AN 009
Filter Cap Recommendations
To be effective in many applications, such as HDD protection, the KXPS5 needs to respond to
changes in acceleration as quickly as possible. The accelerometer’s bandwidth, and in turn its
response time, is largely determined by the external filter capacitance. Therefore, the filter
capacitance should be as small as the application will allow. Table 1 shows several commonly
used bandwidths and the associated capacitor values for C2, C3, and C4 in the circuits shown
above. For most applications, 500Hz (0.01uF) should be a good starting point. Also, the KXPS5
has an internal 1000Hz 1st order low pass filter that allows for operation without any external
capacitors.
Bandwidth Capacitance
(Hz)
50
250
500
(uF)
0.10
0.02
0.01
Table 1. Bandwidth (Hz) and Capacitance (uF)
Quick Start Implementation
The KXPS5 offers the user a powerful range of operating options and features, mostly controlled
by setting appropriate values in registers. This section is not a comprehensive guide to all of the
options and features. Rather it is intended to guide the user to an implementation of the KXPS5
that will get the device up and running as quickly as possible. Once up and running, the user
should experiment with different setting and options to reach the optimum performance for their
specific application.
The registers shown in Table 2 need to be set to get the KXPS5 up and running:
Address
Recommended Value
Register Name
CTRL_REGB
CTRL_REGC
FF_INT
Hex
Binary
Hex
0x42
Binary
0100 0010
0000 0000
0000 1110
0001 0100
0101 0101
0001 0100
0x0D
0x0C
0x08
0x09
0x0A
0x0B
0000 1101
0000 1100
0000 1000
0000 1001
0000 1010
0000 1011
0x00
0x0E
0x14
0x55
0x14
FF_DELAY
MOT_INT
MOT_DELAY
Table 2. KXPS5 Registers
For each register, a set of initial recommended values is provided that will ensure the KXPS5 is
configured to a known operational state. Note that these conditions just provide a starting point,
and the values should vary as users refine their application requirements.
© Kionix 2006
9 March 2006
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