ZHCS766A February 2012 – December 2021 INA230
PRODUCTION DATA
The Alert pin can be configured to respond to one of the five alert functions described in the Section 8.3.3 section. The alert pin must to be pulled up to the VS pin voltage through the pullup resistors. The configuration register is set based on the required conversion time and averaging. The Mask/Enable register is set to identify the required alert function and the Alert Limit register is set to the limit value used for comparison.
For this example the desired over current trip point is when the load current exceeds 40 A. To detect the over current condition the Mask/Enable register must to be configured to detect a shunt voltage over voltage condition. With a shunt resistor value of 2 mΩ the corresponding shunt voltage threshold is calculated to be 80 mV (2 mΩ × 40 A). Values for the Mask/Enable register and Alert Limit registers are shown in Section 9.2.1.3.