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Is there a 100 ms delay during turn on in the C2000 powerstage protection block?

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I noticed that my gating signals take 100ms to turn on after I enable the C2000 powerstage protection block (low to high transition on the "en" input) in an F28379D DSP. However, when I turn off the block, gating seems to stop immediately? Is there a 100ms turn on delay built into this block? This 100ms delay causes the integrator in my PI block to accumulate error during this period causing a current spike during turn on. I can probably prevent this by keeping the integrator in reset mode until the 100ms has elapsed. But I need to know for sure if the delay was caused by the powerstage protection block or due to some delay in my hardware.
asked Jul 6, 2022 by Chatumal (14 points)

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There is ~100 msec delay between when the Powerstage Protection block's input changes and when the PWM's activate.  Note that the output signal of the Powerstage Protection will incorporate this delay as well, so using the block's output signal in your anti-windup scheme instead of the input signal to the block may resolve your issue.
answered Jul 7, 2022 by Bryan Lieblick (1,853 points)
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