The device is designed for various motor control automotive applications. To support these applications, the device provides the main functions, such as a 5 V lowdropout voltage regulator , one LIN transceiver, three half-bridges for BDLC motor control, one current sense amplifier and one 32 bit serial peripheral interface (SPI). The device includes diagnostic and supervision features, such as drain-source monitoring and open-load detection, short circuit protection, configurable time-out and window watchdog, fail-safe output, as well as overtemperature protection.
