topic How many quadrature signals can the S32k144 take as input? in Model-Based Design Toolbox (MBDT) https://community.nxp.com/t5/Model-Based-Design-Toolbox-MBDT/How-many-quadrature-signals-can-the-S32k144-take-as-input/m-p/1087569#M4821 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>My project need to control 3 motors and keep track of their positions. I am aware that FTM1 and FTM2 are the only modules that are capable of reading quadrature input. But is it like PWM generation using the FTM where each model has 4 channel pairs and each pair can handle one quadrature pair, giving it 8 total? Or can module only handle one quadrature pair, making it only two total?</P><P></P><P>I am working with the model based design toolbox and the quadrature decoder block seem to suggest it is the second.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:43:57 GMT ruihang_wu 2020-06-11T13:43:57Z How many quadrature signals can the S32k144 take as input? https://community.nxp.com/t5/Model-Based-Design-Toolbox-MBDT/How-many-quadrature-signals-can-the-S32k144-take-as-input/m-p/1087569#M4821 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>My project need to control 3 motors and keep track of their positions. I am aware that FTM1 and FTM2 are the only modules that are capable of reading quadrature input. But is it like PWM generation using the FTM where each model has 4 channel pairs and each pair can handle one quadrature pair, giving it 8 total? Or can module only handle one quadrature pair, making it only two total?</P><P></P><P>I am working with the model based design toolbox and the quadrature decoder block seem to suggest it is the second.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:43:57 GMT https://community.nxp.com/t5/Model-Based-Design-Toolbox-MBDT/How-many-quadrature-signals-can-the-S32k144-take-as-input/m-p/1087569#M4821 ruihang_wu 2020-06-11T13:43:57Z Re: How many quadrature signals can the S32k144 take as input? https://community.nxp.com/t5/Model-Based-Design-Toolbox-MBDT/How-many-quadrature-signals-can-the-S32k144-take-as-input/m-p/1087570#M4822 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi&nbsp;<A _jive_internal="true" data-content-finding="Community" data-userid="360589" data-username="ruihang.wu@magna.com" href="https://community.nxp.com/people/ruihang.wu@magna.com" style="color: #3d9ce7; background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; font-size: 11.9994px;">Ray Wu</A>,</P><P></P><P>S32K144 has only 2 quadrature decoders, one for FTM1 and one for FTM2. Each FTM has one counter, so you can't use more than one <SPAN>quadrature decoder&nbsp;</SPAN>per FTM.</P><P></P><P>Best regards,</P><P>Adrian.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 15 Jun 2020 08:25:49 GMT https://community.nxp.com/t5/Model-Based-Design-Toolbox-MBDT/How-many-quadrature-signals-can-the-S32k144-take-as-input/m-p/1087570#M4822 adriantudor 2020-06-15T08:25:49Z