PROFET -10A Click Board™
Product Code: MIKROE-4817
How Does The PROFET -10A Click Board™ Work? The PROFET -10A Click Board™ as its foundation uses the BTS7008-1EPA, a single-channel, smart high-side power switch with embedded protection and diagnosis feature from Infineon Technologies. The BTS7008-1EPA has a driving capability suitable for 10A loads and comes equipped with "ReverseON" functionality which causes the power transistor to switch on in case of 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. The PROFET -10A Click Board™ uses three digital pins for direct control. The input pin marked as IN routed to the PWM pin of the mikroBUS™ socket activates the corresponding output channel labeled VOUT. Also, the Diagnosis Enable (DEN) pin routed to the CS pin of the mikroBUS™ socket controls the diagnosis and protection circuitry, and in combination with IN pins, it enables the selection of appropriate operating states: Sleep, Stand-by, and Active Mode.
The BTS7008-1EPA 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 BTS7008-1EPA provides a combination of digital and analog signals at the AN pin of the mikroBUS™ socket.
The PROFET -10A Click Board™ supports an external power supply for the BTS7008-1EPA, which can be connected to the input terminal labeled as VIN and should be within the range of 6V to 18V. 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.
The PROFET -10A Click Board™ can be operated only with a 3.3V logic voltage level. The board must perform appropriate logic voltage level conversion before use with MCUs with different logic levels. However, the Click board™ comes equipped with a library containing functions and an example code that can be used, as a reference, for further development.
SPECIFICATIONS
Type
Power Switch
Applications
Can be used for resistive, inductive, and capacitive loads, replaces electromechanical relays, fuses and discrete circuits, and many more
On-board modules
BTS7008-1EPA - single-channel, smart high-side power switch with embedded protection and diagnosis feature from Infineon Technologies
Key Features
High-side switch with diagnosis and embedded protection, reverseON for low power dissipation in reverse polarity, UVLO/OVLO, wide external power supply range with LED indication, and more
Interface
Analog,GPIO
Compatibility
mikroBUS
Click board size
L (57.15 x 25.4 mm)
Input Voltage
3.3V,External
PINOUT DIAGRAM
This table shows how the pinout on PROFET -10A Click Board™ corresponds to the pinout on the mikroBUS™ socket (the latter shown in the two middle columns).
Notes
Pin
Pin
Notes
Diagnosis Signal
AN
1
AN
PWM
16
IN
Output Channel Activation
NC
2
RST
INT
15
NC
Diagnosis Enable
DEN
3
CS
RX
14
NC
NC
4
SCK
TX
13
NC
NC
5
MISO
SCL
12
NC
NC
6
MOSI
SDA
11
NC
Power Supply
3.3V
7
3.3V
5V
10
NC
Ground
GND
8
GND
GND
9
GND
Ground
ONBOARD SETTINGS AND INDICATORS
Label
Name
Default
Description
LD1
PWR
-
Power LED Indicator
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