BOA0083 Motor Board Firmware Release Notes

Introduction

This page contains all the data relevant to the motor board firmware releases, including new features and fixes, for BOA0083.

Contents

Version 5.5 - 32 magnet rotor support for CY8C28445-24PVXI PSoC part. Not yet released.

Version 4.6 - 26th March 2025

New Feature

• Include support for 32 magnet rotor, for Xenomorph radar. MS DIL switch set for 32 bit magnet rotor to calculate speed correctly.

Improvements

• None

Notes

• This version for boards containing the CY8C29466-24PVXI PSoC part.

• This version is suitable for both Quoll, Malbrouck and Xenomorph radar.

Version 5.4 - 1st Feb 2023

New Feature

• None

Improvements

• Reduce overshoot at start-up for Malbrouck DD motor to prevent scene rotation. Also lengthens start-up for Quoll radar.

• Motor now waits after power-up for rotation to reduce to 0 before driving motor. Was causing overshoot on re-boot. See main.c for full explanation.

Notes

• This version for boards containing the CY8C28445-24PVXI PSoC part.

• This version is suitable for both Quoll and Malbrouck radar.

Version 4.5 - 1st Feb 2023

New Feature

• None

Improvements

• Reduce overshoot at start-up for Malbrouck DD motor to prevent scene rotation. Also lengthens start-up for Quoll radar.

• Motor now waits after power-up for rotation to reduce to 0 before driving motor. Was causing overshoot on re-boot. See main.c for full explanation.

Notes

• This version for boards containing the CY8C29466-24PVXI PSoC part.

• This version is suitable for both Quoll and Malbrouck radar.

Version 5.3 - 11th Oct 2022

New Feature

• None

Improvement

• Increased PWM limit to 2000 from 1500, otherwise some PoE units with stiffer bearings will slow down at -20.

Notes

• This version for boards containing the CY8C28445-24PVXI PSoC part.

• Changed release to 5.3, so release shown in Vertex matches release filename.

Version 4.4 - 11th Oct 2022

New Feature

• None

Improvement

• Increased PWM limit to 2000 from 1500, otherwise some PoE units with stiffer bearings will slow down at -20.

Notes

• This version for boards containing the CY8C29466-24PVXI PSoC part.

• Changed release to 4.4, so release shown in Vertex matches release filename.

Version 5.01 - 1st June 2022

New Feature

• None

Improvement

• No speed overshoot on start-up. Reduces the risk of scene rotation.

Notes

• This version for boards containing the CY8C28445-24PVXI PSoC part.

• Ensure radar firmware is updated to 3.0.0.167. Otherwise there is a risk the motor starts up at 4.8Hz.

Version 4.02 - 1st June 2022

New Feature

• None

Improvement

• No speed overshoot on start-up. Reduces the risk of scene rotation.

Notes

• This version for boards containing the CY8C29466-24PVXI PSoC part.

• Ensure radar firmware is updated to 3.0.0.167. Otherwise there is a risk the motor starts up at 4.8Hz.

Version 5.00 - 17th Dec 2021

Note:

• This version is for any motor board using the CY8C28445-24PVXI (half ROM size) part. Functionality is unchanged from V4.01.

• For any motor board using the original CY8C29466-24PVXI part use 4.01

Version 4.01 - 6th Sept 2021.

New Feature

• Now able to read and set maximum speed parameter

Improvement

• I2C read function improved. Now use i2c_transfer from Linux.

Note

• This version requires build 3.0.0.131 or later of the main radar firmware.

Version 3.07 - 17th June 2021

New Feature

• None

Improvement

• Delay after power up before code starts looking for motor_power_en signal, extended from 2 to 5 secs.

Fixes

• Bug in rotor lock detection algorithm corrected

Version 3.06 - 27th May 2021

New Feature

• None

Improvement

• None

Fixes

• Timeouts added on SPI routine loops. Watchdog re-included.

Version 3.05 - 21th May 2021

New Feature

• None

Improvement

• None

Fixes

• Bug in speed reported over I2C resolved

Version 3.04 - 20th May 2021

New Feature

• None

Improvement

• None

Fixes

• Watchdog removed to remove spurious resets.

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