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Data sheet

BMM150

Geomagnetic Sensor

BMM150: Data sheet

Document revision

1.0

Document release date

April 25th , 2013

Document number

BST-BMM150-DS001-01

Technical reference code(s)

0 273 141 157

Notes

Data in this document are preliminary and subject to change without

notice. Product photos and pictures are for illustration purposes only and

may differ from the real product’s appearance.

Advance information - Subject to change without notice

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BMM150

THREE-AXIS GEOMAGNETIC SENSOR

Key features

Three-axis magnetic field sensor

 Ultra-Small package Wafer Level Chip Scale Package

(12 pins, 0.4mm diagonal ball pitch)

footprint 1.56 x 1.56 mm2, height 0.6 mm

 Digital interface SPI (4-wire, 3-wire), I²C, 4, 2 interrupt pins

 Low voltage operation VDD supply voltage range: 1.62V to 3.6V

VDDIO interface voltage range: 1.2V to 3.6V

 Flexible functionality Magnetic field range typical:

±1300µT (x, y-axis), ±2500µT (z-axis)

Magnetic field resolution of ~0.3µT

 On-chip interrupt controller Interrupt-signal generation for

- new data

- magnetic Low-/High-Threshold detection

 Ultra-low power Low current consumption (170µA @ 10 Hz in low power

preset), short wake-up time, advanced features for system

power management

 Temperature range -40 °C … +85 °C

 RoHS compliant, halogen-free

Typical applications

 Magnetic heading information

 Tilt-compensated electronic compass for map rotation, navigation and augmented reality

 Gyroscope calibration in 9-DoF applications for mobile devices

 In-door navigation, e.g. step counting in combination accelerometer

 Gaming

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General Description

The BMM150 is a standalone geomagnetic sensor for consumer market applications. It allows

measurements of the magnetic field in three perpendicular axes. Based on Bosch’s proprietary

FlipCore technology, performance and features of BMM150 are carefully tuned and perfectly

match the demanding requirements of all 3-axis mobile applications such as electronic

compass, navigation or augmented reality.

An evaluation circuitry (ASIC) converts the output of the geomagnetic sensor to digital results

which can be read out over the industry standard digital interfaces (SPI and I2C).

Package and interfaces of the BMM150 have been designed to match a multitude of hardware

requirements. As the sensor features an ultra-small footprint and a flat package, it is ingeniously

suited for mobile applications. The wafer level chip scale package (WLCSP) with dimensions of

only 1.56 x 1.56 x 0.6 mm3 ensures high flexibility in PCB placement.

The BMM150 offers ultra-low voltage operation (VDD voltage range from 1.62V to 3.6V, VDDIO

voltage range 1.2V to 3.6V) and can be programmed to optimize functionality, performance and

power consumption in customer specific applications. The programmable interrupt engine gives

design flexibility to the developer.

The BMM150 senses the three axis of the terrestrial field in cell phones, handhelds, computer

peripherals, man-machine interfaces, virtual reality features and game controllers.

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Index of Contents

1. SPECIFICATION ........................................................................................................................ 6

1.1 ELECTRICAL OPERATION CONDITIONS ................................................................................... 6

1.2 MAGNETOMETER OUTPUT SIGNAL SPECIFICATION ................................................................. 7

2. ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS ............................................................................................ 9

3. BLOCK DIAGRAM ................................................................................................................... 10

4. FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................. 11

4.1 POWER MANAGEMENT ....................................................................................................... 11

4.2 POWER MODES ................................................................................................................. 11

4.2.1 POWER OFF MODE ....................................................................................................................... 11

4.2.2 SUSPEND MODE ........................................................................................................................... 11

4.2.3 SLEEP MODE ................................................................................................................................ 12

4.2.4 ACTIVE MODE ............................................................................................................................... 12

4.3 SENSOR OUTPUT DATA ...................................................................................................... 14

4.3.1 MAGNETIC FIELD DATA .................................................................................................................. 14

4.3.2 MAGNETIC FIELD DATA TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION................................................................... 15

4.4 SELF-TEST ....................................................................................................................... 16

4.4.1 NORMAL SELF TEST ...................................................................................................................... 16

4.4.2 ADVANCED SELF TEST .................................................................................................................. 16

4.5 NON-VOLATILE MEMORY .................................................................................................... 17

4.6 MAGNETOMETER INTERRUPT CONTROLLER ........................................................................ 17

4.6.1 GENERAL FEATURES .................................................................................................................... 18

4.6.2 ELECTRICAL BEHAVIOR OF MAGNETIC INTERRUPT PINS ................................................................... 18

4.6.3 DATA READY / DRDY INTERRUPT .................................................................................................. 19

4.6.4 LOW-THRESHOLD INTERRUPT........................................................................................................ 19

4.6.5 HIGH-THRESHOLD INTERRUPT ....................................................................................................... 21

4.6.6 OVERFLOW .................................................................................................................................. 21

5. REGISTER DESCRIPTION ...................................................................................................... 22

5.1 GENERAL REMARKS .......................................................................................................... 22

5.2 REGISTER MAP ................................................................................................................. 22

5.3 CHIP ID ............................................................................................................................ 23

5.4 MAGNETIC FIELD DATA ...................................................................................................... 23

5.5 INTERRUPT STATUS REGISTER ........................................................................................... 26

5.6 POWER AND OPERATION MODES, SELF-TEST AND DATA OUTPUT RATE CONTROL REGISTERS .. 26

5.7 INTERRUPT AND AXIS ENABLE SETTINGS CONTROL REGISTERS ............................................. 28

5.8 NUMBER OF REPETITIONS CONTROL REGISTERS ................................................................. 30

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6. DIGITAL INTERFACES ............................................................................................................ 32

6.1 SERIAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE (SPI) ................................................................................ 33

6.2 INTER-INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (I²C) ...................................................................................... 36

7. PIN-OUT AND CONNECTION DIAGRAM ............................................................................... 41

7.1 PIN-OUT ........................................................................................................................... 41

7.2 CONNECTION DIAGRAM 4-WIRE SPI ................................................................................... 42

7.3 CONNECTION DIAGRAM 3-WIRE SPI ................................................................................... 43

7.4 CONNECTION DIAGRAM I2C ................................................................................................ 44

8. PACKAGE ................................................................................................................................ 45

8.1 OUTLINE DIMENSIONS ....................................................................................................... 45

8.2 SENSING AXES ORIENTATION ............................................................................................. 46

9. SENSOR ORIENTATION ......................................................................................................... 46

9.1 ANDROID AXES ORIENTATION ............................................................................................. 47

9.2 LANDING PATTERN RECOMMENDATION ............................................................................... 48

9.3 MARKING .......................................................................................................................... 49

9.3.1 MASS PRODUCTION DEVICES ........................................................................................................ 49

9.3.2 ENGINEERING SAMPLES ................................................................................................................ 50

9.4 SOLDERING GUIDELINES .................................................................................................... 51

9.5 HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS .................................................................................................. 52

9.5.1 TAPE AND REEL DIMENSIONS......................................................................................................... 53

9.5.2 ORIENTATION WITHIN THE REEL ..................................................................................................... 53

9.6 ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY .................................................................................................. 54

9.6.1 HALOGEN CONTENT ..................................................................................................................... 54

9.6.2 INTERNAL PACKAGE STRUCTURE ................................................................................................... 54

10. LEGAL DISCLAIMER............................................................................................................. 55

10.1 ENGINEERING SAMPLES................................................................................................... 55

10.2 PRODUCT USE ................................................................................................................ 55

10.3 APPLICATION EXAMPLES AND HINTS ................................................................................. 55

11. DOCUMENT HISTORY AND MODIFICATION ..................................................................... 56

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1. Specification

If not stated otherwise, the given values are over lifetime and full performance temperature and

voltage ranges, minimum/maximum values are ±3.

1.1 Electrical operation conditions

Table 1: Electrical parameter specification

OPERATING CONDITIONS

Parameter

Symbol

Condition

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

Supply Voltage

Internal Domains

VDD

1.62

2.4

3.6

Supply Voltage

I/O Domain

VDDIO

1.2

1.8

3.6

Voltage Input

Low Level

VIL,a

SPI & I²C

0.3VDDIO

Voltage Input

High Level

VIH,a

SPI & I²C

0.7VDDIO

Voltage Output

Low Level

VOL

VDDIO = 1. 2V

IOL = 3mA, SPI & I²C

0.2VDDIO

Voltage Output

High Level

VOH

VDDIO = 1.62V

IOH = 2mA, SPI & I²C

0.8VDDIO

Magnetic field

range

Brg,xy

TA=25°C1

±1200

±1300

µT

Brg,z

±2000

±2500

µT

Magnetometer

heading accuracy

Acheading

30µT horizontal

geomagnetic field

component,

TA=25°C

±2.5

deg

Supply Current in

Active Mode

(average)3

IDD,lp,m

Low power preset

Nominal VDD

supplies

TA=25°C,

ODR=10Hz

170

µA

IDD,rg,m

Regular preset

Nominal VDD

supplies

TA=25°C,

ODR=10Hz

0.5

IDD,eh,m

Enhanced regular

preset

Nominal VDD

supplies

TA=25°C,

0.8

Full linear measurement range considering sensor offsets.

The heading accuracy depends on hardware and software. A fully calibrated sensor and ideal

tilt compensation are assumed.

For details on magnetometer current consumption calculation refer to chapter 4.2.1 and 4.2.2.

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ODR=10Hz

IDD,ha,m

High accuracy

preset

Nominal VDD

supplies

TA=25°C,

ODR=20Hz

4.9

Supply Current in

Suspend Mode

IDDsm,m

Nominal VDD/VDDIO

supplies, TA=25°C

µA

Peak supply

current in Active

Mode

IDDpk,m

In measurement

phase

Nominal VDD

supplies

TA=25°C

Peak logic supply

current in active

mode

IDDIOpk,m

Only during

measurement

phase

Nominal VDDIO

supplies

TA=25°C

210

270

µA

POR time

tw_up,m

from OFF to

Suspend; time

starts when

VDD>1.5V and

VDDIO>1.1V

1.0

Start-Up Time

ts_up,m

from Suspend to

sleep

3.0

1.2 Magnetometer output signal specification

MAGNETOMETER OUTPUT SIGNAL

Parameter

Symbol

Condition

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

Device

Resolution

Dres,m

TA=25°C

0.3

µT

Gain error4

Gerr,m

After API

compensation

TA=25°C

Nominal VDD supplies

±2

±5

Sensitivity

Temperature

Drift

TCSm

After API

compensation

-40°C ≤ TA ≤ +85°C

Nominal VDD supplies

±0.01

±0.03

%/K

Zero-B offset

OFFm

TA=25°C

±40

µT

Zero-B offset

OFFm,cal

After software

±2

µT

Definition: gain error = ( (measured field after API compensation) / (applied field) ) - 1

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calibration with Bosch

Sensortec eCompass

software5

-40°C ≤ TA ≤ +85°C

ODR (data

output rate),

normal mode

odrlp

Low power preset

odrrg

Regular preset

9.2

10.8

odreh

Enhanced regular

preset

odrha

High accuracy preset

ODR (data

output rate),

forced mode

odrlp

Low power preset

>300

odrrg

Regular preset

100

odreh

Enhanced regular

preset

odrha

High accuracy preset

Full-scale

Nonlinearity

NLm, FS

best fit straight line

%FS

Output Noise

nrms,lp,m,xy

Low power preset

x, y-axis, TA=25°C

Nominal VDD supplies

1.0

µT

nrms,lp,m,z

Low power preset

z-axis, TA=25°C

Nominal VDD supplies

1.4

µT

nrms,rg,m

Regular preset

TA=25°C

Nominal VDD supplies

0.6

µT

nrms,eh,m

Enhanced regular

preset

TA=25°C

Nominal VDD supplies

0.5

µT

nrms,ha,m

High accuracy preset

TA=25°C

Nominal VDD supplies

0.3

µT

Power Supply

Rejection Rate

PSRRm

TA=25°C

Nominal VDD supplies

±0.5

µT/V

Magnetic zero-B offset assuming calibration with Bosch Sensortec eCompass software. Typical

value after applying calibration movements containing various device orientations (typical

device usage).

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2. Absolute maximum ratings

The absolute maximum ratings are provided in Table 2. At or above these maximum ratings

operability is not given. The specification limits in Chapter 1 only apply under normal operating

conditions.

Table 2: Absolute maximum ratings

Parameter

Condition

Min

Max

Unit

Voltage at Supply Pin

VDD Pin

-0.3

4.0

VDDIO Pin

-0.3

4.0

Voltage at any Logic Pad

Non-Supply Pin

-0.3

VDDIO +

0.3

Operating Temperature, TA

Active operation

-40

+85

°C

Passive Storage Temp. Range

≤ 65% rel. H.

-50

+150

°C

None-volatile memory (NVM)

Data Retention

T = 85°C

year

Mechanical Shock according

to JESD22-B111….

Duration ≤ 200µs

10,000

Duration ≤ 1.0ms

2,000

Free fall onto hard

surfaces

1.8

ESD

HBM, at any Pin

CDM

500

Magnetic field

Any direction

> 7

Note:

Stress above these limits may cause damage to the device. Exceeding the specified limits may

affect the device reliability or cause malfunction.

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3. Block diagram

Figure 1 shows the basic building blocks of the BMM150:

Figure 1: Block diagram of BMM150

Y FlipCore

element

Logic

FlipCore

Drive &

Sense

OSC NVM

Hall Plate

Drive &

Sense

ADC

X FlipCore

element

Z Hall plate

Voltage

reference

Voltage

regulator

VDDIO

GND

INT

DRDY

SDI

SDO

SCK

CSB

VDD

POR

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4. Functional description

BMM150 is a triaxial standalone geomagnetic sensor (Sensing element and ASIC) in chip scale

wafer level package and can be operated via I2C or SPI as a slave device.

4.1 Power management

The BMM150 has two distinct power supply pins:

• VDD is the main power supply for all internal analog and digital functional blocks;

• VDDIO is a separate power supply pin, used for the supply of the digital interface as well as the

digital logic.

The device can be completely switched off (VDD = 0V) while keeping the VDDIO supply on (VDDIO >

0V) or vice versa.

It is absolutely prohibited to keep any interface at a logical high level when VDDIO is switched off.

Such a configuration will permanently damage the device (i.e. if VDDIO = 0  [SDI & SDO & SCK

& CSB] ≠ high).

The device contains a power on reset (POR) generator. It resets the logic part and the register

values of the concerned ASIC after powering-on VDD and VDDIO. Please note, that all application

specific settings which are not equal to the default settings (refer to register maps in chapter

5.2), must be re-set to its designated values after POR.

In case the I²C interface is used, a direct electrical connection between VDDIO supply and the PS

pin is recommended in order to ensure reliable protocol selection.

4.2 Power modes

The BMM150 features configurable power modes. The BMM150 magnetometer part has four

power modes:In the following chapters, power modes are described.

4.2.1 Power off mode

In Power off mode, VDD and/or VDDIO are unpowered and the device does not operate. When

only one of VDD or VDDIO is supplied, the magnetic sensor will still be in Power off mode. Power

on reset is performed after both VDD and VDDIO raised above their detection thresholds.

4.2.2 Suspend mode

Suspend mode is the default power mode of BMM150 after the chip is powered. When VDD and

VDDIO are turned on the POR (power on reset) circuits operate and the device’s registers are

initialized. After POR becomes inactive, a start up sequence is executed. In this sequence NVM

content is downloaded to shadow registers located in the device core. After the start up

sequence the device is put in the Suspend mode. In this mode only registers which store power

control bit information and SPI3 wire enable can be accessed by the user. No other registers

can be accessed in Suspend mode. All registers lose their content, except the control register

(0x4B). In particular, in this mode a Chip ID read (register 0x40) returns “0x00” (I²C) or high-Z

(SPI).

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4.2.3 Sleep mode

The user puts device from suspend into Sleep mode by setting the Power bit to “1”, or from

active modes (normal or forced) by setting OpMode bits to “11”. In this state the user has full

access to the device registers. In particular, the Chip ID can be read. Setting the power control

bit to “0” (register 0x4B bit0) will bring the device back into Suspend mode. From the Sleep

mode the user can put the device back into Suspend mode or into Active mode.

4.2.4 Active mode

The device can switch into Active mode from Sleep mode by setting OpMode bits (register

0x4C). In this mode the magnetic field measurements are performed and all registers are

accessible.

In active mode, two operation modes can be distinguished:

 Normal mode: selected channels are periodically measured according to settings set in

user registers. After measurements are completed, output data is put into data registers

and the device waits for the next measurement period, which is set by programmed

output data rate (ODR). From normal mode, the user can return to sleep mode by setting

OpMode to “11” or by performing a soft reset (see chapter 5.6). Suspend mode can be

entered by setting power control bit to “0”.

 Forced mode (single measurement): When set by the host, the selected channels are

measured according to settings programmed in user registers. After measurements are

completed, output data is put into data registers, OpMode register value returns to “11”

and the device returns to sleep mode. The forced mode is useful to achieve

synchronized operation between host microcontroller and BMM150. Also, different data

output rates from the ones selectable in normal mode can be achieved using forced

mode.

Figure 2: Magnetometer power mode transition diagram

In Active Mode and normal operation, in principle any desired balance between output noise

and active time (hence power consumption) can be adjusted by the repetition settings for x/y-

axis and z-axis and the output data rate ODR. The average power consumption depends on the

ratio of high current phase time (during data acquisition) and low current phase time (between

data acquisitions). Hence, the more repetitions are acquired to generate one magnetic field data

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point, the longer the active time ratio in one sample phase, and the higher the average current.

Thanks to longer internal averaging, the noise level of the output data reduces with increasing

number of repetitions.

By using forced mode, it is possible to trigger new measurements at any rate. The user can

therefore trigger measurements in a shorter interval than it takes for a measurement cycle to

complete. If a measurement cycle is not allowed to complete, the resulting data will not be

written into the data registers. To prevent this, the manually triggered measurement intervals

must not be shorter than the active measurement time which is a function of the selected

number of repetitions. The maximum selectable read-out frequency in forced mode can be

calculated as follows:

µsnZµsnXYµs

fODR 980500145 1

max, 



Hereby nXY is the number of repetitions on X/Y-axis (not the register value) and nZ the number

of repetitions on Z-axis (not the register value) (see description of XY_REP and Z_REP

registers in chapter 5).

Although the repetition numbers for X/Y and Z axis and the ODR can be adjusted independently

and in a wide range, there are four recommended presets (High accuracy preset, Enhanced

regular preset, Regular preset, Low power preset) which reflect the most common usage

scenarios, i.e. required output accuracy at a given current consumption, of the BMM150.

The four presets consist of the below register configurations, which are automatically set by the

BMM150 API or driver provided by Bosch Sensortec when a preset is selected. Table 3 shows

the recommended presets and the resulting magnetic field output noise and current

consumption:

Table 3: Recommended presets for repetitions and output data rates:

Preset

Rep.

X/Y

nXY

Rep.

recommended

ODR

[Hz]

Max

ODR in

forced

mode

fmax,OD

[Hz]

RMS Noise

x/y/z

[µT]

Average

current

consumption

recommended

ODR

[mA]

Low power

preset

>300

1.0/1.0/1.4

0.17

Regular

preset

100

0.6/0.6/0.6

0.5

Enhanced

regular preset

0.5/0.5/0.5

0.8

High accuracy

preset

0.3/0.3/0.3

4.9

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4.3 Sensor output data

4.3.1 Magnetic field data

The representation of magnetic field data is different between X/Y-axis and Z-axis. The width of

X- and Y-axis magnetic field data is 13 bits each and stored in two’s complement.

DATAX_LSB (0x42) contains 5-bit LSB part [4:0] of the 13 bit output data of the X-channel.

DATAX_MSB (0x43) contains 8-bit MSB part [12:5] of the 13 bit output data of the X-channel.

DATAY_LSB (0x44) contains 5-bit LSB part [4:0] of the 13 bit output data of the Y-channel.

DATAY_MSB (0x45) contains 8-bit MSB part [12:5] of the 13 bit output data of the Y-channel.

The width of the Z-axis magnetic field data is 15 bit word stored in two’s complement.

DATAZ_LSB (0x46) contains 7-bit LSB part [6:0] of the 15 bit output data of the Z-channel.

DATAZ_MSB (0x47) contains 8-bit MSB part [14:7] of the 15 bit output data of the Z-channel.

For all axes, temperature compensation on the host is used to get ideally matching sensitivity

over the full temperature range. The temperature compensation is based on a resistance

measurement of the hall sensor plate. The resistance value is represented by a 14 bit unsigned

output word.

RHALL_LSB (0x48) contains 6-bit LSB part [5:0] of the 14 bit output data of the RHALL-

channel.

RHALL_MSB (0x49) contains 8-bit MSB part [13:6] of the 14 bit output data of the RHALL-

channel.

All signed register values are in two´s complement representation. Bits which are marked

“reserved” can have different values or can in some cases not be read at all (read will return

0x00 in I²C mode and high-Z in SPI mode).

Data register readout and shadowing is implemented as follows:

After all enabled axes have been measured; complete data packages consisting of DATAX,

DATAY, DATAZ and RHALL are updated at once in the data registers. This way, it is prevented

that a following axis is updated while the first axis is still being read (axis mix-up) or that MSB

part of an axis is updated while LSB part is being read.

While reading from any data register, data register update is blocked. Instead, incoming new

data is written into shadow registers which will be written to data registers after the previous

read sequence is completed (i.e. upon stop condition in I²C mode, or CSB going high in SPI

mode, respectively). Hence, it is recommended to read out at all data at once (0x42 to 0x49 or

0x4A if status bits are also required) with a burst read.

Single bytes or axes can be read out, while in this case it is not assured that adjacent registers

are not updated during readout sequence.

The “Data ready status” bit (register 0x48 bit0) is set “1” when the data registers have been

updated but the data was not yet read out over digital interface. Data ready is cleared (set “0”)

directly after completed read out of any of the data registers and subsequent stop condition

(I²C) or lifting of CSB (SPI).

In addition, when enabled the “Data overrun” bit (register 0x4A bit7) turns “1” whenever data

registers are updated internally, but the old data was not yet read out over digital interface (i.e.

data ready bit was still high). The “Data overrun” bit is cleared when the interrupt status register

0x4A is read out. This function needs to be enabled separately by setting the “Data overrun En”

bit (register 0x4D bit7)).

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Note:

Please also see chapter 5 for detailed register descriptions.

4.3.2 Magnetic field data temperature compensation

The raw register values DATAX, DATAY, DATAZ and RHALL are read out from the host

processor using the BMM150 API/driver which is provided by Bosch Sensortec. The API/driver

performs an off-chip temperature compensation and outputs x/y/z magnetic field data in

16 LSB/µT to the upper application layer:

Figure 3: Calculation flow of magnetic field data from raw BMM150 register data

The API/driver performs all calculations using highly optimized fixed-point C-code arithmetic.

For platforms that do not support C code, a floating-point formula is available as well.

BMM150

sensor

Hardware level

Software

driver level

BMM150

API / driver

(provided by

Bosch Sensortec)

Application

Software

application level

Magnetometer raw register data

(DATAX, DATAY, DATAZ, RHALL)

Temperature and sensitivity compensated

magnetic field data x/y/z available in:

- short int (16 LSB/µT, limited Z range)

- long int (16 LSB/µT)

- float (µT)

Config

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4.4 Self-test

BMM150 supports two self-tests modes: Normal self-test and advanced self-test.

4.4.1 Normal self test

During normal self-test, the following verifications are performed:

FlipCore signal path is verified by generating signals on-chip. These are processed through the

signal path and the measurement result is compared to known thresholds.

 FlipCore (X and Y) connection to ASIC are checked for connectivity and short circuits

 Hall sensor connectivity is checked for open and shorted connections

 Hall sensor signal path and hall sensor element offset are checked for overflow.

To perform a self test, the sensor must first be put into sleep mode (OpMode = “11”). Self-test

mode is then entered by setting the bit “Self test” (register 0x4C bit0) to “1”. After performing self

test, this bit is set back to “0”. When self-test is successful, the corresponding self-test result bits

are set to “1” (“X-Self-Test” register 0x42 bit0, “Y-Self-Test” register 0x44 bit0, “Z-Self-Test”

4.4.2 Advanced self test

Advanced self test performs a verification of the Z channel signal path functionality and

sensitivity. An on-chip coil wound around the hall sensor can be driven in both directions with a

calibrated current to generate a positive or negative field of around 100 µT.

Advanced self test is an option that is active in parallel to the other operation modes. The only

difference is that during the active measurement phase, the coil current is enabled. The

recommended usage of advanced self test is the following:

1. Set sleep mode

2. Disable X, Y axis

3. Set Z repetitions to desired level

4. Enable positive advanced self test current

5. Set forced mode, readout Z and R channel after measurement is finished

6. Enable negative advanced self test current

7. Set forced mode, readout Z and R channel after measurement is finished

8. Disable advanced self test current (this must be done manually)

9. Calculate difference between the two compensated field values. This difference should

be around 200 µT with some margins.

10. Perform a soft reset of manually restore desired settings

Please refer to the corresponding application note for the exact thresholds to evaluate

advanced self-test.

The table below describes how the advanced self-test is controlled:

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Table 4: Magnetometer advanced self-test control

(0x4C)

Adv.ST <1:0>

Configuration

00b

Normal operation

(no self-test), default

01b

Reserved, do not use

10b

Negative on-chip magnetic

field generation

11b

Positive on-chip magnetic

field generation

The BMM150 API/driver provided by Bosch Sensortec provides a comfortable way to perform

both self-tests and to directly obtain the result without further calculations. It is recommended to

use this as a reference.

4.5 Non-volatile memory

Some of the memory of the BMM150 magnetometer is non-volatile memory (NVM). This NVM is

pre-programmed in Bosch Sensortec fabrication line and cannot be modified afterwards. It

contains trimming data which are required for sensor operation and sensor data compensation,

thus it is read out by the BMM150 API/driver during initialization.

4.6 Magnetometer interrupt controller

Four magnetometer based interrupt engines are integrated in the BMM150: Low-Threshold,

High-Threshold, Overflow and Data Ready (DRDY). Each interrupt can be enabled

independently.

When enabled, an interrupt sets the corresponding status bit in the interrupt status register

(0x4A) when its condition is satisfied.

When the “Interrupt Pin Enable” bit (register 0x4E bit6) is set, any occurring activated interrupts

are flagged on the BMM150’s INT output pin. By default, the interrupt pin is disabled (high-Z

status).

Low-Threshold, High-Threshold and Overflow interrupts are mapped to the INT pin when

enabled, Data Ready (DRDY) interrupt is mapped to the DRDY pin of BMM150 when enabled.

For High- and Low-Threshold interrupts each axis X/Y/Z can be enabled separately for interrupt

detection in the registers “High Int Z en”, “High Int Y en”, “High Int X en”, “Low Int Z en”, “Low Int

Y En” and “Low Int X En” in register 0x4D bit5-bit0. Overflow interrupt is shared for X, Y and Z

axis.

When the “Data Ready Pin En” bit (register 0x4E bit7) is set, the Data Ready (DRDY) interrupt

event is flagged on the BMM150’s DRDY output pin (by default the “Data Ready Pin En” bit is

not set and DRDY pin is in high-Z state).

The interrupt status registers are updated together with writing new data into the magnetic field

data registers. The status bits for Low-/High-Threshold interrupts are located in register 0x4A,

the Data Ready (DRDY) status flag is located at register 0x48 bit0.

If an interrupt is disabled, all active status bits and pins are reset after the next measurement

was performed.

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4.6.1 General features

An interrupt is cleared depending on the selected interrupt mode, which is common to all

interrupts. There are two different interrupt modes: non-latched and latched. All interrupts

(except Data Ready) can be latched or non-latched. Data Ready (DRDY) is always cleared after

readout of data registers ends.

A non-latched interrupt will be cleared on a new measurement when the interrupt condition is

not valid anymore, whereas a latched interrupt will stay high until the interrupts status register

(0x4A) is read out. After reading the interrupt status, both the interrupt status bits and the

interrupt pin are reset. The mode is selected by the “Interrupt latch” bit (register 0x4A bit1),

where the default setting of “1” means latched. Figure 4 shows the difference between the

modes for the example Low-Threshold interrupt.

INT and DRDY pin polarity can be changed by the “Interrupt polarity” bit (register 0x4E bit0) and

“DR polarity” (register 0x4E bit2), from the default high active (“1”) to low active (“0”).

Figure 4: Interrupt latched and non-latched mode

4.6.2 Electrical behavior of magnetic interrupt pins

Both interrupt pins INT and DRDY are push/pull when the corresponding interrupt pin enable bit

is set, and are floating (High-Z) when the corresponding interrupt pin enable bit is disabled

(default).

Low threshold

measurements

INT pin (non-latched)

INT pin (latched)

Readings of interrupt status register (0x4A)

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4.6.3 Data ready / DRDY interrupt

This interrupt serves for synchronous reading of magnetometer data. It is generated after

storing a new set of values (DATAX, DATAY, DATAZ, RHALL) in the data registers:

Figure 5: Data acquisition and DRDY operation (DRDY in “high active” polarity)

The interrupt mode of the Data Ready (DRDY) interrupt is fixed to non-latched.

It is enabled (disabled) by writing “1” (“0”) to “Data Ready pin En” in register 0x4E bit7.

DRDY pin polarity can be changed by the “DR polarity” bit (register 0x4E bit2), from the default

high active (“1”) to low active (“0”).

4.6.4 Low-threshold interrupt

When the data registers’ (DATAX, DATAY and DATAZ) values drop below the threshold level

defined by the “Low Threshold register (0x4F), the corresponding interrupt status bits for those

axes are set (“Low Int X”, “Low Int Y” and “Low Int Z” in register 0x4A). This is done for each

axis independently. Please note that the X and Y axis value for overflow is -4096. However, no

interrupt is generated on these values. See chapter 4.6.6 for more information on overflow.

Hereby, one bit in “Low Threshold” corresponds to roughly 6µT (not exactly, as the raw

magnetic field values DATAX, DATAY and DATAZ are not temperature compensated).

The Low-threshold interrupt is issued on INT pin when one or more values of the data registers

DATAX, DATAY and DATAZ drop below the threshold level defined by the “Low Threshold”

generation:

Result = (DATAX < “Low Threshold” x 16) AND “Low Int X en” is “0” OR

(DATAY < “Low Threshold” x 16) AND “Low Int Y en” is “0” OR

(DATAZ < “Low Threshold” x 16) AND “Low Int Z en” is “0”

Note: Threshold interrupt enable bits (“Low INT [XYZ] en”) are active low and “1” (disabled) by

default.

Active measurement time

Preset time Measurement Data processing

Data write into

output registers

DRDY =’1’

Measurement phase start Data readout

Measurement Data processing

Inactive time

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Figure 6: Low-threshold interrupt function

Low threshold

measurements

INT pin (non-latched)

INT pin (latched) Read interrupt status

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4.6.5 High-threshold interrupt

When the data registers’ (DATAX, DATAY and DATAZ) values exceed the threshold level

defined by the “High Threshold register (0x50), the corresponding interrupt status bits for those

axes are set (“High Int X”, “High Int Y” and “High Int Z” in register 0x4A). This is done for each

axis independently.

Hereby, one bit in “High Threshold” corresponds to roughly 6µT (not exactly, as the raw

magnetic field values DATAX, DATAY and DATAZ are not temperature compensated).

The High-threshold interrupt is issued on INT pin when one or more values of the data registers

DATAX, DATAY and DATAZ exceed the threshold level defined by the “High Threshold” register

(0x50), and when the axis where the threshold was exceeded is enabled for interrupt

generation:

Result = (DATAX > “High Threshold” x 16) AND “High Int X en” is “0” OR

(DATAY > “High Threshold” x 16) AND “High Int Y en” is “0” OR

(DATAZ > “High Threshold” x 16) AND “High Int Z en” is “0”

Note:

Threshold interrupt enable bits (“High INT [XYZ] en”) are active low and “1” (disabled) by

default.

Figure 7: High-threshold interrupt function

4.6.6 Overflow

When a measurement axis had an overflow, the corresponding data register is saturated to the

most negative value. For X and Y axis, the data register is set to the value -4096. For the Z axis,

the data register is set to the value -16384.

The “Overflow” flag (register 0x4A bit6) indicates that the measured magnetic field raw data of

one or more axes exceeded maximum range of the device. The overflow condition can be

flagged on the INT pin by setting the bit “overflow int enable” (register 0x4D bit6, active high,

default value “0”). The channel on which overflow occurred can by determined by assessing the

DATAX/Y/Z registers.

High threshold

measurements

INT pin (non-latched)

INT pin (latched) Read interrupt status

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5. Register Description

5.1 General Remarks

The entire communication with the device’s magnetometer part is performed by reading from

and writing to registers. Registers have a width of 8 bits; they are mapped to a common space

of 50 addresses from (0x40) up to (0x71). Within the used range there are several registers

which are marked as ‘reserved’. Any reserved bit is ignored when it is written and no specific

value is guaranteed when read. Especially, in SPI mode the SDO pin may stay in high-Z state

when reading some of these registers.

Registers with addresses from (0x40) up to (0x4A) are read-only. Any attempt to write to these

registers is ignored.

5.2 Register map

0x71 N/A

0x70 N/A

0x6F N/A

0x6E N/A

0x6D N/A

0x6C N/A

0x6B N/A

0x6A N/A

0x69 N/A

0x68 N/A

0x67 N/A

0x66 N/A

0x65 N/A

0x64 N/A

0x63 N/A

0x62 N/A

0x61 N/A

0x60 N/A

0x5F N/A

0x5E N/A

0x5D N/A

0x5C N/A

0x5B N/A

0x5A N/A

0x59 N/A

0x58 N/A

0x57 N/A

0x56 N/A

0x55 N/A

0x54 N/A

0x53 N/A

0x52 0x00

0x51 0x00

0x50 0x00

0x4F 0x00

0x4E 0x07 Data Ready Pin En Interrupt Pin En Channel Z Channel Y Channel X DR Polarity Interrupt Latch Interrupt Polarity

0X4D 0x3F Data Overrun En Overflow Int En High Int Z en High Int Y en High Int X en Low Int Z en Low Int Y en Low Int X en

0x4C 0x06 Self Test

0x4B 0x01 Soft Reset '1' fixed '0' fixed '0' fixed '0' fixed '0' SPI3en Soft Reset '1' Power Control Bit

0x4A 0x00 Data Overrun Overflow High Int Z High Int Y High Int X Low Int Z Low Int Y Low Int X

0x49 N/A

0x48 N/A fixed '0' Data Ready Status

0x47 N/A

0x46 N/A Z-Self-Test

0x45 N/A

0x44 N/A fixed '0' fixed '0' Y-Self-Test

0x43 N/A

0x42 N/A fixed '0' fixed '0' X-Self-Test

0x41 N/A

0x40 0x32

w/r

w/r accessible

in suspend mode

read only

reserved

Chip ID = 0x32 (can only be read if power control bit ="1")

REPZ Number Of Repetitions (valid for Z) [7:0]

REPXY Number Of Repetitions (valid for XY) [7:0]

DATA X [12:5] MSB

DATA X [4:0] LSB

DATA Z [14:7] MSB

RHALL [5:0] LSB

DATA Y [12:5] MSB

DATA Y [4:0] LSB

High Threshold [7:0]

Low Threshold [7:0]

Adv. ST [1:0]

Data Rate [2:0]

DATA Z [6:0] LSB

Opmode [1:0]

RHALL [13:6] MSB

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5.3 Chip ID

This number can only be read if the power control bit (register 0x4B bit0) is enabled.

Table 5: Chip identification number, register (0x40)

Bit 7

Bit 6

Bit 5

Bit 4

Bit 3

Bit 2

Bit 1

Bit 0

5.4 Magnetic field data

for the x-axis.

Table 6: LSB part of x-axis magnetic field, register (0x42)

(0x42) Bit

Name

Description

Bit 7

DATAX_lsb <4>

Bit 4 of x-axis magnetic field data

Bit 6

DATAX_lsb <3>

Bit 3 of x-axis magnetic field data

Bit 5

DATAX_lsb <2>

Bit 2 of x-axis magnetic field data

Bit 4

DATAX_lsb <1>

Bit 1 of x-axis magnetic field data

Bit 3

DATAX_lsb <0>

Bit 0 of x-axis magnetic field data = x LSB

Bit 2

(fixed to 0)

Bit 1

(fixed to 0)

Bit 0

SelfTestX

Self-test result flag for x-axis, default is “1”

Table 7: MSB part of x-axis magnetic field, register (0x43)

(0x43) Bit

Name

Description

Bit 7

DATAX_msb <12>

Bit 12 of x-axis magnetic field data = x MSB

Bit 6

DATAX_msb <11>

Bit 11 of x-axis magnetic field data

Bit 5

DATAX_msb <10>

Bit 10 of x-axis magnetic field data

Bit 4

DATAX_msb <9>

Bit 9 of x-axis magnetic field data

Bit 3

DATAX_msb <8>

Bit 8 of x-axis magnetic field data

Bit 2

DATAX_msb <7>

Bit 7 of x-axis magnetic field data

Bit 1

DATAX_msb <6>

Bit 6 of x-axis magnetic field data

Bit 0

DATAX_msb <5>

Bit 5 of x-axis magnetic field data

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for the y-axis.

Table 8: LSB part of y-axis magnetic field, register (0x44)

(0x44) Bit

Name

Description

Bit 7

DATAY_lsb <4>

Bit 4 of y-axis magnetic field data

Bit 6

DATAY_lsb <3>

Bit 3 of y-axis magnetic field data

Bit 5

DATAY_lsb <2>

Bit 2 of y-axis magnetic field data

Bit 4

DATAY_lsb <1>

Bit 1 of y-axis magnetic field data

Bit 3

DATAY_lsb <0>

Bit 0 of y-axis magnetic field data = y LSB

Bit 2

(fixed to 0)

Bit 1

(fixed to 0)

Bit 0

SelfTestY

Self-test result flag for y-axis, default is “1”

Table 9: MSB part of y-axis magnetic field, register (0x45)

(0x45) Bit

Name

Description

Bit 7

DATAY_msb <12>

Bit 12 of y-axis magnetic field data = y MSB

Bit 6

DATAY_msb <11>

Bit 11 of y-axis magnetic field data

Bit 5

DATAY_msb <10>

Bit 10 of y-axis magnetic field data

Bit 4

DATAY_msb <9>

Bit 9 of y-axis magnetic field data

Bit 3

DATAY_msb <8>

Bit 8 of y-axis magnetic field data

Bit 2

DATAY_msb <7>

Bit 7 of y-axis magnetic field data

Bit 1

DATAY_msb <6>

Bit 6 of y-axis magnetic field data

Bit 0

DATAY_msb <5>

Bit 5 of y-axis magnetic field data

for the z-axis.

Table 10: LSB part of z-axis magnetic field, register (0x46)

(0x46) Bit

Name

Description

Bit 7

DATAZ_lsb <6>

Bit 6 of z-axis magnetic field data

Bit 6

DATAZ_lsb <5>

Bit 5 of z-axis magnetic field data

Bit 5

DATAZ_lsb <4>

Bit 4 of z-axis magnetic field data

Bit 4

DATAZ_lsb <3>

Bit 3 of z-axis magnetic field data

Bit 3

DATAZ_lsb <2>

Bit 2 of z-axis magnetic field data

Bit 2

DATAZ_lsb <1>

Bit 1 of z-axis magnetic field data

Bit 1

DATAZ_lsb <0>

Bit 0 of z-axis magnetic field data = z LSB

Bit 0

SelfTestZ

Self-test result flag for z-axis, default is “1”

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Table 11: MSB part of z-axis magnetic field, register (0x47)

(0x47) Bit

Name

Description

Bit 7

DATAZ_msb <14>

Bit 14 of y-axis magnetic field data = z MSB

Bit 6

DATAZ_msb <13>

Bit 13 of y-axis magnetic field data

Bit 5

DATAZ_msb <12>

Bit 12 of y-axis magnetic field data

Bit 4

DATAZ_msb <11>

Bit 11 of y-axis magnetic field data

Bit 3

DATAZ_msb <10>

Bit 10 of y-axis magnetic field data

Bit 2

DATAZ_msb <9>

Bit 9 of y-axis magnetic field data

Bit 1

DATAZ_msb <8>

Bit 8 of y-axis magnetic field data

Bit 0

DATAZ_msb <7>

Bit 7 of y-axis magnetic field data

Table 12: LSB part of hall resistance, register (0x48)

(0x48) Bit

Name

Description

Bit 7

RHALL_lsb <5>

Bit 5 of hall resistance

Bit 6

RHALL_lsb <4>

Bit 4 of hall resistance

Bit 5

RHALL_lsb <3>

Bit 3 of hall resistance

Bit 4

RHALL_lsb <2>

Bit 2 of hall resistance

Bit 3

RHALL_lsb <1>

Bit 1 of hall resistance

Bit 2

RHALL_lsb <0>

Bit 0 of hall resistance = RHALL LSB

Bit 1

(fixed to 0)

Bit 0

Data Ready Status

Data ready (DRDY) status bit

Table 13: MSB part of hall resistance, register (0x49)

(0x49) Bit

Name

Description

Bit 7

RHALL_msb <13>

Bit 13 of hall resistance = RHALL MSB

Bit 6

RHALL_msb <12>

Bit 12 of hall resistance

Bit 5

RHALL_msb <11>

Bit 11 of hall resistance

Bit 4

RHALL_msb <10>

Bit 10 of hall resistance

Bit 3

RHALL_msb <9>

Bit 9 of hall resistance

Bit 2

RHALL_msb <8>

Bit 8 of hall resistance

Bit 1

RHALL_msb <7>

Bit 7 of hall resistance

Bit 0

RHALL_msb <6>

Bit 6 of hall resistance

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5.5 Interrupt status register

Table 14: Interrupt status, register (0x4A)

(0x4A) Bit

Name

Description

Bit 7

Data overrun

Data overrun status flag

Bit 6

Overflow

Overflow status flag

Bit 5

High Int Z

High-Threshold interrupt z-axis status flag

Bit 4

High Int Y

High-Threshold interrupt y-axis status flag

Bit 3

High Int X

High-Threshold interrupt x-axis status flag

Bit 2

Low Int Z

Low-Threshold interrupt z-axis status flag

Bit 1

Low Int Y

Low-Threshold interrupt y-axis status flag

Bit 0

Low Int X

Low-Threshold interrupt x-axis status flag

5.6 Power and operation modes, self-test and data output rate control registers

selection. This special control register is also accessible in suspend mode.

Soft reset is executed when both bits (register 0x4B bit7 and bit1) are set “1”. Soft reset does

not execute a full POR sequence, but all registers are reset except for the “trim” registers above

sleep mode. When device is in the suspend mode, soft reset is ignored and the device remains

in suspend mode. The two “Soft Reset” bits are reset to “0” automatically after soft reset was

completed. To perform a full POR reset, bring the device into suspend and then back into sleep

mode.

When SPI mode is selected, the “SPI3En” bit enables SPI 3-wire mode when set “1”. When

“SPI3En” is set “0” (default), 4-wire SPI mode is selected.

Setting the “Power Control bit” to “1” brings the device up from Suspend mode to Sleep mode,

when “Power Control bit” is set “0” the device returns to suspend mode (see chapter 4.2 for

details of magnetometer power modes).

Table 15: Power control, soft reset and SPI mode control register (0x4B)

(0x4B) Bit

Name

Description

Bit 7

Soft Reset ‘1’

One of the soft reset trigger bits.

Bit 6

(fixed to 0)

Bit 5

(fixed to 0)

Bit 4

(fixed to 0)

Bit 3

(fixed to 0)

Bit 2

SPI3en

Enable bit for SPI3 mode

Bit 1

Soft Reset ‘1’

One of the soft reset trigger bits.

Bit 0

Power Control bit

When set to “0”, suspend mode is selected

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The two “Adv. ST” bits control the on-chip advanced self-test (see chapter 4.4.2 for details of the

magnetometer advanced self-test).

The three “Data rate” bits control the magnetometer output data rate according to below Table

17.

The two “Opmode” bits control the operation mode according to below Table 18 (see chapter

4.2 for a detailed description of magnetometer power modes).

Table 16: Operation mode, output data rate and self-test control register (0x4C)

(0x4C) Bit

Name

Description

Bit 7

Adv. ST <1>

Advanced self-test control bit 1

Bit 6

Adv. ST <0>

Advanced self-test control bit 0

Bit 5

Data rate <2>

Data rate control bit 2

Bit 4

Data rate <1>

Data rate control bit 1

Bit 3

Data rate <0>

Data rate control bit 0

Bit 2

Opmode <1>

Operation mode control bit 1

Bit 1

Opmode <0>

Operation mode control bit 0

Bit 0

Self Test

Normal self-test control bit

Three “Data rate” bits control the output data rate (ODR) of the BMM150 magnetometer part:

Table 17: Output data rate (ODR) setting (0x4C)

(0x4C)

Data rate <2:0>

Magnetometer output data rate

(ODR) [Hz]

000b

10 (default)

001b

010b

011b

100b

101b

110b

111b

Two “Opmode” bits control the operation mode of the BMM150 magnetometer part:

Table 18: Operation mode setting (0x4C)

(0x4C)

Opmode <1:0>

Magnetometer operation mode6

00b

Normal mode

01b

Forced mode

10b

Reserved, do not use

11b

Sleep Mode

See chapter 4.2 for a detailed description of magnetometer power modes.

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5.7 Interrupt and axis enable settings control registers

details of magnetometer interrupt operation).

Table 19: Interrupt settings control register (0x4D)

(0x4D) Bit

Name

Description

Bit 7

Data Overrun En

Enables data overrun indication in the “Data Overrun”

flag (active high, default is “0” disabled)

Bit 6

Overflow Int En

Activates mapping of Overflow flag status to the INT pin

(active high, default is “0” disabled)

Bit 5

High Int Z En

Enables the z-axis detection for High-Threshold

interrupts (active low, default is “1” disabled)

Bit 4

High Int Y En

Enables the y-axis detection for High-Threshold

interrupts (active low, default is “1” disabled)

Bit 3

High Int X En

Enables the x-axis detection for High-Threshold

interrupts (active low, default is “1” disabled)

Bit 2

Low Int Z En

Enables the z-axis detection for Low-Threshold

interrupts (active low, default is “1” disabled)

Bit 1

Low Int Y En

Enables the y-axis detection for Low-Threshold

interrupts (active low, default is “1” disabled)

Bit 0

Low Int X En

Enables the x-axis detection for Low-Threshold

interrupts (active low, default is “1” disabled)

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chapter 0 for the details of magnetometer interrupt operation). If a magnetic measurement

channel is disabled, its last measured magnetic output values will remain in the data registers. If

the Z channel is disabled, the resistance measurement will also be disabled and the resistance

output value will be set to zero. If interrupts are set to trigger on an axis that has been disabled,

these interrupts will still be asserted based on the last measured value.

Table 20: Interrupt settings and axes enable bits control register (0x4E)

(0x4E) Bit

Name

Description

Bit 7

Data Ready Pin En

Enables data ready status mapping on DRDY pin

(active high, default is “0” disabled)

Bit 6

Interrupt Pin En

Enables interrupt status mapping on INT pin

(active high, default is “0” disabled)

Bit 5

Channel Z

Enable z-axis and resistance measurement

(active low, default is “0” enabled)

Bit 4

Channel Y

Enable y-axis

(active low, default is “0” enabled)

Bit 3

Channel X

Enable x-axis

(active low, default is “0” enabled)

Bit 2

DR Polarity

Data ready (DRDY) pin polarity

(“0” is active low, “1” is active high, default is “1”

active high)

Bit 1

Interrupt Latch

Interrupt latching

(“0” means non-latched - interrupt pin is on as long

as the condition is fulfilled, “1” means latched -

interrupt pin is on until interrupt status register 0x4A

is read, default is ‘”1” latched)

Bit 0

Interrupt Polarity

Interrupt pin INT polarity selection

(“1” – is active high, “0” is active low, default is “1”

active high)

for the details of magnetometer interrupt operation and the threshold setting).

Table 21: Low-threshold interrupt threshold setting control register (0x4F)

(0x4F) Bit

Name

Description

Bit 7

LowThreshold <7>

Bit 7 of Low-Threshold interrupt threshold setting

Bit 6

LowThreshold <6>

Bit 6 of Low-Threshold interrupt threshold setting

Bit 5

LowThreshold <5>

Bit 5 of Low-Threshold interrupt threshold setting

Bit 4

LowThreshold <4>

Bit 4 of Low-Threshold interrupt threshold setting

Bit 3

LowThreshold <3>

Bit 3 of Low-Threshold interrupt threshold setting

Bit 2

LowThreshold <2>

Bit 2 of Low-Threshold interrupt threshold setting

Bit 1

LowThreshold <1>

Bit 1 of Low-Threshold interrupt threshold setting

Bit 0

LowThreshold <0>

Bit 0 of Low-Threshold interrupt threshold setting

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for the details of magnetometer interrupt operation and the threshold setting).

Table 22: High-threshold interrupt threshold setting control register (0x4F)

(0x50) Bit

Name

Description

Bit 7

HighThreshold <7>

Bit 7 of High-Threshold interrupt threshold setting

Bit 6

HighThreshold <6>

Bit 6 of High-Threshold interrupt threshold setting

Bit 5

HighThreshold <5>

Bit 5 of High-Threshold interrupt threshold setting

Bit 4

HighThreshold <4>

Bit 4 of High-Threshold interrupt threshold setting

Bit 3

HighThreshold <3>

Bit 3 of High-Threshold interrupt threshold setting

Bit 2

HighThreshold <2>

Bit 2 of High-Threshold interrupt threshold setting

Bit 1

HighThreshold <1>

Bit 1 of High-Threshold interrupt threshold setting

Bit 0

HighThreshold <0>

Bit 0 of High-Threshold interrupt threshold setting

5.8 Number of repetitions control registers

number of repetitions resulting out of the register configuration. The performed number of

repetitions nXY can be calculated from unsigned register value as nXY = 1+2xREPXY as shown

below, where b7-b0 are the bits 7 to 0 of register 0x51:

)(

REPXY

bbbbbbbbnXY





202122232425262721 01234567

Table 23: X/y-axis repetitions control register (0x51)

(0x51) Bit

Name

Description

Bit 7

REPXY <7>

Bit 7 of number of repetitions (valid for XY)

Bit 6

REPXY <6>

Bit 6 of number of repetitions (valid for XY)

Bit 5

REPXY <5>

Bit 5 of number of repetitions (valid for XY)

Bit 4

REPXY <4>

Bit 4 of number of repetitions (valid for XY)

Bit 3

REPXY <3>

Bit 3 of number of repetitions (valid for XY)

Bit 2

REPXY <2>

Bit 2 of number of repetitions (valid for XY)

Bit 1

REPXY <1>

Bit 1 of number of repetitions (valid for XY)

Bit 0

REPXY <0>

Bit 0 of number of repetitions (valid for XY)

Table 24: Numbers of repetition for x/y-axis depending on value of register (0x51)

(0x51)

value

(binary)

(0x51) register

value

(hex)

Number of repetitions for x- and y-axis each

00000000b

0x00h

00000001b

0x01h

00000010b

0x02h

00000011b

0x03h

…

11111111b

0xFFh

511

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Table 26 below shows the number of repetitions resulting out of the register configuration. The

performed number of repetitions nZ can be calculated from unsigned register value as nZ =

1+REPZ as shown below, where b7-b0 are the bits 7 to 0 of register 0x52:

REPZ

bbbbbbbbnZ





202122232425262711 01234567 )(

Table 25: Z-axis repetitions control register (0x52)

(0x52) Bit

Name

Description

Bit 7

REPZ <7>

Bit 7 of number of repetitions (valid for Z)

Bit 6

REPZ <6>

Bit 6 of number of repetitions (valid for Z)

Bit 5

REPZ <5>

Bit 5 of number of repetitions (valid for Z)

Bit 4

REPZ <4>

Bit 4 of number of repetitions (valid for Z)

Bit 3

REPZ <3>

Bit 3 of number of repetitions (valid for Z)

Bit 2

REPZ <2>

Bit 2 of number of repetitions (valid for Z)

Bit 1

REPZ <1>

Bit 1 of number of repetitions (valid for Z)

Bit 0

REPZ <0>

Bit 0 of number of repetitions (valid for Z)

Table 26: Numbers of repetition for z-axis depending on value of register (0x52)

(0x52)

value

(binary)

(0x52) register

value

(hex)

Number of repetitions for z-axis

00000000b

0x00h

00000001b

0x01h

00000010b

0x02h

00000011b

0x03h

…

11111111b

0xFFh

256

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6. Digital interfaces

The BMM150 supports SPI and I²C digital interface protocols for communication as a slave with

a host device.

The active interface is selected by the state of the “protocol select” pin (PS):

PS: “0” (“1”) selects SPI (I²C).

By default, SPI operates in the standard 4-wire configuration. It can be re-configured by

software to work in 3-wire mode instead of standard 4-wire mode.

Both interfaces share the same pins. The mapping for each interface is given in the following

table:

Table 27: Mapping of the interface pins

Pin#

Name

use w/

SPI

use w/ I²C

Description

SDO

I²C address

selection

SPI: Data Output (4-wire mode)

I²C: Used to set LSB of I²C address

SDI

SDA

SPI: Data Input (4-wire mode) Data Input /

Output (3-wire mode)

I²C: Serial Data

CSB

I²C address

selection

SPI: Chip Select (enable)

I²C: Used to set bit1 of I²C address

SCK

SCL

SPI: Serial Clock

I²C: Serial Clock

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The following table shows the electrical specifications of the interface pins:

Table 28: Electrical specification of the interface pins

Parameter

Symbol

Condition

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

Pull-up Resistance

CSB

Rup, CSB

Internal Pull-up

Resistance to VDDIO;

deactivated in I²C

mode

100

120

k

Input Capacitance

Cin

I²C Bus Load

Capacitance (max.

drive capability)

CI2C_Load

400

6.1 Serial peripheral interface (SPI)

The timing specification for SPI of the BMM150 is given in the following table:

Table 29: SPI timing for BMM150

Parameter

Symbol

Condition

Min

Max

Unit

Clock Frequency

fSPI

Max. Load on SDI or

SDO = 25pF

MHz

SCK Low Pulse

tSCKL

SCK High Pulse

tSCKH

SDI Setup Time

tSDI_setup

SDI Hold Time

tSDI_hold

SDO Output Delay

tSDO_OD

Load = 25pF

Load = 250pF,

VDDIO = 2.4V

CSB Setup Time

tCSB_setup

CSB Hold Time

tCSB_hold

The following figure shows the definition of the SPI timings given in Table 29:

Figure 8: SPI timing diagram

tSDI_hold

tSCKH

tCSB_hold

tCSB_setup

tSDI_setup

tSCKL

tSDO_OD

CSB

SCK

SDI

SDO

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The SPI interface of the BMM150 is compatible with two modes, “00” and “11”. The automatic

selection between [CPOL = “0” and CPHA = “0”] and [CPOL = “1” and CPHA = “1”] is done

based on the value of SCK after a falling edge of CSB.

Two configurations of the SPI interface are supported by the BMM150: 4-wire and 3-wire. The

same protocol is used by both configurations. The device operates in 4-wire configuration by

default. It can be switched to 3-wire configuration by writing “1” to (0x4B) “SPI3en” after power

control bit was set. Pin SDI is used as the common data pin in 3-wire configuration.

For single byte read as well as write operations, 16-bit protocols are used. The BMM150 also

supports multiple-byte read operations.

In SPI 4-wire configuration CSB (chip select low active), SCK (serial clock), SDI (serial data

input), and SDO (serial data output) pins are used. The communication starts when the CSB is

pulled low by the SPI master and stops when CSB is pulled high. SCK is also controlled by SPI

master. SDI and SDO are driven at the falling edge of SCK and should be captured at the rising

edge of SCK.

The basic write operation waveform for 4-wire configuration is depicted in Figure 9. During the

entire write cycle SDO remains in high- impedance state.

CSB

SCK

SDI

R/W

AD6

AD5

AD4

AD3

AD2

AD1

AD0

DI5

DI4

DI3

DI2

DI1

DI0

DI7

DI6

SDO

tri-state

Figure 9: 4-wire basic SPI write sequence (mode “11”)

The basic read operation waveform for 4-wire configuration is depicted in Figure 10:

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Figure 10: 4-wire basic SPI read sequence (mode “11”)

The data bits are used as follows:

Bit0: Read/Write bit. When 0, the data SDI is written into the chip. When 1, the data SDO from

the chip is read.

Bit1-7: Address AD(6:0).

Bit8-15: when in write mode, these are the data SDI, which will be written into the address.

When in read mode, these are the data SDO, which are read from the address.

Multiple read operations are possible by keeping CSB low and continuing the data transfer.

Only the first register address has to be written. Addresses are automatically incremented after

each read access as long as CSB stays active low.

The principle of multiple read is shown in Figure 11:

Figure 11: SPI multiple read

In SPI 3-wire configuration CSB (chip select low active), SCK (serial clock), and SDI (serial

data input and output) pins are used. The communication starts when the CSB is pulled low by

the SPI master and stops when CSB is pulled high. SCK is also controlled by SPI master. SDI is

driven (when used as input of the device) at the falling edge of SCK and should be captured

(when used as the output of the device) at the rising edge of SCK.

The protocol as such is the same in 3-wire configuration as it is in 4-wire configuration. The

basic operation waveform (read or write access) for 3-wire configuration is depicted in Figure

12:

Start

RW Stop

10000010XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

CSB

Data byte

Data register - adress 03h

Data register - adress 04h

Control byte

Data byte

Data register - adress 02h

R/W

stat

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CSB

SCK

SDI

AD6

AD5

AD4

AD3

AD2

AD1

AD0

DI5

DI4

DI3

DI2

DI1

DI0

DI7

DI6

Figure 12: 3-wire basic SPI read or write sequence (mode “11”)

6.2 Inter-Integrated Circuit (I²C)

The I²C bus uses SCL (= SCK pin, serial clock) and SDA (= SDI pin, serial data input and

output) signal lines. Both lines are connected to VDDIO externally via pull-up resistors so that they

are pulled high when the bus is free.

The I²C interface of the BMM150 is compatible with the I²C Specification UM10204 Rev. 03 (19

June 2007), available at http://www.nxp.com. The BMM150 supports I²C standard mode and

fast mode, only 7-bit address mode is supported.

The default I²C address of the BMM150 is 0x10. The five MSB are hardwired to “00100”. In

order to prevent bus conflicts bit0 can be inverted by setting ‘1’ to SDO, and the bit 1 can be

inverted by setting ‘1’ to the CSB line according to below Table:

Table 30: BMM150 I²C addresses

CSB pin

SDO pin

I²C address

GND

0x10

GND

VDDIO

0x11

VDDIO

GND

0x12

VDDIO

0x13

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The timing specification for I²C of the BMM150 is given in Table 31:

Table 31: I²C timings

Parameter

Symbol

Condition

Min

Max

Unit

Clock Frequency

fSCL

400

kHz

SCL Low Period

tLOW

1.3

s

SCL High Period

tHIGH

0.6

SDA Setup Time

tSUDAT

0.1

SDA Hold Time

tHDDAT

Setup Time for a

repeated Start

Condition

tSUSTA

0.6

Hold Time for a Start

Condition

tHDSTA

0.6

Setup Time for a Stop

Condition

tSUSTO

0.6

Time before a new

Transmission can

start

tBUF

1.3

fully compliant to the I2C specification”UM10204 I2C-bus specification Rev.03 – 19 June 2007”

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Figure 13 the definition of the I²C timings given in Table 31:

Figure 13: I²C timing diagram

The I²C protocol works as follows:

START: Data transmission on the bus begins with a high to low transition on the SDA line while

SCL is held high (start condition (S) indicated by I²C bus master). Once the START signal is

transferred by the master, the bus is considered busy.

STOP: Each data transfer should be terminated by a Stop signal (P) generated by master. The

STOP condition is a low to HIGH transition on SDA line while SCL is held high.

ACK: Each byte of data transferred must be acknowledged. It is indicated by an acknowledge

bit sent by the receiver. The transmitter must release the SDA line (no pull down) during the

acknowledge pulse while the receiver must then pull the SDA line low so that it remains stable

low during the high period of the acknowledge clock cycle.

In the following diagrams these abbreviations are used:

S Start

P Stop

ACKS Acknowledge by slave

ACKM Acknowledge by master

NACKM Not acknowledge by master

RW Read / Write

A START immediately followed by a STOP (without SCK toggling from logic “1” to logic “0”) is

not supported. If such a combination occurs, the STOP is not recognized by the device.

HDDAT

BUF

LOW

HDSTA

SUST

HIGH

SUDAT

SUSTO

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I²C write access:

I²C write access can be used to write a data byte in one sequence.

The sequence begins with start condition generated by the master, followed by 7 bits slave

address and a write bit (RW = 0). The slave sends an acknowledge bit (ACK = 0) and releases

the bus. Then the master sends the one byte register address. The slave again acknowledges

the transmission and waits for the 8 bits of data which shall be written to the specified register

address. After the slave acknowledges the data byte, the master generates a stop signal and

terminates the writing protocol.

Example of an I²C write access:

Figure 14: Example of an I²C write access

I²C read access:

I²C read access also can be used to read one or multiple data bytes in one sequence.

A read sequence consists of a one-byte I²C write phase followed by the I²C read phase. The

two parts of the transmission must be separated by a repeated start condition (Sr). The I²C write

phase addresses the slave and sends the register address to be read. After slave

acknowledges the transmission, the master generates again a start condition and sends the

slave address together with a read bit (RW = 1). Then the master releases the bus and waits for

the data bytes to be read out from slave. After each data byte the master has to generate an

acknowledge bit (ACK = 0) to enable further data transfer. A NACKM (ACK = 1) from the master

stops the data being transferred from the slave. The slave releases the bus so that the master

can generate a STOP condition and terminate the transmission.

The register address is automatically incremented and, therefore, more than one byte can be

sequentially read out. Once a new data read transmission starts, the start address will be set to

the register address specified in the latest I²C write command. By default the start address is set

at 0x00. In this way repetitive multi-bytes reads from the same starting address are possible.

In order to prevent the I²C slave of the device to lock-up the I²C bus, a watchdog timer (WDT) is

implemented in the BMM150. The WDT observes internal I²C signals and resets the I²C

interface if the bus is locked-up. The activity and the timer period of the WDT is predefined with

a default time period of 50 ms by factory trimming.

Start

ACKS

Stop

Slave Adress

Control byte

Data byte

Data (0x09)

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Example of an I²C multiple read accesses:

Figure 15: Example of an I²C multiple read access

Start

ACKS

dummy

ACKS

Stop

Start

ACKS

ACKM

…

ACKM

…

ACKM

NACK

Stop

…

Data byte

Read Data (0x04)

Read Data (0x05)

Data byte

Read Data (0x06)

Read Data (0x07)

Slave Adress

Read Data (0x03)

Read Data (0x02)

Control byte

Data byte

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7. Pin-out and connection diagram

7.1 Pin-out

Figure 16 depicts the bump association. The arrows indicate the A1 marking.

Figure 16: Pin-out bottom view, Pin-out top view

Table 32: Pin description

Name

I/O Type

Description

Connect to

SPI 4W

SPI 3W

I²C

Protocol select

GND

VDDIO

INT

Out

Interrupt output

INT input or DNC if unused

CSB

Chip Select

CSB

GND for default

address

GND

Supply

Ground

GND

Supply

Ground

GND

DRDY

Out

Data ready

DRDY input or DNC if unused

SDO

Out

SPI: Data out

SDO /

MISO

DNC

(float)

GND for default

address

SDI

In/Out

SPI: Data,

I²C: Data

SDI /

MOSI

SDI/SDO

SDA

GND

Supply

Ground

GND

VDD

Supply

Supply voltage

VDD

VDDIO

Supply

I/O voltage

VDDIO

SCK

Serial clock

SCK

SCL

SDOGND

VDDIOINT

GND SCK

SDI

CSBGND

DRY

A1 corner

VDD

PS 1

ABCDE

GND SDO PS

VDDIO

SCKGND

DRY SDI

VDD GND CSB

INT

ABCDE A1 corner

BOTTOM VIEW

(Bumps visible)

TOP VIEW

(Bumps not visible)

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7.2 Connection diagram 4-wire SPI

Figure 17: 4-wire SPI connection diagram

Note: The recommended value for C1, C2 is 100 nF.

TOP VIEW

(balls not visible)

INT

DRDY

VDDIO

SDI

GND

VDD

SCK

CSB

SDO

GND CSB

DRDY

SDO

SDI

SCK

INT

VDDIOVDD

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7.3 Connection diagram 3-wire SPI

Figure 18: 3-wire SPI connection diagram

Note: The recommended value for C1, C2 is 100 nF.

TOP VIEW

(balls not visible)

INT

DRDY

VDDIO

SDI

GND

VDD

SCK

CSB

SDO

GND CSB

DRDY SDI/SDO

SCK

INT

VDDIOVDD

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7.4 Connection diagram I2C

Figure 19: I²C connection diagram

Note:

The recommended value for C1, C2 is 100 nF.

TOP VIEW

(balls not visible)

INT

DRDY

VDDIO

SDI

GND

VDD

SCK

CSB

SDO

GND

DRDY SDA

SCL

INT1

VDDIOVDD

I²C address bit 0

GND: '0'; VDDIO: '1'

I²C address bit 1

GND: '0'; VDDIO: '1'

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8. Package

Original drawing?

8.1 Outline dimensions

The sensor housing is 12 pin chip scale wafer level package (1.56 × 1.56 × 0.6 mm3). Its

dimensions are the following:

Figure 20: Package outline dimensions in µm

Bottom view

(Bumps visible)

TOP view

(Bumps not visible)

Side view

400

12 x Ø250

195

A1 corner

566

283 283 283 283

283283283283

VDD GND CSB

SDI

GND SCK

INT VDDIO

GND SDO PS

DRY

1560 ±30

ABCDE

566

283 283 283 283

283283283283

VDD GND CSB

SDI

GND SCK

INT VDDIO

GND SDO PS

DRY

1560 ±30

ABCDE

A1 corner

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8.2 Sensing axes orientation

The orientation of the device axes with respect to the applied field is shown in Figure 21. A

remapping of the axes orientation is possible via API.

Figure 21: Orientation of sensing axes

Please note that the planet’s north pole is a magnetic south pole. This means that when the

BMM150’s X axis points towards the north pole, the measured field will be negative.

Table 33: Output signals depending on sensor orientation

9. Sensor Orientation

(magnetic vector )

Output Signal X

0 µT

-|B| µT

0 µT

+|B| µT

0 µT

Output Signal Y

-|B| µT

0 µT

+|B| µT

0 µT

Output Signal Z

0 µT

+|B| µT

-|B| µT

upright

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9.1 Android axes orientation

The Android coordinate system is shown in Figure 22. The origin is in the lower-left corner with

respect to the screen, with the X axis horizontal and pointing right, the Y axis vertical and

pointing up and the Z axis pointing outside the front face of the screen. In this system,

coordinates behind the screen have negative Z values.

Figure 22: Android coordinate system

Attitude terms are defined in the following way (see Figure 23):

 Heading / Azimuth – angle between the magnetic north direction and the Y axis, around

the Z axis (0° to 360°). 0° = North, 90° = East, 180° = South, 270° = West.

 Pitch – rotation around X axis (-180° to 180°), with positive values when the z-axis

moves toward the y-axis.

 Roll – rotation around Y axis (-90° to 90°), with positive values when the x-axis moves

toward the z-axis.

Figure 23: Heading, pitch and roll in Android coordinate frame

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9.2 Landing pattern recommendation

For the design of the landing pattern, we recommend the following dimensioning:

To be discussed

0.283

1.56

0.283

E5 C5 A5

C1 A1

0.4

0.798

0.4

0.2

0.283

0.762

0.798

1.56

0.035

Figure 24: Landing patterns relative to the device pins, dimensions are in mm

Note: Recommended thickness of solder paste is 100µm.

The land pattern depicted in Figure 24 may be used similarly for PCBs designed with NSMD as

well as SMD process.

For the NSMD process, landing dimensions as in Figure 24 should be defined in the metal layer

while the solder mask openings should be larger than the defined metal pads.

In case of SMD process, land dimensions should be defined by solder mask which openings are

smaller than underlying metal pads.

Land Pattern is presented as guideline; designer should always use their own experience.

Choice between SMD and NSMD is determined by customer.

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9.3 Marking

9.3.1 Mass production devices

Figure 25: WLCSP marking format

Table 34: Marking of mass production samples

Labeling

Name

Symbol

Remark

Product number

157

Last three digits of product part number

Sub-Con ID

Packaging sub-contractor identifier,

coded alphanumerically

Date code

YWW

Y: year, numerically coded:

9 = 2009, 0 = 2010, 1 = 2011, ...

WW: Calendar week, numerical code

Lot counter

CCC

Numerical counter

Pin 1 identifier



X X X X

X X X

Ø180

230

100

150 30

240 ±150

320 ±150

157

AYWW

 CCC

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9.3.2 Engineering samples

Table 35: Marking of engineering samples

Labeling

Name

Symbol

Remark

Product number

157+

BMM150 Engineering sample

Sub-Con ID

Packaging sub-contractor identifier,

coded alphanumerically

Date code

YWW

Y: year, numerically coded:

9 = 2009, 0 = 2010, 1 = 2011, ...

WW: Calendar week, numerical code

Sample status

MLX

M: BMM, L: character (sample status),

X = Numerical counter

Pin 1 identifier



157+

AYWW

 MLX

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9.4 Soldering guidelines

The moisture sensitivity level of the BMM150 sensors corresponds to JEDEC Level 1, see also:

 IPC/JEDEC J-STD-020C "Joint Industry Standard: Moisture/Reflow Sensitivity

Classification for non-hermetic Solid State Surface Mount Devices"

 IPC/JEDEC J-STD-033A "Joint Industry Standard: Handling, Packing, Shipping and Use of

Moisture/Reflow Sensitive Surface Mount Devices".

The sensor fulfils the lead-free soldering requirements of the above-mentioned IPC/JEDEC

standard, i.e. reflow soldering with a peak temperature up to 260°C.

Figure 26: Soldering profile

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9.5 Handling instructions

This device has built-in protections against high electrostatic discharges or electric fields (e.g.

2kV HBM); however, anti-static precautions should be taken as for any other CMOS component.

Unless otherwise specified, proper operation can only occur when all terminal voltages are kept

within the supply voltage range. Unused inputs must always be tied to a defined logic voltage

level.

We recommend careful handling of the WLCSP to avoid chipping from the bare silicon.

Note: It is strongly recommended to mount the WLCSP device without any underfill. The

specified electrical parameters might be influenced when using underfill material.

Please read our HSMI document for more details.

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Tape and reel specification

9.5.1 Tape and reel dimensions

The following picture describes the dimensions of the tape used for shipping the BMM150

sensor device. The material of the tape is made of conductive polystyrene (IV).

Figure 27: Tape and reel dimensions in mm

9.5.2 Orientation within the reel

Figure 28: Orientation of the BMM150 devices relative to the tape

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9.6 Environmental safety

The BMM150 sensor meets the requirements of the EC restriction of hazardous substances

(RoHS) directive, see also:

Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 September

2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and

electronic equipment.

9.6.1 Halogen content

The BMM150 is halogen-free. For more details on the analysis results please contact your

Bosch Sensortec representative.

9.6.2 Internal package structure

Within the scope of Bosch Sensortec’s ambition to improve its products and secure the mass

product supply, Bosch Sensortec qualifies additional sources (e.g. 2nd source) for the packaging

of the BMM150.

While Bosch Sensortec took care that all of the technical packages parameters are described

above are 100% identical for all sources, there can be differences in the chemical content and

the internal structural between the different package sources.

However, as secured by the extensive product qualification process of Bosch Sensortec, this

has no impact to the usage or to the quality of the BMM150 product.

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10. Legal disclaimer

10.1 Engineering samples

Engineering Samples are marked with an asterisk (*) or (e) or (E) or (+). Samples may vary

from the valid technical specifications of the product series contained in this data sheet. They

are therefore not intended or fit for resale to third parties or for use in end products. Their sole

purpose is internal client testing. The testing of an engineering sample may in no way replace

the testing of a product series. Bosch Sensortec assumes no liability for the use of engineering

samples. The Purchaser shall indemnify Bosch Sensortec from all claims arising from the use of

engineering samples.

10.2 Product use

Bosch Sensortec products are developed for the consumer goods industry. They may only be

used within the parameters of this product data sheet. They are not fit for use in life-sustaining

or security sensitive systems. Security sensitive systems are those for which a malfunction is

expected to lead to bodily harm or significant property damage. In addition, they are not fit for

use in products which interact with motor vehicle systems.

The resale and/or use of products are at the purchaser’s own risk and his own responsibility.

The examination of fitness for the intended use is the sole responsibility of the Purchaser.

The purchaser shall indemnify Bosch Sensortec from all third party claims arising from any

product use not covered by the parameters of this product data sheet or not approved by Bosch

Sensortec and reimburse Bosch Sensortec for all costs in connection with such claims.

The purchaser must monitor the market for the purchased products, particularly with regard to

product safety, and inform Bosch Sensortec without delay of all security relevant incidents.

10.3 Application examples and hints

With respect to any examples or hints given herein, any typical values stated herein and/or any

information regarding the application of the device, Bosch Sensortec hereby disclaims any and

all warranties and liabilities of any kind, including without limitation warranties of non-

infringement of intellectual property rights or copyrights of any third party. The information given

in this document shall in no event be regarded as a guarantee of conditions or characteristics.

They are provided for illustrative purposes only and no evaluation regarding infringement of

intellectual property rights or copyrights or regarding functionality, performance or error has

been made.

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11. Document history and modification

Rev. No

Chapter

Description of modification/changes

Date

0.1

Document creation

2012-07-02

1.0

12.2

New landing pattern

2013-03-18

12.7

New release date for RoHS

2013-04-25

6.2

Changed values in Table 31, tlow to 1.3 for Min; thigh

to 0.6 for Min; tHDDAT to 0; tHDSTA to 0.6 for Min

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