Summary of Contents for mikroElektronika CLICKER 2 FOR FT90X
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A compact starter kit with your favorite microcontroller and two mikroBUS sockets ™...
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Table of Contents Introduction to clicker 2 for FT90x 3.2 Programming with mikroProg ™ Key features programmer 1. Power supply mikroProg Suite software ™ 2. FT900 microcontroller 4. Buttons and LEDs Key microcontroller features 5. Power management and battery charger 20 3.
Introduction to clicker 2 for FT90x Clicker 2 for FT90x is a 1x8 female headers with SPI, compact dev. kit with two C, UART, RST, PWM, Analog mikroBUS sockets for click and Interrupt lines as well as ™ ™ board connectivity. You can 3.3V, 5V and GND power lines.
1. Power supply USB power supply Battery power supply You can also power the board using a Li-Polymer battery, via on-board battery connector. On-board battery charger circuit enables you to charge the battery over USB connection. LED diode (RED) will indicate when battery is charging. Charging current is ~300mA and charging voltage is 4.2V DC.
2. FT900 microcontroller The FT90x clicker development tool comes with the FT900Q microcontroller. This 32-bit FT32 Core high performance microcontroller executes instructions from Shadow RAM, achieving true zero wait states at up to 100mHz, resulting in 310 DMIPS of performance. Key microcontroller features ∫...
3. Programming the microcontroller Figure 3-1: FT900Q microcontroller The microcontroller can be programmed in three ways: Using USB HID mikroBootloader, Using external mikroProg for FT90x programmer ™ Page 10...
Firmware To start, connect the USB cable, or if already connected press the Reset button File folder on your clicker 2 for FT90x. Click the Connect button within 5s to enter the Clicker 2 FT90x USB HID Bootloader v1.300.hex bootloader mode, otherwise existing microcontroller program will execute.
step 2 – Browsing for .HEX file step 3 – Selecting .HEX file Figure 3-4: Selecting HEX Figure 3-3: Browse for HEX Click the Browse for HEX button and from a pop-up Select .HEX file using open dialog window. window (Figure 3.4) choose the .HEX file which will be uploaded to MCU memory.
step 4 – Uploading .HEX file Figure 3-5: Begin uploading Figure 3-6: Progress bar To start .HEX file bootloading click the Progress bar enables you to monitor .HEX file uploading. Begin uploading button. Page 13...
Figure 3-7: Restarting MCU Figure 3-8: mikroBootloader ready for next job Click OK button after the uploading process is finished. Press Reset button on clicker 2 for FT90x board and wait for 5 seconds. Your program will run automatically. Page 14...
3.2 Programming with mikroProg ™ programmer The microcontroller can be programmed with external mikroProg for FT90x ™ programmer and mikroProg Suite for FT90x software. ™ ® The external programmer is connected to the development system via 2x5 connector Figure 3-9. mikroProg is a ™...
mikroProg Suite for FT90x software ™ A standalone programming software utility called mikroProg Suite for FT90x is available as an ™ alternative to programming the MCU directly from the FT90x compiler. This software is used for programming of all supported FT90x microcontrollers. The software has an intuitive interface and SingleClick programming technology.
4. Buttons and LEDs The board also contains a reset button and a pair of buttons and LEDs, as well as an ON/OFF switch. The Reset button is used to manually reset the microcontroller — it generates a low voltage level on the microcontroller’s reset pin.
5. Power management and battery charger Clicker 2 for FT90x features LTC®3586, a highly integrated power management and battery charger IC that includes a current Figure 5-2: power limited switching PowerPath manager. management and LTC®3586 also enables battery charging battery charger IC over a USB connection.
6. Oscillators Two onboard oscillators act as external sources for FT90x’s two system clocks. A 12 MHz oscillator provides a reference frequency output to the clock multiplier PLL. A a 32.768kHz oscilator provides a clock for the internal RTCC. Figure 6-1: Figure 6-2: 32.768 kHz crystal 12MHz crystal...
7. USB connection FT90x microcontrollers has an integrated USB module, which enables you to implement USB communication functionality to your clicker 2 board. Connection with target USB host is done over a Mini-B USB connector which is positioned next to the battery connector.
Most microcontroller pins are available for further connectivity via two 1x26 rows of connection pads on both sides of the clicker 2 for FT90x board. They are designed to match additional shields, such as Battery Boost shield, Gaming, PROTO shield and others.
9.1 mikroBUS pinouts ™ Having two mikroBUS sockets and an additional connection pad, clicker 2 for FT90x utilizes all of the FT90x’s I/Os. Single UART, I C, and ™ SPI lines are shared between two mikroBUS sockets but are also available from the two 1x26 connection pads on the edges of the board.
10. click boards are plug and play! ™ Up to now, MikroElektronika has released more than a 100 mikroBUS compatible ™ click boards. On the average, one click ™ board is released per week. It is our intention to provide you with as many add-...
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