qt510 Quantum Research Group, qt510 Datasheet - Page 2

• Manufacturer Part Number: qt510
• Description: Qwheel? Touch Slider Ic
• Manufacturer: Quantum Research Group

1 Operation
The QT510 uses a SPI slave mode
interface for control and data
communications with a host
controller. Acquisition timings and
operating parameters are under host
control; there are no option jumpers
and the device cannot operate in a
stand-alone mode.
The positional output data is a 7-bit
binary number (0...127) indicating
angular position.
Like all QProx™ devices, the QT510
operates using bursts of
charge-transfer pulses; burst mode
permits an unusually high level of
control over spectral modulation,
power consumption, and response
time.
The QT510 modulates its bursts in a spread-spectrum
fashion in order to heavily suppress the effects of external
noise, and to suppress RF emissions.
1.1 Synchronized Mode
Refer also to Figure 3-1, page 6.
Sync mode allows the host device to control the rep etition
rate of the acquisition bursts, which in turn govern response
time and power consumption. The maximum spacing from the
end of one burst to the start of the next in this mode is 1 sec.
In sync mode, the device will wait for the SPI slave select line
/SS to fall and rise and will then do an acquisition burst;
actual SPI clocks and data are optional. The /SS pin thus
becomes a ‘sync’ input in addition to acting as the SPI
framing control.
Within 35µs of the last rising edge of CLK, the device will
enter a low power sleep mode. The rising edge of /SS must
occur after this time; when /SS rises, the device wakes from
sleep, and shortly thereafter does an acquisition burst. If a
more substantial sleep time is desired, /SS should be made
to rise some delay period later.
By increasing the amount of time spent in sleep mode, the
host can decrease the average current drain at the expense
of response time. Since a burst typically requires 31ms (at
3.3V, reference circuit), and an acceptable response time
might be ~100ms, the power duty cycle will be 31/100 or 31%
of peak current.
lQ
DRDY from QT
Acquire Bur
~31ms
Figure 1-2 Free-Run Timing Diagram ( /SS = high )
Proximity Output
VIN
C1
2.2uF
~3.8ms
SPI BUS
VIN
Regulator
GND
VOUT
2.2uF
Figure 1-1 QT510 Wiring Diagram
2
C2
If power is not an issue the device can run constantly under
host control, by always raising /SS after 35µs from the last
rising edge of CLK. Constant burst operation can be used by
the host to gather more data to filter the position data further
to suppress noise effects , if required.
Synchronized mode also allows the host device to control the
rate of drift compensation, by periodically sending a ‘drift’
command to the device.
Mains Sync: Sync mode can and should be used to sync to
mains frequency via the host controller, if mains interference
is possible (ie, running as a lamp dimmer control). The host
should issue SPI commands synchronously with the mains
frequency. This form of operation will heavily suppress
interference from low frequency sources (e.g. 50/60Hz),
which are not easily suppressed using spread-spectrum
pulse modulation.
Cross-talk suppression: If two or more QT510’s are used in
close proximity, or there are other QTouch™ type device(s)
close by, the devices can interfere strongly with one another
to create position jitter or false triggering. This can be
suppressed by making sure that the devices do not perform
acquisition bursts at overlapping times. The host controller
can make sure that all such devices operate in distinctly
different timeslots, by using a separate /SS line for each part.
1.2 Free-Run Mode
If /SS stays high, the device will acquire on its own
repetitively approximately every 60ms (Figure 1-2). This
mode can be used to allow the part to function as a prox
R3
1K
C3
1nF
~25ms
R1
22k
R2
100k
13
11
12
2
3
4
DRDY
SDO
/SS
SCLK
SDI
PROX
~30us
~31ms
VDD
VSS
1
SNS3B 5
SNS3A 6
SNS2A 8
SNS2B 7
SNS1A
SNS1B
U1 QT510
10
9
Rs3 4k7
Rs2 4k7
Rs1 4k7
Cs3
100nF
Cs2
100nF
Cs1
100nF
QT510 R6.04/0505
85
Slider element
~270K total
resistance
127 0
43