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NK-NUC98R OVERVIEW The user’s guide describes the operation and use of the NK-NUC98R development board. Figure 1-1 NK-NUC98R Board MAR. 12, 2019 Page 4 of 57 Rev 1.0...
NUC98RDF61YC which has very rich peripherals to help users easily to design-in their products or application systems. The NK-NUC98R board uses NUC98RDF61YC microprocessor run up to 300 MHz with built-in 64MB DDR2 memory, 16 KB I-cache, 16 KB D-cache and MMU, 16 KB embedded SRAM and 16.5 KB IBR (Internal Boot ROM) for system booting from USB, NAND flash, SD/eMMC and SPI...
NK-NUC98R 2.2 NK-NUC98R Board Features SOC CPU: NUC98RDF61YC Provides 2 sets of SPI Flash SPI Flash (QSPI0): quad mode system booting or data storage, use W25Q128 (16 SPI Flash (SPI0): dual mode for data storage, use W25X80 (1 MB) ...
NK-NUC98R 2.3 NK-NUC98R Board - Front View Figure 2-1 shows the main components and connectors from the front view of NK-NUC98R board +5V in (CON1): Power adaptor 5V input SOC CPU: nuvoTon NUC98RDF61YC (U5) Power supply switch (SW_POWER1): System will be power on if the SW_POWER1 button is pressed ...
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NK-NUC98R CON18.7 GPD15 EBI_D4 S14 need open EBI_D5 CON26/CON29/CON30 CON18.8 GPF0 cannot be used EBI_D6 CON26/CON29/CON30 CON18.9 GPF1 cannot be used EBI_D7 CON26/CON29/CON30 CON18.10 GPF2 cannot be used EBI_D8 CON26/CON29/CON30 CON18.11 GPF3 cannot be used EBI_D9 CON26/CON29/CON30 CON18.12 GPF4 cannot be used...
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NK-NUC98R CON18.32 GPG3 EBI_A3 CON18.33 GPG6 EBI_A4 CON18.34 GPG7 EBI_A5 CON18.35 GPG8 EBI_A6 S36 need open CON18.36 GPG9 EBI_A7 S35 need open CON18.37 GPA12 EBI_A8 S38 need open CON18.38 GPA11 EBI_A9 S37 need open CON18.39 GPA10 EBI_A10 S30 need open CON18.40...
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NK-NUC98R Status Function GPIO pin of NUC98R SW2.4 Watchdog Timer OFF GPG3 SW2.4 Watchdog Timer ON GPG3 Status Function GPIO pin of NUC98R GPA[6:2] used as GPG4 SW2.5 JTAG1 ICE interface SW2.5 GPG[15:11] used as GPG4 JTAG0 ICE interface Status...
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NK-NUC98R If SW2.2/SW2.1 status is OFF/ON Status Function GPIO pin of NUC98R NAND Flash ECC type GPG9/GPG8 SW2.10/SW2.9 ON/ON BCH T8 SW2.10/SW2.9 NAND Flash ECC type GPG9/GPG8 ON/OFF BCH T12 SW2.10/SW2.9 NAND Flash ECC type GPG9/GPG8 OFF/ON BCH T24 SW2.10/SW2.9 OFF/OFF...
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NK-NUC98R SW3/SW4 status is ON CON16/CON28 cannot be used S26(2-3) need short CMOS sensor0 interface (CON16) Connector GPIO pin of NUC98R Function CON16.1 CON16.2 CON16.3 Power 3.3V CON16.4 Power 3.3V CON16.5 CON16.6 CON16.7 GPC4 VCAP0_PCLK CON16.8...
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NK-NUC98R be used, support dual mode UART3 (CON24, S31~34): Function GPIO pin of NUC98R UART3_TXD GPB9 UART3_RXD GPB10 UART3_RTS GPB11 UART3_CTS GPB12 S31~34: need short for RS232 function and connected to DB9 female (CON24) ICE I/F interface (CON4, S7~11)
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NK-NUC98R CON4.10 CON4.11 CON4.12 CON4.13 GPG11/GPA2 JTAG0/1_TDO CON4.14 CON4.15 nRESET System Reset CON4.16 CON4.17 CON4.18 CON4.19 CON4.20 QSPI0_ Flash (16 MB) with Winbond W25Q128 (U16), only one (U16 or U17) SPI Flash can be used, support dual / quad mode ...
NK-NUC98R 2.4 NK-NUC98R Board - Rear View Figure 2-2 shows the main components and connectors from the rear view of NK-NUC98R board. Figure 2-2 NK-NUC98R Board (Rear View) MAR. 12, 2019 Page 24 of 57 Rev 1.0...
NK-NUC98R 2.5 NK-NUC98R Ethernet Daughter Board - Front View Figure 2-3 shows the main components and connectors from the front view of Ethernet daughter board. Figure 2-3 NK-NUC98R Ethernet Daughter Board (Front View) MAR. 12, 2019 Page 25 of 57...
NK-NUC98R 2.6 NK-NUC98R Ethernet Daughter Board - Rear View Figure 2-4 shows the main components and connectors from the rear view of Ethernet daughter board. Figure 2-4 NK-NUC98R Ethernet Daughter Board (Rear View) MAR. 12, 2019 Page 26 of 57...
NK-NUC98R 2.7 NK-NUC98R PCB Placement The following figure shows NK-NUC98R PCB place Figure 2-5 NK-NUC98R Front PCB Placement MAR. 12, 2019 Page 27 of 57 Rev 1.0...
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NK-NUC98R Figure 2-6 NK-NUC98R Rear PCB Placement MAR. 12, 2019 Page 28 of 57 Rev 1.0...
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NK-NUC98R Figure 2-7 NK-NUC98R Ethernet Daughter Board Front PCB Placement Figure 2-8 NK-NUC98R Ethernet Daughter Board Rear PCB Placement MAR. 12, 2019 Page 29 of 57 Rev 1.0...
1. Select USB ISP mode and turn on the UART_0 message The NK-NUC98R provides jumpers (SW2) to select boot-up conditions. To select USB ISP mode and turn on the UART_0 message, PA0、PA1 and PA5 must be set to low (SW2.1、...
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NK-NUC98R If the installation is successful, a virtual COM port named “WinUSB driver (Nuvoton VCOM)” can be found by using “Device Manager” to check the ports devices. MAR. 12, 2019 Page 33 of 57 Rev 1.0...
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NK-NUC98R 4. Connect the RS232_0 to PC Connect the RS232_0 DB9 female port (CON2) to the PC via USB to UART cable. The PC will recognize the board as a USB composite device. The USB serial port function is used to print some messages on PC API, such as SecureCRT, through the standard UART protocol to help user to debug program.
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NK-NUC98R 6. Reset chip After pressing the reset button (SW1), the chip will reprogram application and print out debug message. MAR. 12, 2019 Page 36 of 57 Rev 1.0...
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NK-NUC98R 7. Run The NuWriter Tool Double click “nuwriter.exe” on PC. NuWriter will start and a window appears. Select target chip to NUC98RDF61YC and select DDR parameter to DDR initial files. After select DDR parameter, click “Continue” to use NuWriter tool.
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NK-NUC98R For detailed NuWriter operation, please refer to “NUC980 NuWriter User Manual”. MAR. 12, 2019 Page 38 of 57 Rev 1.0...
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