96-pin connector to interface to the Power Easy kit (microcontroller board). The Power Easy Kit is a testing and development platform to be used with Infineon devices. This kit uses a 16-bit microcontroller of the XC2000 processor family based on the high-performance C166S V2 core. The Power Easy Kit board is designed with a special 96-pin connector for board extension test capability, i.e.
Getting Started Hardware The Driver SBC Evaluation Board is designed to be compatible with the Easy Kit Microcontroller Evaluation Board. The Easy Kit plugs into the Evaluation Board via a standard 96-pin connector and allows easy interface to the microcontroller via USB for SPI, CAN, LIN communication etc.
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Getting Started Figure 3 Driver SBC Evaluation Board Layout including default jumper settings. The Evaluation board comprises of 2 layers, 35µm Cu. A small adapter board with a socket for a VQFN-48 package and a connector row on each side for easy measurement acces connects to the double connector row (please note to connect in the right pinning order to avoid short circuits).
Driver SBC Evaluation Board Getting Started Hardware Settings 3.3.1 Power Settings Connect VBATT and GND via standard power supply, with a nominal voltage of 13.5V. The Driver SBC is only powered through this power supply. 3.3.2 Jumper Overview & Settings For configuration purposes, there are several jumpers on the application board: ...
Driver SBC Evaluation Board Getting Started Software Software Installation The Power Easy Kit software delivered with the µC board must be installed first. Instruction details to the Power Easy Kit software installation can be found in the Power easy Kit getting started V1_3.pdf document.
Driver SBC Evaluation Board Getting Started Getting Started The Power Easy Kit software is executed by starting the ‘Power Easy Kit.exe’ in the installation directory or via the Start Menu. The following window will appear: ‘Start Demo’: A new window will open up to operate the Driver SBC. The device is automatically indentified by the EEPROM located on the evaluation board and the respective GUI is started.
After a click on ‘Start-Demo’ the following window will appear: 4.2.1 Infineon Driver SBC Evaluation Board GUI The window above contains four tabs ‘Functional Test’, ‘SPI Command’, ‘SPI Programm’ and ‘Run SPI Program’ to control and observe the Driver SBC.
Driver SBC Evaluation Board Getting Started ‘Functional Test’ tab 4.2.2 This tab informs the user about the chip status and allows controlling the most important Driver SBC settings. In the upper left corner the section ‘Failure and Reset’ is located.
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Driver SBC Evaluation Board Getting Started The framed sequence in the picture is taken as an example to illustrate the relevance of the individual Tx and Rx bits: Tx: 0046 = 0000 0000 0100 0110 Rx: 0411 = 0000 0100 0001 0001...
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Driver SBC Evaluation Board Getting Started The section ‘Control Functions’ allows the user to change the main Driver SBC settings and is divided into several sub-sections: ‘Mode and Supply Control’: The SBC Mode can be changed by selecting the respective entry in the ‘SBC Mode Select’...
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Driver SBC Evaluation Board Getting Started The ‘Status Information’ section displays the bit mapping of the Driver SBC’s status register. The software is only updating the status register automatically, when the ‘Functional Test’ tab is active. A symbol is glowing light green, if the respective bit in the status register is set.
Driver SBC Evaluation Board Getting Started ‘SPI Command’ tab 4.2.3 This tab allows the definition of SPI commands. A command consists of one or more SPI words which can be defined bit by bit and it can also contain a defined delay When switching to ‘SPI Command’...
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Driver SBC Evaluation Board Getting Started At the top of the ‘SPI Command’ tab is a bar to manage the SPI commands: In the middle is a dropdown symbol which enlists the commands from the XML file. The actual command is displayed in the textbox on the left.
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Driver SBC Evaluation Board Getting Started ‘SPI Write Register’ is used to define a SPI word. The name of the actual SPI word is displayed in the ‘Word Name’ textbox and can be edited there. Below, the 16 bits of the word sent to the Driver SBC can be arranged;...
Driver SBC Evaluation Board Getting Started ‘Move Up/Down’: Changes the order of the SPI words in the list ‘Delete’: Removes an entry from the list ‘Clear All’: Cleares the whole list ‘Single Step’: The SPI word marked blue is executed an the cursor jumps to the next entry.
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Driver SBC Evaluation Board Getting Started The ‘SPI Program’ tab allows creating and modifying SPI programs. An SPI program is a list of SPI commands which are executed sequentially. The structure of the ‘SPI Program’ tab is very similar to the the ‘SPI Command’ tab described in the chapter before.
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Driver SBC Evaluation Board Getting Started The sub-section ‘SPI Commands Available’ displays the configured SPI commands from the list. ‘Insert’: The selected command is inserted into the neighboring ‘Build Programm’ list on the right. ‘Update’: The selected command overwrites the command selected in the ‘Build Program’ list The sub-section ‘Program Definition’...
Driver SBC Evaluation Board Getting Started ‘Run SPI Program’ tab The ‘Run SPI Program’ tab allows multiple programs to be run sequentially or a single program to be run in loops. This window is suitable for regression testing under various application conditions: The ‘Programs Available’...
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Driver SBC Evaluation Board Getting Started At the bottom are further control elements: The loop button on the left allows running the ‘Decoded SPI Program’ several times. ‘Execute’: Starts to execute the ‘Decoded SPI Program’list. A small window opens up showing the current number of iterations.
Driver SBC Evaluation Board Getting Started Additional Information For further information you may contact http://www.infineon.com/SBC or your regional FAE. Driver SBC Evaluation Board Rev 0.2, 2011-11-14...
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