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Advanced Motion Control
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ION Motion Cards Magellan Navigator Pilot MC73110
When I send an invalid command through the serial port, the chip responds “bad checksum” and fails to respond to further commands. Why?

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How can I test the host processor to PMD chip parallel communication?
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What is the maximum IO rate for parallel and serial communication?

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When using the parallel interface, why does a DataRead operation return the same value that was written in the subsequent InstructionWrite operation?
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What is the format of CAN messages?
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What are the effects of SetMotorMode 0/1
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Using the serial or CAN interface, I get no response from the chipset after sending a command. Why does this happen even though the CP has propper Vcc, Ground and Clock?
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Why does the first command over the parallel host interface on the Magellan chipset not work?
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How is the SPI interface on the MC73110 used?
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