Mike
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:25 pm     Reply with quote

Mike,
I didn't try RDAY because the device I bought was only a single axis inclinometer. It shows in the datasheet that would be a valid command for a different device. RDAX is definately tilt angle and not acceleration though. It appears to be very accurate as far as I can tell. I am going to do some further testing to see if it varies after time, especially in different temperatures. Perhaps I'll need an algorithm to take in account the temperature which is also readily available via SPI. Who knows, we'll see how that goes.
Thanks again
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 4:29 am     Reply with quote

Hi guys,

lets dig a bit in old graves ;)

I have a problem reading 11 bit from the SCA61T (with a PIC 18F4620)
Here's my code snippet:

Code:

output_low(PIN_A5);
spi_write(0x10);
value = spi_read(0x10); //16 bit unsigned int
value2 = spi_read(0x10);


value <<= 3;
value2 >>= 5;

value += value2;

I guess we should get now values between 0 and 2048.
Well, we do, but the last 3 bits we read are floating extremely! If we print only value2, it jumps between 0 and 255, although the SCA61T is lying on the ground.

I hope someone here is able to help us solving our problem Smile

Best regards and thanks in advance,
TDK
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:56 am     Reply with quote

Use the make16() function to combine two bytes into a 16-bit word.
Then, if you need to shift it, then shift the word. It's much easier to
think of it this way. Less confusing.

See this post for an example of how to use make16():
http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42368&highlight=make16+lsb+msb&start=1
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