Summary of Contents for Semtech XE8000 ProStart II
- Page 1 User Guide XE8000 ProStart II _______________________ ________________________ XE8000 ProStart II User Guide Rev 1 February 2006 www.semtech.com...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents General Introduction ..............................4 Introduction..............................4 Highlights................................4 About this Guide.............................4 Recommended Reading..........................4 Troubleshooting..............................4 The SEMTECH Internet Web Site........................4 Customer Support ............................5 Overview and installation............................6 Introduction..............................6 Highlights................................6 What is the ProStart II ............................6 ProStart II components...........................6 How ProStart II helps you..........................8 Installing ProStart II hardware........................8... - Page 3 User Guide XE8000 ProStart II Introduction..............................28 Highlights..............................28 Socket board types............................28 Jumper default settings ..........................29 External power supply ..........................29 External clock on OSCin ..........................29 Reset button ..............................29 Troubleshooting..............................30 Introduction..............................30 Highlights..............................30 ProStart II functions............................30 Programming phase .............................30 Whole programming troubleshooting procedure..................32 General ProStart II test points........................32 Schematics...............................33...
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Page 4: General Introduction
See Chapter 8 for information on common problems. THE SEMTECH INTERNET WEB SITE Semtech provides on line support on the Semtech World Wide Web site. The web site is used by Semtech as a means to make files and information easily available to customers. It is at http://www.semtech.com... -
Page 5: Customer Support
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II CUSTOMER SUPPORT Customers should call their distributor, representative or field application engineer for support. Users of Semtech products can receive assistance through several channels: • Distributors or Representative, Local Sales Office • Field Application Engineer (FAE) •... -
Page 6: Overview And Installation
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II OVERVIEW AND INSTALLATION INTRODUCTION This chapter gives you an overview of the XE8000 ProStart II system and then explains how to install the system hardware. HIGHLIGHTS The items discussed in this chapter include: • What is the ProStart II •... -
Page 7: Figure 1 : Overview Of The System (Real Boxes, Boxes Content And Boards May Differ From Illustrations)
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II RIDE Lite / Entreprise XE8000EVxxx XE8000MP Socket Board for Programming/Debug Board with chip evaluation cables and supply serial cable RIDE- Lite / Entreprise Development environment 9V supply 3.5 mm barrel plug Figure 1 : Overview of the system (real boxes, boxes content and boards may differ from illustrations) ©... -
Page 8: How Prostart Ii Helps You
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II HOW PROSTART II HELPS YOU ProStart II allows you to: • Program XE88LCxxMTP devices. • Guarantee the retention specified in the datasheets • Do basic debugging using the In Socket Debugger feature of the RIDE graphical environment •... -
Page 9: Installing And Using Ride Development Environment
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II INSTALLING AND USING RIDE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT INTRODUCTION This chapter gives you the guidelines to install and use the Graphical User Interface RIDE. HIGHLIGHTS • RIDE installation • Reference documentation • Getting started with RIDE •... -
Page 10: Getting Started With Ride
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II GETTING STARTED WITH RIDE This section refers to chapter 4 of the Getting Started with the Raisonance Development kit for the XE8000 family manual In that chapter you will see: • Overview of RIDE •... -
Page 11: Using The Prostart Ii Without Launching Ride
Enabling / disabling the RS232 line driver (Port B 6/7) THE XELOADER (XELOADER.EXE) The RIDE XELOADER tool is an executable file produced by SEMTECH that can be run either in command line or through a GUI version. The file is included in the RIDE installation; you can find it under C:\RIDE\COOLRCTS\WIN32\BIN\XeLoader.EXE, or you can download it using the following link http://www.semtech.com... -
Page 12: Xeloader Gui
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II XELOADER GUI From version 2.0 the XELoader is available in a graphical version that gives a better overview of the download process. See image below: Display panel Commands Panel COM Port selection Source code selection... -
Page 13: Debug Mode
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II DEBUG MODE The version 3.1 integrates a new feature called debug mode, this allows the users who are debugging their code to program faster. Note that you do not have to choose the mode for every usage of the XELoader, your choice will be memorized. -
Page 14: Xeloader Command Line
: ON, OFF (only for ProStartI) XELoader Version V 3.2 Release date Apr 11 2005 Copyright (c) 1997-2004, SEMTECH SA, Monruz 2, CH-2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland The “-c” option makes the command line program act the same way as previous versions. -
Page 15: Programming
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II PROGRAMMING You can see an upload example of a first generation XE8000 (XE88LC01/01A-03-05/05A) below D:\Projet\XELoader\Release> XELoader 2 COM2 -u prostartdemo1.bin -c ProStart Info: -> Loader : V 3.2 -> Mother Board : V 3.2 -> Device type File Info: ->... - Page 16 User Guide XE8000 ProStart II You can see an example upload of a second generation XE8000 (XE88LC02-06A-07A & XE1283) below D:\Projet\XELoader\Release> XELoader 2 COM2 -u prostartdemo1.bin -c ProStart Info: -> Loader : V 3.2 -> Mother Board : V 3.2 ->...
- Page 17 User Guide XE8000 ProStart II You can see an example upload of a second generation (XE88LC02-4kI - 07A – XE1283-4kI) below D:\Projet\XELoader\Release> XELoader 2 COM2 -u prostartdemo1.bin –f -c ProStart Info: -> Loader : V 3.2 -> Mother Board : V 3.2 ->...
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Page 18: 4.10 Changing Target Power Supply
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II 4.10 CHANGING TARGET POWER SUPPLY D:\Projet\XELoader\Release> XELoader 2 COM2 -s 5.0 -c Sending ProStartKit supply voltage... ProStartKit power supply set to 5.0 D:\Projet\XELoader\Release> Note: This option is available for both generations of ProStart 4.11 GETTING THE XE8000 CHECKSUM D:\Projet\XELoader\Release>... -
Page 19: Electrical Specifications And Hardware Description
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS AND HARDWARE DESCRIPTION INTRODUCTION This chapter gives you a view of the main characteristics of the ProStart II hardware. HIGHLIGHTS The items discussed in this chapter include: • Hardware layout • Electrical parameters •... -
Page 20: Electrical Parameters
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS Power supply: 9VDC Current consumption • Without Evaluation board connected : 340mA • With Evaluation board connected, no LED lit about 360mA • During the programming phase peaks up to 550mA • Consumption with all the LEDS on 680mA... -
Page 21: Programming Connector Description
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II Simplified programming flow START Programming typeII Erase flash MAX 5X Write Blocking bits Erasing Write Data MAX 5X Write OK Verify high margins Verify low margins Figure 4 : Simplified Flash programming flowchart PROGRAMMING CONNECTOR DESCRIPTION... -
Page 22: Programming On-Board / Isd Feature
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II XE88LC01/01A-03-05/05A (Flash Type I) XE88LC02-06A-07A-XE1283 (Flash Type II) N° Pin Descriptions Pin Descriptions VDDA VDDA VDDA VDDA RESET NRESET TESTIN / RX ISD / PA0 TESTIN / PB2 RESERVED SCAN / PB0 TESTCK / PA1... - Page 23 User Guide XE8000 ProStart II 6.4.1 Type I Flash (XE88LC01/01A-03-05/05A) 1. Pin “RESET” must be connected to the pin Reset of the microcontroller. 2. Pin “ TEST/VPP” must be connected to the pin TEST of the microcontroller. 3. Pin “VDDA_1” must be connected to the pin Vbat of the microcontroller.
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Page 24: Table 3 : Type I I/O Pin Used During Programming
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II I/O pin Signal name Function during programming Signal type TESTIN Input Dynamic TESTCK Input Dynamic TESTOUT Output Dynamic Table 3 : Type I I/O pin used during programming I/O pin Signal name Function during programming... -
Page 25: Figure 7 : Programming In-Circuit Examples
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II Example of application connection for the two types PCB_E013v03a See Chapter XE8000MP Revisions PCB_E013v02a Programming cable max 5cm Figure 7 : Programming in-circuit examples © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com... -
Page 26: Xe8000Mp Revisions
• Boards available • Improvements / Differences BOARDS REVISION NUMBERS On each Semtech PCB there is a board name and a revision number you can find it under the Semtech logo see picture below: Board name: PCB-E013 Board name: PCB-E013... -
Page 27: Differences Between Revisions
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II DIFFERENCES BETWEEN REVISIONS Revision number Differences / Improvements • Not recommended for programming (no data retention ProStart I & earlier warranty) V01a • No ISD feature • V02a First version • PCB Cleanup, wires suppressed •... -
Page 28: Socket Boards
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II SOCKET BOARDS INTRODUCTION This chapter presents the main characteristics of the Evxxx boards HIGHLIGHTS • Socket board types • Jumper default settings • External power supply • External clock on xin • Reset button SOCKET BOARD TYPES Each product in the XE8000 series corresponds to a different socket board named EVxxx. -
Page 29: Jumper Default Settings
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II JUMPER DEFAULT SETTINGS On all the future versions of daughter boards there will be different jumper configurations. However there are some common jumpers that will be described in the table below. Jumper name Function Open... -
Page 30: Troubleshooting
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II TROUBLESHOOTING INTRODUCTION This section is intended to help the ProStart II users to perform basic hardware debugging HIGHLIGHTS This chapter contains the following points: • ProStart II functions • Programming phase • Whole programming troubleshooting procedure •... - Page 31 2 If the answer on point 1 is yes does the Prog LED blink shortly during the read? If not verify if your power supply can deliver at least 1Amp. If it’s still not working, the board must be shipped back to your SEMTECH representative. 3 Are your XELoader & Firmwares up to date? see on http://www.semtech.com...
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Page 32: Whole Programming Troubleshooting Procedure
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II WHOLE PROGRAMMING TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURE The following procedure determines whether or not the Prostart is properly functioning. During the erasing mode (the first 2 seconds), you can check the voltage (multimeter) on the pin 19 TEST/VPP of the programming connector. -
Page 33: Schematics
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II Schematics Figure 10 : XE8000MP board schematic © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com... -
Page 34: Figure 11 : Xe8000Mp Cpld Detailed Schematic
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II Figure 11 : XE8000MP CPLD detailed schematic © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com... - Page 35 No liability will be accepted by the publisher for any consequence of its use. Publication thereof does not convey nor imply any license under patent or other industrial or intellectual property rights. Semtech. assumes no...