PTC-04 Melexis Inc, PTC-04 Datasheet - Page 4

• Manufacturer Part Number: PTC-04
• Description: PROGRAMMER FOR HALL EFFECT SNSR
• Manufacturer: Melexis Inc
• Type: Programmable Linear Hall Effect Sensorsr

Specifications of PTC-04

• Contents: Programmer, Software, Cables and Documentation
• For Use With/related Products: PTC Devices
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Contains lead / RoHS non-compliant
• Other names: Q2662488; Q3121541

Contents of a PTC04 Set
What’s in the box?
Software
As you can see in appendix A, the software is always structured in 4 levels. The highest level is the MPT
which is not more than a toolbox for the user to make his life easy. Below you have the layer of the User
interfaces, the PSF level and finally the firmware layer.
Firmware Layer
80 % of the firmware contains general function of the PTC04. Merged with this, there are module
(product) specific commands. These commands are made to communicate with the specific MLX product.
It’s important that the correct firmware is loaded in the PTC04 programmer. Software ID functions allow
higher layers to check if the firmware can be used for that specific MLX product.
PSF Layer (DLL)
All the interface items between host PC and Programmer are covered by the PSF layer. On this level a
DLL makes all functions of the PTC04 and the MLX product available to the user.
The user can make a choice by using any programming language (Lab view, Visual C, Visual Basic,
Excel, etc…) to communicate with the DLL (PDF layer). When the user uses the interface program as
delivered by Melexis, this layer is of no importance.
We always recommend the customer to connect his application software to the PSF layer. On this layer,
all commands of the firmware are accessible.
Again, two different parts can be found:
Tip: Melexis can always provide example source codes in order to show how we program the interface
between different instructions.
Get Started with PTC-04 Programmer
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PTC-04 with a default Daughterboard
Power supply
Power cables, with European and American connector.
RS232 serial cable
USB cable
Installation CD or Floppy
Calibration certificate
The General Function Library
PTC04PSF:
The Product Specific Function Library
MLXxxxxxyyPSF:
Installation:
Documentation:
Installation:
Documentation:
PSF0PTC04AAMLX.exe
PSFxxxxxxyyMLX.exe
PTC04_PSF_Object_Model.pdf
PTC04_PSF_MLXxxxxx.pdf
Get Started with the PTC-04 programmer
PTC-04 PROGRAMMER
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or
PSFxxxxxxyyMLX.pdf
or
PSF0PTC04AAMLX.pdf
August 09