Controlling multiple facets of duty cycle response using a single motor integrated circuit pin
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1. A system for controlling a motor, the system comprising:
- a voltage divider circuit coupled to an input of a motor integrated circuit (IC);
a motor driver coupled to an output of the motor IC, the motor IC comprising;
a control logic configured to receive a voltage signal from the voltage divider circuit through an analog-to-digital converter (ADC);
a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) logic coupled with the control logic, the control logic configured to receive a PWM input signal; and
a motor controller coupled to an output of the control logic;
wherein the control logic is configured to generate a keep status and a duty cycle threshold based upon the voltage signal; and
wherein the keep status comprises one of a keep mode or a stop mode.
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Abstract
A system, in some embodiments, comprises: a motor; and control logic, coupled to the motor, to determine a duty keep status and a duty cycle threshold based on a received voltage, wherein the duty keep status indicates whether the system is to operate in a duty keep mode or a stop mode, wherein the duty cycle threshold indicates a minimum duty cycle for the motor if the system operates in said duty keep mode and indicates an input duty cycle threshold below which the control logic shuts off the motor if the system operates in the stop mode.
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1. A system for controlling a motor, the system comprising:
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a voltage divider circuit coupled to an input of a motor integrated circuit (IC); a motor driver coupled to an output of the motor IC, the motor IC comprising; a control logic configured to receive a voltage signal from the voltage divider circuit through an analog-to-digital converter (ADC); a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) logic coupled with the control logic, the control logic configured to receive a PWM input signal; and a motor controller coupled to an output of the control logic; wherein the control logic is configured to generate a keep status and a duty cycle threshold based upon the voltage signal; and wherein the keep status comprises one of a keep mode or a stop mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A motor integrated circuit comprising:
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an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to receive a voltage signal from a voltage divider circuit; a control logic coupled to the ADC, the control logic configured to receive a digital form of the voltage signal from the ADC; and a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) logic coupled to the control logic, the control logic configured to receive a PWM input signal from the PWM logic; wherein the control logic is configured to generate a keep status and a duty cycle threshold based upon the voltage signal, the keep status comprising one of a stop mode or a keep mode; and wherein the control logic is configured to send a stop signal to a motor controller if the control logic generates the stop mode and if the PWM input signal is less than the duty cycle threshold. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of controlling a motor, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a control logic, a voltage signal, the control logic comprising a set of voltage values and a set of duty cycle values; calculating, using the control logic, a keep status and a duty cycle threshold based on the voltage signal, the set of voltage values, and the set of duty cycle values, wherein the keep status comprises one of a keep mode or a stop mode; receiving, at the control logic, a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) input signal from a PWM logic; determining, if the stop mode is calculated, using the control logic, whether the PWM input signal is less than the duty cycle threshold and sending, if the input signal is less than the duty cycle threshold, a stop signal to a motor controller coupled to the control logic; and sending, if the keep mode is calculated, an output signal to the motor controller indicating that a motor is to continue rotating. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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