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Insert EVB graphic/photo here (this text can be removed on master page view) SMSC EMC2102 USER MANUAL Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) Copyright © 2007 SMSC or its sub sidiaries. Al l rights rese rved. Circuit diagrams and other infor mation relating to SMSC product s are included as a means of il lustrating typical applications.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) USER MANUAL SMSC EMC2102 2 T able of Content s 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2 Audience .
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device SMSC EMC2102 USER MANUAL Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) 3 6.2.8 Using the Tested Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) USER MANUAL SMSC EMC2102 4 List of Figures Figure 4.1 EMC2102 Fan Control Evaluation System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Figure 4.2 EVB-EMC2102 Board .
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device SMSC EMC2102 USER MANUAL Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) 5 List of T ables Table 5.1 Register Change Summary for Experiment 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Table 5.2 Register Change Summary for Experiment 3 .
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) USER MANUAL SMSC EMC2102 6 1 Overview SMSC has introduced a serie s of Environmental Monitoring a nd Control (EMC) devices with integ rated fan control.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device SMSC EMC2102 USER MANUAL Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) 7 Figure 4.1 EMC2102 F an Control Evaluation Syste m Figure 4.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) USER MANUAL SMSC EMC2102 8 5 Basic Operation Experiment s In this chapter ba sic operation exp eriments will be provided to help users to get familiar wi th the system.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device SMSC EMC2102 USER MANUAL Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) 9 in Figure 5.4, "ChipMan Operati on Window" . Click o n the HWM icon to show the di fferent windows available. The EMC2102 W atchDog will have timed out at this point, and the on-board DC fan will be running at 100%.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) USER MANUAL SMSC EMC2102 10 Figure 5.3 Selecting the Device and Master C ontroller T ype Figure 5.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device SMSC EMC2102 USER MANUAL Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) 11 Notes: 1. The EVB-EMC2102 needs to be configured usin g the USB SMBus Bridge to work properly .
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) USER MANUAL SMSC EMC2102 12 5.1.3 Plotting From ChipMan The ChipMan software has the ability to plot regi ster value s in real-time, up to 10Hz contin uous rate. T o select a register to plot, highlight its name or va lue, and right-click.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device SMSC EMC2102 USER MANUAL Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) 13 The two plots shown in Figure 5.8, "Plot Examples" are in sync. If the scaled dat a is desired for analysis or archival, the data may be stored in a se mi -colon separated text file from each of the plot windows.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) USER MANUAL SMSC EMC2102 14 5.2.2 Basic RPM Based Fan Control The EMC2102 defaults will enable cl osed-loop operatio n. Prior to other options, examine the vari ous parameters on ChipMan window p age 3: Fan Settings.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device SMSC EMC2102 USER MANUAL Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) 15 5.2.4 Register Change Summary T able 5.1, "Register Change Summary for Experiment 2" lists all register value cha nges from the default cmf load to accomplish the tests.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) USER MANUAL SMSC EMC2102 16 5.3 Experiment 3 - Spin -up Configuration Options This experiment is designed to ga in familiari ty with the va rious spin-up o ptions available in the EMC2102 devices.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device SMSC EMC2102 USER MANUAL Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) 17 the 60% drive the regi ster 51h value i s 153d or 99h, and for 75% it i s 191d or BFh. Tho se two drive settings will run a DC fan at two different speeds and we will cal l them rpm60 and rpm7 5.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) USER MANUAL SMSC EMC2102 18 Note: When a fan starts, the first T ACH count captured by the EMC2102 may not reflect the fan’s speed correctly , since the counti ng clock (32.768 kHz) coul d only part ially fill the coun ting window , which will cause a higher spee d reading.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device SMSC EMC2102 USER MANUAL Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) 19 5.3.6 Register Change Summary T able 5.2, "Register Change Summary for Experiment 3" lists all register value cha nges from the default cmf load to accomplish the tests.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) USER MANUAL SMSC EMC2102 20 5.4 Experiment 4 - RPM Drive Mode Rate Controls This experiment is designed to gain familiarity with the ra te control options available in the EMC2102 devices.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device SMSC EMC2102 USER MANUAL Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) 21 In the next experiment ( Figure 5.17, "Default UP DA TE with Different S tep Size Settings" ), two different maximum step sizes, 16 and 63, were used.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) USER MANUAL SMSC EMC2102 22 5.4.3 Register Change Summary T able 5.3, "Register Change Summary for Experiment 4" lists all register value cha nges from the default cmf load to accomplish the tests.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device SMSC EMC2102 USER MANUAL Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) 23 5.5 Experiment 5 - Opti mizing RPM Control Response This experiment is designed to gain familiarity wi th the parameters that affect the closed-loop controller implemented in the EMC2102.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) USER MANUAL SMSC EMC2102 24 5.5.3 F AN Minimum Drive Register (55h) and V alid T ACH Count (56h) These two registers assist the user in defining the operational envi ronment for a given fan.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device SMSC EMC2102 USER MANUAL Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) 25 5.5.4 Register Change Summary T able 5.4, "Register Change Summary for Experiment 7" lists all register value cha nges from the default cmf load to accomplish the tests.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) USER MANUAL SMSC EMC2102 26 5.6 Experiment 6 - Limit s and Alert s This experiment is designed to gain familiarity wit h the control registers for generating fan related alarms and alerts associated with the EMC2 102.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device SMSC EMC2102 USER MANUAL Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) 27 5.6.3 Register Change Summary All register values are default for the tests in this section.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) USER MANUAL SMSC EMC2102 28 5.7 Experiment 7 - T roubleshooting 5.7.1 Repetitious S pin-up Routine Caused by Incorrect Settings At the end of spin-up routine (see Section 5.3.1, "Fan C ontrol Parameters" ), the EMC2102 checks the T ACH Reading register (58h).
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device SMSC EMC2102 USER MANUAL Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) 29 If the fan is already set to 75% level, we will need to lower the va lid speed (function of 56h, V alid T ACH) to a value below the rpm75, to fix the problem.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) USER MANUAL SMSC EMC2102 30 5.7.1.2 Case 2 - V alid RPM << T arget RPM < S pin-up Level RPM In this case, the ta rget speed is sma ller than t he spin-up level speed (rpm60 or rpm75) and is much bigger than the valid sp eed.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device SMSC EMC2102 USER MANUAL Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) 31 5.7.1.3 Case 3 - V alid RPM =< T arget RPM << S pin-up Level RPM In this case, the target speed is only a little gr eater than the valid spe ed, and both of them are much smaller than the spin-up level speed (rpm60 or rpm75) .
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) USER MANUAL SMSC EMC2102 32 Using the EVB-EMC2102 to test th is situation with rpm75 (~5650 rpm), simply set the V alid T ACH register (56h) with 4500 rp m, set the UPDA TE (52h[2:0]) = 100ms an d start the fan with 4700 rpm, the spin-up routine starts over ‘and over ( Fig ure 5.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device SMSC EMC2102 USER MANUAL Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) 33 5.7.1.4 Case 4 - 4.V alid RPM < Spin-up Level R P M ( r p m 6 0 o r r p m 7 5 ) < T a r g e t R P M In this case, the spin-up level speed (rpm60 or rpm75) is greater than the valid speed and smaller than the target speed, as shown in Figure 5.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) USER MANUAL SMSC EMC2102 34 5.7.1.5 Case 5 - Correct RPM Rela tions hip s with a Slow Response DC Fan In this case, the spin-up routine i s too short to make the fan reach a spee d highe r than the vali d sp eed.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device SMSC EMC2102 USER MANUAL Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) 35 6 Appendix 6.1 DC Fan Basics - Poles, T ach Meter Pulses and Edges An n-pole fan has n pairs of Nort h-South magnetic poles which are ge nerated by electromagnet coil s.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) USER MANUAL SMSC EMC2102 36 Note: Although users can set the number of edges (in register 52h) to ei ther 3, 5, 7 or 9, it is strongly recommended using the default value 5 while driving a 2-pole DC fan.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device SMSC EMC2102 USER MANUAL Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) 37 V erify the device is in Manu al Mode (52h[7] = 0) 6.2.2 Set the Correct LIMIT2K V alue Register 52h (FAN Configuration) bit 6 (LIMIT2K ) is a fan dependent parameter as discussed in Section 5.
Fan S peed Control with the EMC2102 Device Revision 0.2 (09-17-07) USER MANUAL SMSC EMC2102 38 6.2.7 Determine the Spi n-up Levels (rpm60 and rpm75) Drive the fan with 60% of the maximum outpu t (.
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