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BI HALL click

Bi Hall click is a simple solution for adding a bipolar Hall switch to your design. It carries the Melexis US2882 bipolar Hall-effect switch and a 74LVC1T45 single bit, dual supply transceiver.

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Click library

• Author : Nenad Filipovic
• Date : Dec 2019.
• Type : GPIO type

Software Support

We provide a library for the BiHall Click as well as a demo application (example), developed using MikroElektronika compilers. The demo can run on all the main MikroElektronika development boards.

Package can be downloaded/installed directly form compilers IDE(recommended way), or downloaded from our LibStock, or found on mikroE github account.

Library Description

‍This library contains API for BiHall Click driver.

Standard key functions :

• Config Object Initialization function.

  ‍void bihall_cfg_setup ( bihall_cfg_t *cfg );

  - Initialization function.

  ‍BIHALL_RETVAL bihall_init ( bihall_t *ctx, bihall_cfg_t *cfg );

• Click Default Configuration function.

  ‍void bihall_default_cfg ( bihall_t *ctx );

Example key functions :

• Detecting south & north pole magnetic fields status function.

  ‍uint8_t bihall_det_mag_field ( bihall_t *ctx );

  Examples Description

‍ Detect the south & north pole magnetic fields.

The demo application is composed of two sections :

Application Init

‍ Configuring clicks and log objects.

void application_init ( void )
{
    log_cfg_t log_cfg;
    bihall_cfg_t cfg;
 
    LOG_MAP_USB_UART( log_cfg );
    log_init( &logger, &log_cfg );
    log_printf(&logger, "---- Application Init ----\r\n");
 
    //  Click initialization.
 
    bihall_cfg_setup( &cfg );
    BIHALL_MAP_MIKROBUS( cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
    bihall_init( &bihall, &cfg );
    
    log_printf(&logger, " Detecting magnetic fields\r\n");
    log_printf(&logger, "--------------------------\r\n");
    
    bihall_state = BIHALL_MAG_POLE_NORTH;
    bihall_state_old = BIHALL_MAG_POLE_NORTH;
}

Application Task

‍ This is a example which demonstrates the use of BI HALL Click board. Detect the south & north pole magnetic fields near the BI HALL Click. Results are being sent to the Usart Terminal where you can track their changes. All data logs on usb uart when magnetic field is detected.

void application_task ( void )
{
    bihall_state = bihall_det_mag_field( &bihall );
 
    if ( ( bihall_state == BIHALL_MAG_POLE_SOUTH ) && ( bihall_state_old == BIHALL_MAG_POLE_NORTH ) )
    {
        bihall_state_old = BIHALL_MAG_POLE_SOUTH;
        log_printf(&logger, "         ~ SOUTH ~\r\n");
        log_printf(&logger, "--------------------------\r\n");
    }
 
    if ( ( bihall_state == BIHALL_MAG_POLE_NORTH ) && ( bihall_state_old == BIHALL_MAG_POLE_SOUTH ) )
    {
        log_printf(&logger, "         ~ NORTH ~\r\n");
        log_printf(&logger, "--------------------------\r\n");
        bihall_state_old = BIHALL_MAG_POLE_NORTH;
    }
} 

Note

The full application code, and ready to use projects can be installed directly form compilers IDE(recommneded) or found on LibStock page or mikroE GitHub accaunt.

Other mikroE Libraries used in the example:

• MikroSDK.Board
• MikroSDK.Log
• Click.BiHall

Additional notes and informations

Depending on the development board you are using, you may need USB UART click, USB UART 2 Click or RS232 Click to connect to your PC, for development systems with no UART to USB interface available on the board. The terminal available in all Mikroelektronika compilers, or any other terminal application of your choice, can be used to read the message.

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