TIDA-010961

High-resolution, low-latency and low-power absolute inductive angle encoder reference design

TIDA-010961

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Overview

This reference design demonstrates a high-resolution, absolute inductive angle encoder. A rotating conductive target printed circuit board (PCB) forms part of the design. The stationary PCB includes excitation and Nonius receiver coils as well as dual contactless inductive sensor front-ends with an inductor-capacitor (LC) oscillator and sine-cosine interfaces. An Arm® Cortex®-M0 microcontroller (MCU) with 4MSPS analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) calculates the absolute angle.

Features
  • Absolute angle resolution 16.6 effective number of bits (ENOB), static angle accuracy < 0.04°, very low latency of 9.6μs
  • 58mm diameter conductive target and sense PCB with two Nonius coils at 16 and 15 periods per turn enable a low-height design
  • Immunity to stray magnetic fields enables resolver replacement at lower system cost, lower power consumption < 500mW, and higher accuracy
  • Integrated analog front-end IC for contactless inductive position sensing removes the need for magnets, lowering system cost
  • MCU with integrated dual 12-bit Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), oversampling and trigonometric math accelerator help increase resolution and reduce system cost
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A fully assembled board has been developed for testing and performance validation only, and is not available for sale.

Design files & products

Design files

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PDF | HTML
TIDUFF8.PDF (2999 KB)

Reference design overview and verified performance test data

SLURB50.PDF (398 KB)

Detailed overview of design layout for component placement

SLVRBW1.PDF (128 KB)

Complete listing of design components, reference designators, and manufacturers/part numbers

SLURB51.ZIP (6362 KB)

Files used for 3D models or 2D drawings of IC components

SLVC896.ZIP (3250 KB)

Design file that contains information on physical board layer of design PCB

SLVRBW2.PDF (1590 KB)

PCB layer plot file used for generating PCB design layout

SLVRBW0.PDF (758 KB)

Detailed schematic diagram for design layout and components

Products

Includes TI products in the design and potential alternatives.

General-purpose op amps

TLV9062Dual, 5.5-V, 10-MHz operational amplifier

Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Series voltage references

REF35650-nA quiescent current, 12-ppm/°C drift, ultra-low-power precision voltage reference

Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Inductive sensor AFEs

LDC5072-Q1Automotive inductive position sensor front end with sine/cosine interface

Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Power modules (integrated inductor)

TPSM365R33-V to 65-V input, 1-V to 13-V output, 0.3-A synchronous buck converter power module

Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Linear & low-dropout (LDO) regulators

TPS709150-mA, 30-V, ultra-low-IQ, low-dropout voltage regulator with reverse current protection and enable

Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Arm Cortex-M0+ MCUs

MSPM0G350780MHz Arm® Cortex®-M0+ MCU with 128KB flash 32KB SRAM 2x4Msps ADC, DAC, 3xCOMP, 2xOPA, CAN-FD, MATHA

Data sheet: PDF | HTML

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* Design guide High-Resolution Low Latency and Low-Power Absolute Inductive Angle Encoder Reference Design PDF | HTML Sep 23, 2025

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