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TMC4361A Datasheet | Document Revision 1.22 • 2017-JAN-12 
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 MAIN MANUAL  
15.  Decoder Unit: Connecting ABN, SSI, or SPI Encoders correctly 
TMC4361A is equipped with an encoder input interface for incremental ABN encoders, absolute 
SSI  or  SPI  encoders.  This  chapter  provides  basic  setup  information  for  correct  analysis  of 
connected encoder signals. 
Decoder Pins 
Pin Names 
Type 
Remarks 
A_SCLK 
Input or Output 
A signal of ABN encoder or  
Serial Clock output for absolute SSI, or SPI encoders. 
ANEG_NSCLK 
Input or Output 
Negated A signal of ABN encoder or  
Negated Serial Clock output for SSI encoder or 
Low active Chip Select signal for SPI encoders. 
B_SDI 
Input 
B signal of ABN encoder or  
Serial Data Input of SSI, or SPI encoders. 
BNEG_NSDI 
Input or Output 
Negated B signal of ABN encoder or  
Negated Serial Data Input of SSI encoders or 
Serial Data Output of SPI encoder. 
N 
Input 
N signal of ABN encoder. 
NNEG 
Input 
Negated N signal of ABN encoder. 
Table 55: Dedicated Decoder Unit Pins 
Decoder Unit Registers 
Register Name 
Register address 
Remarks 
GENERAL_CONF 
0x00 
RW 
Bit11:10: serial_enc_in_mode, Bit12: diff_enc_in_disable 
INPUT_FILT_CONF 
0x03 
RW 
Input filter configuration (SR_ENC_IN, FILT_L_ENC_IN). 
ENC_IN_CONF 
0x07 
RW 
Encoder configuration register. 
ENC_IN_DATA 
0x08 
RW 
Serial encoder input data structure. 
STEP_CONF 
0x0A 
RW 
Motor configurations. 
ENC_POS 
0x50 
RW 
Current absolute encoder position in microsteps. 
ENC_LATCH 
0x51 
R 
Latched absolute encoder position. 
ENC_POS_DEV 
0x52 
R 
Deviation between 
XACTUAL
 and 
ENC_POS
. 
ENC_CONST 
0x54 
R 
Internally calculated encoder constant. 
Encoder Register Set 
0x51…58 
0x62…63 
W 
Encoder configuration parameter. 
Encoder velocity 
0x65 
0x66 
R 
Current encoder velocity (signed). 
Current filtered encoder velocity (signed). 
ADDR_TO_ENC 
DATA_TO_ENC 
0x68 
0x69 
W 
Serial encoder request data. 
ADDR_FROM_ENC 
DATA_FROM_ENC 
0x6A 
0x6B 
R 
Serial encoder request data response. 
Encoder compensation 
0x7D 
W 
Encoder compensation register set. 
Table 56: Dedicated Decoder Unit Registers 










