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AS5048A/AS5048B

Magnetic Rotary Encoder

14-bit Angular Position Sensor

Datasheet

4.2.5

Read Package (Value Read from AS5048A)

The read frame always contains two alarm bits, the parity and error flags and the addressed data of the previous read

command.

Read Package

Bit

MSB

14

13

12

11

10

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

LSB

PAR

EF

Data<13:0>

Bit Definition & Description

PAR

Parity bit (EVEN)

EF

Error flag indicating a transmission error in a previous host transmission

Data

14 bit addressed data

Ta ble 9 SPI read pack age

4.2.6

Write Data Package (Value Written to AS5048A)

The write frame is compatible to the read frame and contains two additional bits, parity flag and R flag.

If the previous command was a write command a second package has to be transmitted.

Data Package

Bit

MSB

14

13

12

11

10

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

LSB

PAR

R

Data <13:0>

Bit Definition & Description

PAR

Parity bit (EVEN)

R

Has to be 0

Data

14 bit data to write to former selected address

Table 10 SPI write data package