AS5020

Rev. n/c

Page 10/11

Feb 2001

Typical Application Areas

Non Contact Rotary Switch:

„ 4, 8,16,32 Position Rotary Switch

„ n of 64 Position Rotary Switch

„ Digital Potentiometer, Dimmer

„ Angular Encoding

„ Position Control

„ Isolated Switching

„ Rotation Detection

„ and many more

Advantages:

• No switch contacts

• Long mechanical life time

• Digital output

Similar to Daisy Chain configuration

multiple devices can be connected over

a serial bus structure. In this

configuration the PROG pins can be

connected together and allows

simultaneous calibration.

Figure 6 Front Panel Control

Address

µµµµC

CLK

Data IN

n

1

2

PD/CS PROG

AS5020

CLK DATA

PD/CS PROG

AS5020

CLK DATA

PD/CS PROG

AS5020

CLK DATA

Parallel

Programming

Address

Decoder

Figure 7 Serial Bus Structure

For your interest:

A demonstration board for the AS5020 is available. The board includes the AS5020, an encoder

magnet, Micro-Controller and LED Display to indicate the position. Please ask your local sales

office. Further information can be found at our web-page:

http://www.amsint.com/products/product/index.html