2002-12-12 Page 3 of 20 Evalkit User Manual CONTENTS DESCRIPTION OF THE EVALUATION KIT ............ 5 External Interfaces ................5 AC/DC Power supply................6 RS232 cables ..................7 On/Off/Reset switch ................8 Led Array ....................8 GPS antenna..................8 IDC-40 I/O-CONNECTOR................10 SETTING UP THE HARDWARE..............
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2002-12-12 Page 4 of 20 Evalkit User Manual COMPLEMENTARY READING The following reference documents are complementary reading for this document: Ref. # File name Document name Install.pdf iTrax02 Evaluation Kit: Installation Guide Uguide.pdf iTrax02 Evaluation Kit: GPS Workbench Users Guide...
2002-12-12 Page 5 of 20 Evalkit User Manual DESCRIPTION OF THE EVALUATION KIT The following items are included in the Evaluation Kit Evaluation Kit including motherboard and iTRAX02 AC/DC power supply Two RS232 cables (Null modem) GPS antenna Installation including...
NOTE! Be careful with static electricity! There are no extra means for protection against static discharge other than the CMOS-output clamping diodes of the baseband IC of iTRAX02. 1.2 AC/DC Power supply The Evaluation Kit is supplied with an AC/DC switch mode power...
2002-12-12 Page 7 of 20 Evalkit User Manual ! Supplied with a 1.8m integral lead and 5 interchangeable output plugs. Correct plug (2.1 mm) and polarity is preset in factory. NOTE! The suitable mains plug must be fitted prior usage. NOTE! The suitable input voltage range is from +6 to +9VDC.
The switch located on the back panel has a two-fold purpose: 1. Function as an ON/OFF switch 2. Function as an external RESET switch for the iTRAX02 receiver The switch is of SPDT (Single Pole, Double Throw) – On-Off-Mom type and the positions are following:...
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2002-12-12 Page 9 of 20 Evalkit User Manual The antenna is intended for magnet mounting. Place the antenna outside, preferably on the roof with good whole sky satellite visibility. If needed, the antenna installation can be extended with an extra cable, but the cable loss should not exceed 10…15dB.
2002-12-12 Page 10 of 20 Evalkit User Manual IDC-40 I/O-CONNECTOR The following I/O-connections are available at the back panel (pin 1 at the upper right corner, pin 2 at the lower right corner etc.): IDC-40 I/O connector X6 Table 1 Signal Name In/Out Description...
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2002-12-12 Page 11 of 20 Evalkit User Manual (1): The uN8031 in iTRAX02 includes a keeper so that in the Evaluation Kit the GPIO lines have pull-up resistors of 4.7 kohms. See also iTRAX02 Interface Description for further information.
SETTING UP THE HARDWARE 3.1 Jumper settings for antenna bias (I/O-connector) The antenna port on iTRAX02 can be supplied with an external bias. On the Evaluation Kit the bias can be either +5V or +3.3V. The following jumper settings are available on the 40-pin I/O-connector...
3.5 Jumper setting for Antenna bias voltage shut-down (internal) The jumper across X7-1- X7-2 provides an active shut-down of the Antenna bias voltage (e.g. during sleep mode) that is controlled by the GPIO13 from iTRAX02. If the jumper is omitted, the bias voltage is always active.
MOTHERBOARD PCB 4.1 General Description The Evaluation Kit includes a motherboard PCB for providing the necessary interface electronics and connectors for both iTRAX02 and external interfaces located on the back panel. The following figure shows the block diagram. Motherboard PCB...
2002-12-12 Page 15 of 20 Evalkit User Manual 4.2 PCB documents The schematics of the motherboard electronics, the components layout of the motherboard and the Bill of Materials (BOM) can be found in Appendices.
Page 16 of 20 Evalkit User Manual APPENDICES 5.1 Description of GPIO leds The standard iTRAX02 firmware uses the GPIO for debug purposes, see the following table (the led is active when the GPIO is at low state). MEANING TASK...
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