A control system for a vehicular generator is provided which can be
simplified in construction as the entire system to achieve cost reduction
by using only a single control terminal that takes in a control signal
from outside and by employing the control signal composed of only three
kinds of signals. The system includes a generator 2 having an armature
coil 202 and a field coil 201, a battery 4 to be charged by a power
generation voltage, and a control circuit 1A that adjusts the power
generation voltage by controlling to turn a field current supplied to the
field coil 201 on and off in accordance with a battery voltage. A single
control terminal C is provided on the control circuit 1A, and an external
control unit 5 is connected to the control terminal C. The external
control unit 5 supplies either one of a ground signal, an open signal and
a pull-up signal to the control terminal C as a control signal in
accordance with the battery voltage and an operating condition of the
vehicle. The control circuit 1A interrupts the field current to stop
power generation in response to the ground signal, adjust the power
generation voltage to a first control voltage for normal time in response
to the open signal, and adjusts the power generation voltage to a second
control voltage higher than the first control voltage in response to the
pull-up signal.