SLLA651 April   2025 TCAN2845-Q1 , TCAN2847-Q1 , TCAN2855-Q1 , TCAN2857-Q1

 

  1.   1
  2.   Abstract
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1Introduction
  5. 2Device States
    1. 2.1 Init Mode
    2. 2.2 Restart Mode
    3. 2.3 Standby Mode
    4. 2.4 Normal Mode
    5. 2.5 Sleep Mode
    6. 2.6 Fail-Safe Mode
  6. 3Power Electronics
    1. 3.1 VSUP
    2. 3.2 VHSS
    3. 3.3 VCAN
    4. 3.4 VCC1
    5. 3.5 VCC2
    6. 3.6 VEXMON, VEXCTRL, and VEXCC
    7. 3.7 HSSx
  7. 4Communication Capabilities
    1. 4.1 CAN-FD and Classical CAN
    2. 4.2 CAN-SIC
    3. 4.3 LIN
  8. 5Protection Features
    1. 5.1 Undervoltage (UV) Monitors
      1. 5.1.1 VSUP
      2. 5.1.2 VHSS
      3. 5.1.3 VCAN
      4. 5.1.4 VEXCC
      5. 5.1.5 VCC1
      6. 5.1.6 VCC2
    2. 5.2 Overvoltage (OV) Monitors
      1. 5.2.1 HSSx
      2. 5.2.2 VCC1
      3. 5.2.3 VCC2
      4. 5.2.4 VEXCC
    3. 5.3 Short Circuit (SC) Monitors
      1. 5.3.1 VCC1
      2. 5.3.2 VCC2
      3. 5.3.3 VEXCC
    4. 5.4 Electrical Faults and Impact on SBC Mode
    5. 5.5 Temperature Sensors
    6. 5.6 Watchdog
      1. 5.6.1 Watchdog Error Counter
      2. 5.6.2 Timeout
      3. 5.6.3 Window
      4. 5.6.4 Initial Long Window
      5. 5.6.5 Q&A
    7. 5.7 Communication Fault Monitoring
      1. 5.7.1 CAN
      2. 5.7.2 LIN
    8. 5.8 LIMP
  9. 6Programming, Memory, and Control
    1. 6.1 SPI
    2. 6.2 EEPROM
    3. 6.3 Interrupts
    4. 6.4 Control
  10. 7Miscellaneous Features
    1. 7.1 Local Wake Ups
    2. 7.2 CAN Bus Wake Up (BWRR)
    3. 7.3 Partial Networking
    4. 7.4 GFO, nRST, and SW
  11. 8Summary
  12. 9References

3.7 HSSx

The High Side Switch module (HSS) on the TCAN28xx devices contains four integrated high side switches labeled HSS1 through HSS4 that are fed from the VHSS pin. These switches can act as load switches, be used to generate a PWM signal, and used to generate a signal based on internal timer to the SBC. Individually, the switches each can carry up to 100mA of current and can be wired in parallel to allow up to 400mA of current through the switches.

Each HSS is individually controlled through the register configuration that is accessed through a four wire SPI bus. The switches have multiple modes that can be used in – on, off, associated to internal PWM (4 independent PWM’s available at 200Hz or 400Hz with configurable duty cycles), associated to internal 10-bit timers (two options, timer1 and timer2), or directly driven through WAKE3/DIR (direct drive). These switches also detect fault conditions as well as open load conditions to the controller. HSS4 specifically can be used in cyclic sensing wake where the device uses HSS4 connected with a WAKE pin to periodically wake the device up based on either timer1 or timer2.

The addition of the high side switch module also upgrades this device from a general-purpose SBC to a mid-range device.