AS5600 Position Sensor
12-bit on-axis magnetic rotary position sensor with analog or PWM output
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Adapter Board for AS5600
AS5600AdapterBoard
The adapter board allows an easy and fast evaluation of the AS5600 rotary magnetic position sensor in the lab or together with an existing system. This small factor board is fully assembled with AS5600 position sensor and its necessary external components. All relevant signals are available on a dual-row 2.54mm 4-pin header footprint and can be easily wired to an existing application.
Evaluation Kit for AS5600
AS5600EvalKit
The evaluation kit contains an AS5600 Adapter Board, the USB I&P Box to configure the device and a rotary magnet holder including a Knob with magnet. It allows an easy and fast evaluation of the AS5600 rotary magnetic position sensor in the lab or together with an existing system. All required materials to get started and to evaluate the AS5600 are enclosed.
Reference Design for AS5600
AS5600ReferenceDesign
The reference module AS5600-SO_RD_RB is a contactless potentiometer module which is produced by MEGATRON (www.megatron.de) and allows an easy and fast evaluation of the AS5600 rotary magnetic position sensor. With this module it is possible to replace an existing potentiometer solution. The module is fully assembled with the AS5600 position sensor and its necessary external components. All relevant signals are available on a 5-way connector and can be easily wired to an existing application. Additionally a 4-way DIP-switch allows you to change the settings of the AS5600.
Arduino Shield for AS5600
AS5600-POTUINO
The AS5600-POTUINO is a shield compatible with the Arduino UNO board. It was designed to evaluate the AS5600 Smart Potentiometer IC. The Arduino shield is fully assembled with the AS5600 IC and its necessary external components. It offers different breakout options. A breakout magnet holder is available on the left side of the PCB and in addition, an adapter board breakout is possible. A LabVIEW Evaluation GUI software and example source code is available for download.
Rotary Magnetic Holder
RMH05-DK-XX
This Rotary Magnetic Holder (RMH) is designed to use it on our magnetic rotary position sensor adapter boards for easy evaluation. It allows fast prototyping and quick measurements during development. For more details please download the document.
Production Programmer SD4Y
SD4Y-PP
The SD4Y Programmer is an in-system programming tool which is applicable for production environment. The SD4Y programmer supports: digital writing and reading; OTP programming and analog read back for the OTP verification. Additional the SD4Y programmer can use the AMS programming boards.
The GUI and the Labview source code are available. Additional code samples for C; C++ and C# are available.
Download latest software (UProg_SW_package_2v0.zip, 264MB)
The GUI and the Labview source code are available. Additional code samples for C; C++ and C# are available.
Download latest software (UProg_SW_package_2v0.zip, 264MB)
USB I&P Box for I2C/SPI
USBI&PBox
The USB Interface & Programmer Box is an universal evaluation tool for magnetic position sensors with I2C or SPI interface. It comes with a 10-way cable to connect to a supported product on an existing board. The I2C or SPI wires are used for the communication (3.3V mode) and additionally the sensor can be powered from the USB I&P Box. By using the USB I&P Box Software, it is possible to read out the sensor data, write a configuration and to permanently program a configuration.
Hardware and Software requirements: PC with Windows 7 or later and a USB-A port
Hardware and Software requirements: PC with Windows 7 or later and a USB-A port