preliminary

preliminary

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appears in red font color, the display windows must be

resized, because the number does not fit into the dis-

play window.

Figure 9: Revolution per Second

Another interesting value can be the velocity. There-

for another display window must be opened and the

Unit has to be changed to Revolution. Now, the dis-

play counts the complete revolutions of the magnet.

Changing the Mode configuration to Unit per second

makes the display showing the velocity of the motor as

revolution per second. There are other display configu-

ration to explore. It is possible to open as many display

windows as desired.

Figure 10: Dial Window

gle position. To try this feature, the motor should be

disconnected from the power source. The dial win-

dow can be resized to any desired size. When turning

the shaft by hand, the display in the middle of the dial

shows the actual angle. Resolution can be changed by

clicking the control at the bottom of the dial window.

Figure 11: Sensor Window

The third tool shows information about the sensor sig-

nal quality. It can be opened by clicking on the tool

displays electrical characteristic of the sine and cosine

sensor signals. The signal offset, the phase angle, the

signal amplitudes and the common mode voltage can

be examined. These values can be used to calibrate

the iC-MH8 for field application. Due to the measure-

ment algorithm, the periods of the magnet must not

differ too much to get useful information. In case of the

iC-MH8 demoboard, the magnet only has one period.

Figure 12: Helpsystem

iC-tools help system. There are information about the

hardware configuration and the software features avail-

able. By hitting the update button at the bottom of the

help page, it is possible to check for software updates.

The windows internet configuration must be setup cor-

rectly to use this feature. If there is a new software ver-

sion available, a message shows where a download of

the newest version can be found.