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REva Raisonance Universal Evaluation Board with RLink for Microcontrollers User Guide REva Mother board (versions v1.x, v2.x and RF) Hardware Description and User's Guide September 2007...
3.7 Digital inputs area 3.8 Analog area 3.9 Communication area 3.10 Secondary serial / CAN area 3.11 Wrapping zone (REva standard up to v2.10) 3.12 RF connector (REva RF 'ZigBee' only) 4. EMBEDDED RLINK 4.1 Configuration and Functionalities - 3 -...
IMPORTANT NOTE: This manual describes different versions of the REva boards. The major part of this User Guide refers is common to all the existing REva boards. For the parts where the boards differ, a notice (in blue) will indicate it.
1 QuickStart tutorial, ● some target microcontroller specific documentation. ● The REva mother board can be powered by an external power supply which is not provided. The characteristics of the power supply are: 9V DC output, ● 2.1 x 5 mm jack connector with ground signal on the outside.
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REva daughter board without additional power supply or cables. The two tools can also be easily broken apart so that both the REva and the RLink can be used independently, or together. This requires the use of the furnished cable and an additional power supply (not furnished) for the REva.
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● power is supplied by the USB connection (see paragraph 2.1). “Broken apart mode”: The REva is connected to the RLink (or other tool that supports in- ● circuit debugging and programming) via a connection cable. Power is supplied by a 9V auxiliary power supply (see Illustration 3 and paragraph 2.2).
REva User Guide: Mother Board 1.2 REva-RLink connection Illustration 4: REva-RLink connection The REva and the RLink are connected by eight points at the time of manufacturing. Through these points, 16 signals are passed including those for: in-circuit debugging ●...
2. Operating modes REva User Guide: Mother Board 2. Operating modes The following chapter provides a detailed description of each of the REva's major operating configurations/modes: Attached Mode: boards connected and powered from USB ● Broken Apart Mode: boards separated and powered by a 9V auxiliary ●...
REva User Guide: Mother Board 2. Operating modes 2.1 Attached Mode: USB Powered, on-board ISP/ISD In this mode, 1.8V daughter boards are not supported. The RLink must not be used to program external target microcontrollers when a daughter board is inserted.
2. Operating modes REva User Guide: Mother Board 2.2 Broken Apart Mode: Auxiliary power supply, cable ISP/ISD There are no restrictions for this mode. This is the only mode that allows the debugging and programming of 1.8V target microcontrollers. Raisonance...
3. REva mother board REva User Guide: Mother Board 3. REva mother board This chapter describes the REva's evaluation features and their limitations. Features are grouped in the following thematic areas: 3. REva mother board ..........................15 3.1 Layout of the REva mother board ............16 3.2 Power supply area (REva v1.x) ..............
Illustration 6: REva mother board features Illustration 6 shows the thematic areas for the REva's evaluation features. The REva mother board exists in two versions. The version number (1.0 or 2.0) is printed on the mother board next to the SO-DIMM connector.
(REva v1.x) This area allows you to choose the voltage to be used on the whole REva board as well as on the daughter board. Because of the dropout voltage of the regulator, the 5V voltage cannot be generated from the USB 5V. Thus, to use 5V target microcontrollers without external power supply, the USB power supply must not pass through the regulator but must be used directly.
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3. REva mother board 3.2.3 Features 1 jack for the connection of auxiliary 9V power supply to power the REva board in broken apart ● mode. Should you require one, the 9V power supply should output 9V DC and have a 2.1 x 5 mm jack with the ground signal on the outside.
(REva v2.x) This area allows to choose the voltage to be used on the whole REva board as well as on the daughter board. On the REva v2.0 the daughter board configures automatically the regulator and defines the possible sources for VDD. Direct USB 5V must not be used with 3.3V daughter boards. It could damage them.
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3. REva mother board 3.3.3 Features 1 jack for the connection of auxiliary 9V power supply to power the REva board in broken apart ● mode. Should you require one, the 9V power supply should output 9V DC and have a 2.1 x 5 mm jack with the ground signal on the outside.
This area allows the connection of a daughter board featuring a target microcontroller for evaluation. The REva mother board cannot be used without a daughter board. This area may also be used to connect the REva to another board with the appropriate connectors soldered to the bottom.
REva User Guide: Mother Board 3. REva mother board 3.5 Reset area This area allows the reset of the devices on the daughter board. 3.5.1 Features 1 push-button with a negative polarity. ● 1 RC debouncing filter with a time constant of 330 us (soldered on the bottom side of the board).
3. REva mother board REva User Guide: Mother Board 3.7 Digital inputs area This area provides the user with immediately usable digital I/Os that can be used as interrupt sources or general purpose I/Os. 3.7.1 Features 1 two-position jumper to choose the polarity of the BT6 push button.
This area groups features that allow the user to validate the analog features of a target microcontroller. The REva RF 'ZigBee' does not provide the same peripheral set as the standard REva board. 3.8.1 Features (standard REva up to v2.10) 1 four-position analog connector, including: ●...
3. REva mother board REva User Guide: Mother Board 3.9 Communication area This area groups the connectors for several communication standards. 3.9.1 View 3.9.2 Features 3.9.2.1 I²C 1 three-position connector for I²C communication. ● 2 jumpers to enable pullups on the SCL and SDA lines (useful at the end of the I²C line).
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REva User Guide: Mother Board 3. REva mother board 1 RS232 connector. ● 1 serial line driver (ST3232) operating at voltages from 3V to 5,5V. ● 3.9.2.3 SPI 1 four-position connector for SPI communication. ● 3.9.2.4 Enabling jumpers 8 jumpers enabling independent use of each of these features: ●...
3.12 RF connector (REva RF 'ZigBee' only) 3.12.1 Description This connector replaces the wrapping zone on the REva RF 'ZigBee' board. It is made of two parallel 6- pin connectors ready to connect a RF module such as the EM260 'Radio Communication Module' from STMicroelectronics, to develop ZigBee wireless communications applications.
The functionalities of this embedded version of RLink v2.0 are the same as the stand alone version. The desired communication protocol can be configured via the jumpers embedded on it. The next paragraphs describe the configuration for the protocols used by the REva daughter boards. 4.1.1 ICC...
1.8V. The I/Os of the RLink are only 2.7V to 5.5V tolerant. That means that the embedded RLink must be broken away from the REva, and the appropriate level shifter applied if you microcontrollers. Working directly with a 1.8V target intend to work with 1.8V target...
5. Daughter Boards REva User Guide: Mother Board 5. Daughter Boards The daughter boards contain all the components dedicated to a specific target microcontroller, including the microcontroller itself, a clock selector and other device dependent features. This chapter provides general purpose considerations about the daughter boards.
Do not insert 1.8V daughter boards before the RLink and the REva have been broken apart. As ISP/ISD signals are connected directly between the mother board and the RLink, it is mandatory to break these connections before using 1.8V target devices, as the RLink cannot work at this voltage.
REva User Guide: Mother Board 5.3 Dedicated documentations Each REva daughter boards is described in a documentation dedicated to the family of microcontrollers it is based on. All these documentations can be found in the same folder as this file.
REva User Guide: Mother Board 6. Mother board schematics This section groups the schematics for all the existing versions of the REva mother board. Only the schematics for the evaluation part of the board are provided, not these of the RLink part.
REva User Guide: Mother Board 7. Version history 7. Version history Version Date Author Description Creation from the global REva User Guide v2.7. v1.0 06/04/28 S.Cagnard Valid for REva mother board up to v2.10. v1.1 07/03/16 L.Orry Added information for REva ZigBee v2.1Z 07/09/20 F.Lamotte Specify that this manual does NOT apply to v3...
8.1 Compliance ROHS Compliance Raisonance products are certified to comply with the European Union RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) Directive (2002/95/EC) which restricts the use of six hazardous chemicals in its products for the protection of human health and the environment.
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