TIDUFE6A September 2025 – December 2025
The Proximity Pilot (PP) signal allows the EVSE to detect when the CHAdeMO plug is connected to a vehicle. On the EVSE side, the signal is pulled down to ground through a 200Ω resistor. On the EV side, the PP signal connected to 12V through a 1kΩ resistor. When the plug is inserted into the vehicle inlet, these two resistors form a voltage divider and the signal on the EVSE side rises to approximately 2V. Since the positive-going input threshold voltage of the MSPM0 microcontroller is 2.3V (0.7 × VDD), this voltage is not sufficient to register a valid high signal. To resolve this, the PP signal is fed to a TLV7011 comparator. This low-power, single-channel comparator features rail-to-rail inputs, internal hysteresis, and robust behavior under noisy or slow-changing input conditions. The switching threshold is set to 1.17V using a resistor divider, providing reliable detection of the plug connected state.