Section 1 Introduction Purpose ® This document is a presentation of the hardware associated with the AT91CAP9-STK Starter Kit. This product is derived from the Atmel AT91CAP9-MZ and AT91CAP9-MB demonstration boards. ™ Starter Kit Board The AT91CAP9-STK Starter Kit is built on a single PCB, including: ™...
It does not allow a full emulation of a customized version of the CAP9, but is intended to familiarize the user with the customization concept and architecture of the CAP9. It also demonstrates the operations of the analog companions provided by Atmel’s AT73C family of products and the availability of the operating systems and software layers.
Requirements Interface and Function General Overview AT91CAP9-STK interfaces and functions are as follows: (Refer also to Figure 2-1 on page 2-3.) Interface EI1: 1 external Lithium-Ion battery EI2: 5V AC/DC sector adapter EI3: 1 RMII 10/100 Base-T Ethernet EI4: 1 Serial port, connected to the Debug Unit...
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Requirements Figure 2-1. AT91CAP9-STK Interface and Function Overview 40-pin FPC ZIF 1.2V VDDBU Coin Cell (E18) VBACKUP 3V Battery Holder AT73C239 2.75V (EI12) (F12) 2x1.8V Prototyping Areas 3.3V (F15) Touch Screen Controller & LCD Panel Power Supply (F6) 3.3V LTC3412 1.8V...
Requirements External Interfaces 2.3.1 EI1: External Lithium-ion Battery The AT91CAP9-STK board implements one external Li-Ion battery 3-pin HE14 type connector.. Table 2-1. HE 14-3 Pinout Signal Name Description Type Level VBAT Battery power 4,5V Electrical ground Thermistor BAT_TS 4,5V temperature sense 2.3.2...
Requirements 2.3.5 EI5: SD Card Slot The AT91CAP9-STK board implements a 12-pin short type SDCARD slot on the bottom side. Table 2-4. SD CARD Pinout Signal Name Description Type Level MCI_DA3 Data 3 3.3V MCI_CDA Command/response I/O open-drain 3.3V Electrical ground 3.3V power supply...
2.3.8 EI8: 1/4 VGA LCD Panel with Touch Screen The AT91CAP9-STK board implements a 0.5 FPC, 40-pin ZIF LCD Panel connector, with contact on the bottom side. The connector integrates two additional pins (MC1, MC2) for signal shielding. Table 2-7. 40-pin ZIF Connector Pinout...
A headset audio interface connector is available for a 3.5 phone jack stereo plug. SMT 1503-03 Lumberg is used. 2.3.10 EI10: Analog Inputs The AT91CAP9-STK board implements a 3.81mm-pitch Phoenix MKDS 6-pin terminal block. This con- nector receives four analog inputs. Table 2-8. MKDS 6-pin Terminal Block Pinout Signal Name...
Characteristics 2.4.1 Functional Characteristics 2.4.1.1 F1: AT91CAP9 Microcontroller The AT91CAP9-STK microcontroller core block implements the necessary digital-system core functions. It's composed of the following elements: ® One 32-bit-ARM9 AT91CAP9 microcontroller core and its power supplies (see below). One 1.8V, 512 Mbytes, 8-bit NAND Flash, One 1.8V, 64 Mbytes, 32-bit SDRAM Application Volatile Memory...
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1.2V core power supply, 3.3V or 1.8V I/O bank power supplies, 484-pin FBGA, -5 speed grade. The FPGA aims to emulate the logic to be implemented in the MPB through 5 metal layers. The FPGA also manages the EI14 interface. AT91CAP9-STK Starter Kit User Guide 2-13 6351B–CAP–27-Jun-08...
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Each of the six FPGA PLL blocks have two power supply pins: VCCA_PPLw and VCCD_PPLx (x = from to 6). Table 2-17. FPGA PLL Block Power Supply PLL Supply Pin Name Power Supply VCCA_PPL1 VCC_PLL12 VCCA_PPL2 VCC_PLL12 VCCA_PPL3 VCC_PLL34 VCCA_PPL4 VCC_PLL34 VCCA_PPL5 VCC_PLL56 2-14 AT91CAP9-STK Starter Kit User Guide 6351B–CAP–27-Jun-08...
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EMIRQ# LED4 YELLOW The 1.8V core power supply is external by default, to minimize 3.3V power consumption. Use of LAN8700 3.3V/1.8V internal regulator can be done by disconnected J36 and R71 REG_OFF Pull- AT91CAP9-STK Starter Kit User Guide 2-17 6351B–CAP–27-Jun-08...
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J54 jumper J55 jumper AT91CAP9 Name Position Position Position Position ADC Name ADC1 1-2 (default) ADC1 ADC2 1-2 (default) ADC2 ADC3 1-2 (default) ADC3 ADC4 1-2 (default) ADC4 The implementation is shown below 2-20 AT91CAP9-STK Starter Kit User Guide 6351B–CAP–27-Jun-08...
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10UF_16V SI5515DC VBAT The different power supplies of the board are provided by two AT73C224 chips from the Atmel family of AT73 products (controlled by the AT91CAP9 TWI bus) and one LTC3412 as shown below: 2-22 AT91CAP9-STK Starter Kit User Guide...
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The implementation of the switch is shown below: VIN_PMC VIN_PMC_SHDN R141 R142 10nF 100K 100K 100nF SI5515DC SI5515DC SHDN No external pull-up is required on the SHDN signal (even at start-up). 2-24 AT91CAP9-STK Starter Kit User Guide 6351B–CAP–27-Jun-08...
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Requirements 2.4.1.11 F11: Battery Charger An Atmel AT73C205 stand alone battery charger is implemented on the board. It manages the charge of an external Li-Ion battery plugs on the EI1 interface, from 5V AC/DC sector adapter or VBUS USB Device external power source.
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RESET_CAP9: AT91CAP9 microcontroller reset signal (active low) NTRST: test reset (active low) RESET_FPGA: FPGA reset signal, it drives the nCONFIG signal of the FPGA (active low) RST_SOFT_FPGA: FPGA reset from AT91CAP9 microcontroller (active high) 2-26 AT91CAP9-STK Starter Kit User Guide 6351B–CAP–27-Jun-08...
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Three ways can be used to program the FPGA EPCS16 serial device. Serial device configuration port The FPGA EPCS16 serial device configuration can be programmed via the EI11 serial device configura- tion port with Altera USB Blaster probe. Altera SFL (Serial Flash Loader) function AT91CAP9-STK Starter Kit User Guide 2-27 6351B–CAP–27-Jun-08...
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The second one is a 10x8 points, 2.54 mm-pitch matrix, with two 1x4points, 2.54 mm-pitch line, connected to 5V and 3.3V added on top of the matrix, and 1x8 points, 2.54 mm-pitch line, connected to GND added on the bottom of the matrix. 2-28 AT91CAP9-STK Starter Kit User Guide 6351B–CAP–27-Jun-08...
The power supply of the board with adaptors for Europe, United Kingdom, China and United States A set of communication cables, including cables for USB, Ethernet and serial port. A manganese-lithium 3V rechargeable coin battery AT91CAP9-STK Starter Kit User Guide 2-29 6351B–CAP–27-Jun-08...
1V2 is off. DDUTMIC DDUTMIC supply by 3V3 is off. DDUTMII DDUTMII supply by 3V3 filtered is off. DDANA DDANA Chip select audio DAC (U12) by CAP9 The audio DAC (U12) not selected. AT91CAP9-STK Starter Kit User Guide 6351B–CAP–27-Jun-08...
TDO ICE port signal is FPGA TDO signal (with J60 on 1-2). FPGA JTAG port TDO signal is FPGA JTAG TDO signal. FPGA TDI JTAG signal is CAP9 TDO signal (with J59 on FPGA JTAG TDI signal is FPGA JTAG port TDI signal. 2-3). AT91CAP9-STK Starter Kit User Guide 6351B–CAP–27-Jun-08...
PIO (allows hibernate mode). AT73C239 TWCK signal is VIN_SURV_AT73C239 AT73C239 TWD signal is CAP9 I2C bus TWD signal. power supply. AT73C239 V power supply is VIN_AT73C239 power AT73C239 V power supply is V BACKUP supply. AT91CAP9-STK Starter Kit User Guide 6351B–CAP–27-Jun-08...
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Board Strap and Switch Configuration AT91CAP9-STK Starter Kit User Guide 6351B–CAP–27-Jun-08...
EBI and PIO System USB Clock FPGA Power FPGA IO Bank FPGA IO Bank FPGA Clock and Configuration Debug Ethernet SMSC USB Host and Device Audio Analog LCD and TSC SDCARD SDRAM, NAND and DataFlash AT91CAP9-STK Starter Kit User Guide 6351B–CAP–27-Jun-08...
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PAGE 01 : TITLE PAGE 02 : TOP VIEW PAGE 03 : BATTERY CHARGER & BACKUP PAGE 04 : PMC AT73C224 PAGE 05 : POWER SWITCH & RESET PAGE 06 : FPGA CORE SUPPLY PAGE 07 : IO CONNECTORS & PROTO AREA PAGE 08 : CAP9 POWER PAGE 09 : EBI &...
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03 - AT91CAP9 D[0..15] D[0..15] 01 - POW ER SUPPLY D[16..31] 1V8_CAP9 D[16..31] 09 - MEMORY A[0..17] 1V2_CAP9 A[0..17] A[18..25] VDDANA 02 - IO CONNECTORS & PROTO AREA VDDANA A[18..25] VDD_IO TW CK TWCK D[0..31] TW D 1V8_CAP9 VDDIOP1 VDDIOM 1V8_CAP9 VDDIOP1 D[0..31]...
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5VDC_SECTOR Battery Charger & Backup 1V2_SAVE 1V2_SAVE 100nF 100nF 10uF_1210 10uF_1210 100UF_10V 100UF_10V R173 R173 5VDC_SECTOR CHARGE STATE LED1 LED2 BATTERY CHARGER VBUS Time out or Battery Absent 10UF_16V 10UF_16V Charge complete 100nF 100nF 10uF_1210 10uF_1210 Charge progressing R172 R172 Low Power Supply VBAT 10uF_1210...
Section 5 Revision History Revision Hisory Change Request Document Comments 6351A First Issue Section ”AT91CAP9-STK Schematics” on page 4-1 updated 6351B 5606 Section 1.2 on page 1-1 , removed ‘”A” from AT91CAP9-STK AT91CAP9-STK Starter Kit User Guide 6351B–CAP–27-Jun-08...
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