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Add reference/example circuit for contactor feedback signal
Signed-off-by: Michael Heimpold <michael.heimpold@chargebyte.com>
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The safety controller allows to control up to 3 high-voltage contactors and can monitor corresponding mirror contacts.
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The mirror contacts support `Normally Closed` and `Normally Open` semantic, but customer must follow chargebyte's
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Charge SOM's EVB reference design otherwise the logic might be inverted.
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.. figure:: _static/images/charge_som_contactor_feedback_evb-circuit.drawio.svg
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Simplified Reference Circuit used on Charge SOM's EVB for Contactor Feedback Signal
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In the YAML parameterization, it is possible to specify whether the safety controller should actually switch the
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corresponding output pin and whether to monitor the feedback input pins. When using the feedback, it is usually also
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required to specify the open and closing times of the used contactor. These times are expected in milliseconds and
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Since the open/close timings make no sense in case of `disabled` or `without-feedback`, it is possible to use these
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tokens directly as array item (actually, it is also possible to use the `with-feedback...` ones, but then the timings
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are considered zero).
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are considered zero which will result in an error due to the latency in the contactor).
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Both `close-time` and `open-time` accept integer values in the range 0 to 2550 ms, however the given value is
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divided by 10 before it is actually stored internally.
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(This division by 10 is necessary because the safety controller operates with internal time slots of 10 ms.)
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Emergency Input Configuration

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