Application Information

The TIP116 IndustryPack? compatible module is primarily designed for motion control applications, but it is also applicable as general purpose counter.

The TIP116 offers four channel quadrature / general purpose counter. Each channel consists of a 32 bit programmable counter, a 32 bit preload register, a 32 bit compare register and a 32 bit output latch. The 32 bit counter can be programmed for quadrature, up-/down or direction count. In quadrature count mode the counter is programmable for single, double and quadruple analysis of the encoder signals. Two special count modes are available, a cycling 'Divide-by-N' mode and a 'Single-Cycle' mode.

Additionally four control modes are available via the control input. The control input can be programmed to load, latch or reset the counter or it can be used as a gate for the counter clock.

The level of the three input signals per channel can be RS422 or TTL. The input signals pass a digital filter for noise suppression before they are fed into the counter.

The TIP116 also provides a RS422 clock output. The clock frequency is programmable to 1, 2, 4 or 8 MHz.

A 16 bit down-counter with preload register allows timing intervals of up to 65ms. It can be used as reference timer for closed loop applications.

Software support (TIP116-SW-xx) is available for different operating systems.