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Interfas de Sensores Automotricez (Psi5)
Interfas de Sensores Automotricez (Psi5)
Product Information
CF190 – PSI5 Receiver
Features
2 PSI5 channels
Bus capability with up to 4 sensors per channel
8 and 10 bit data length
Parallel, universal bus, daisy chain
Bidirectional communication by μC or with automated
sync pulse masking
Synchronous and asynchronous point to point mode
sync pulse generation by μC or internally generated
3 different SPI protocols integrated, up to 8 MHz
Open SPI protocol
Bosch Airbag protocol
Customer benefits: Bosch Engine Management protocol
Fulfillment of the latest PSI5 standard (V1.3) IC supply and logic levels with 3.3 V or 5 V
Flexible use in 3.3 V and 5 V systems Sensor supply at the IC pins between 5.6 V and 11 V
Choice between 3 different SPI protocols for easy
externally applied (monitoring possible over AOUT)
application
Various configurations of interface parameters Digital output of unfiltered PSI data on a pin possible
Robust design for high ESD requirements Diagnosis pin for fast failure detection
Internal voltage and temperature monitoring
General Description LQFP32 package (low cost)
The Peripheral Sensor Interface (PSI5) is an interface for
automotive sensor applications. PSI5 is an open standard Functional Description
based on existing sensor interfaces for peripheral airbag The CF190 interconnects the external provided sensor
sensors, already proven in millions of airbag systems. The supply to the respective PSI interfaces. For sync pulse
technical characteristics, the low implementation overhead generation an internal pulse generator was implemented
as well as the attractive cost make the PSI5 also suitable for every channel. The received data are Manchester
for many other automotive sensor applications. PSI5 is a decoded and available via SPI. The CF190 allows
flexible, reliable communication standard for automotive asynchronous communication and synchronous point to
sensor and other applications. point communication as well as parallel bus mode,
The CF190 is intended for use in electronic control units universal bus mode and daisy chain bus mode. The CF190
(ECU) for occupant safety systems or other applications. provides three different sync pulse generation modes
The integrated circuit contains the Manchester decoding including an automated sync pulse masking for
for the received sensor data, the sync pulse generation unit bidirectional communication without the demand of large
for the allocation of a specific time stamp and the μC resources.
automatic generation of the bidirectional protocol
according to the last PSI5 specification.
Automotive Electronics | CF190 – PSI5 Receiver
Block Diagram
Power Supply voltage regulator. The voltage regulator is supplied via pin
VAS and VSYNC are the power supply voltages to drive the VDDA5. An internal reset is activated if the output voltage of
sensor lines and the sync pulse. VER is the voltage to drive this regulator is out of range. The reset signal is OR com-
the gates for the line driver stages. VER and VSYNC can be bined with the reset signal from pin NSYSRES.
connected as one supply in the case of VER = VAS + 4.6 V.
Interface Modes
The ASIC operation voltages are VDDA3, VDDA5, VDD3, VDDIO. Asynchronous and Synchronous point-to-point Operation
VDDA3 is the 3.3 V power supply for the analog ASIC part PSI5-A describes a point-to-point connection for unidirec-
and VDD3 is the 3.3 V power supply for the digital ASIC part tional, asynchronous data transmission. Each sensor is con-
(clock driven). VDDIO is the 3.3 V / 5.0 V power supply for nected to the ECU by two separate wires. After switching
the SPI interface and the digital I/O pins on the power supply, the sensor starts transmitting data to
the ECU periodically. Timing and repetition rate of the data
Power Supply in a pure 5 V System transmission are controlled by the sensor.
In system environments were only 5.0 V are available it is In asynchronous communication mode all 4 registers (time
possible to derive the internal 3.3 V with an integrated slot 1 to time slot 4) are used, shifting the data
Automotive Electronics | CF190 – PSI5 Receiver
T Sync
Timing V2
Diagram V TRIG
S1 V t0
V1
Timing Vss 0V
Diagram S1 S2 ... Sn S1
0V t0 tTRIG tSlot 1 _ Start
S1 S1 S1 S1 S1
In the synchronous PSI5-S operation, the sensor can Daisy Chain Bus Topology
PSI5-D describes a bus configuration for synchronous data
transmit a single data word after the sync pulse shifted into
transmission of one or more sensors connected in a daisy
time slot 1. Depending on the sensor up to 4 data words
chain configuration. By default, the sensors have no
can be transmitted using the time slots 1 to 4 according
address and can be connected to each position on the bus.
PSI5 specification.
During start-up, each sensor receives an individual address
and then passes the supply voltage to the following sensor
Parallel Bus Topology
subsequently. The addressing is realized by bidirectional
PSI5-P describes a bus configuration for synchronous data
communication from the ECU to the sensor using a specific
transmission of one or more sensors. Each sensor is
sync signal pattern. After having assigned the individual
connected to the ECU by a separate pair of wires (star
addresses, the sensors start to transmit data in their
topology).
corresponding time slots in the same way as specified in
Each data transmission period is initiated by a voltage
the parallel bus topology.
synchronization signal from the ECU to the sensors. After
receiving the synchronization signal, each sensor starts ECU
ECU V2 TSync
V TRIG
V1
T slo
0V
S1 S2 Sn S1
S1
... S2
Sn
Bidirectional Communication
TSync
Timing V2
Whereas the sensor to ECU communication is realized by
Diagram VTRIG
Vt0 current signals, voltage modulation on the supply lines is
V1
used to communicate with the sensors. The PSI5 “sync
0V
S1 S2 ... Sn S1 signal” is used for the sensor synchronization in all syn-
t0 tTRIG tSlot1_Start
chronous operation modes and also as physical layer for
bidirectional communication.
Universal Bus Topology
A logical “1” is represented by the presence of a sync
PSI5-U describes a bus configuration for synchronous data
signal, a logical “0” by the absence of a sync signal at the
transmission of one or more sensors. The sensors are
expected time window of the sync signal period.
connected to the ECU in different wiring topologies
including splices or pass-through configurations.
Each data transmission period is initiated by a voltage
synchronization signal from the ECU to the sensors. After
receiving the synchronization signal, each sensor starts
transmitting its data with the corresponding time delay into
the assigned time slot. Therefore the universal bus sensors
have to be programmed at the end of line with the
appropriate time information.
Automotive Electronics | CF190 – PSI5 Receiver
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