DA14706 PRO Development Kit UM-B-148 Abstract This document contains hardware description of the DA14706 PRO development kit, including DA14706 or DA14708 PRO daughterboards, PRO motherboard and the accompanying boards which mounted on the motherboard, namely the LCD module and the power measurement module.
Figures ..............................3 Tables ..............................4 Terms and Definitions ........................5 References ............................. 5 Introduction DA14706 PRO Development Kit ................6 Introduction ........................... 6 Features ..........................7 PRO Development Kit Hardware Block Diagram ..............7 PRO-Motherboard Main Features ....................8 USB HUB ..........................
Figure 45: LCD TFT Daughterboard Top (Left) and PCBA Bottom Side (Right) ........ 39 Figure 46: System Block Diagram of DA1470x PRO-Daughterboard ..........41 Figure 47: PCB Top of the DA14706 PRO- Daughterboard ............... 41 Figure 48: PCB Bottom of the DA1470x PRO- Daughterboard ............42 Figure 49: PRO- Daughterboard.
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit Terms and Definitions Analog Front End ® Bluetooth Low Energy Dev Kit Development Kit PRO-Devkit Professional Development Kit PRO-DB PRO-Daughterboard PRO-MB PRO-Motherboard Daughterboard Mainboard or motherboard OPAMP Operational Amplifier Over Voltage Protection Printed Circuit Board...
When combined with the DA1470x SDK and SmartSnippets tools, the PRO development kit provides an easy to use and complete platform for software/hardware development. In this document we focus on the DA14706 PRO Development kit which has the following parts: ●...
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit 3.2 Features ■ DA1470x silicon easily replaceable on a daughterboard core module ■ Dedicated daughterboard for current measurement (on a M2 socket) ■ LCD daughterboard ■ On-board basic peripherals for demo and development ■ Look and feel like previous PRO-Development kits ■...
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit PRO-Motherboard Main Features ● Single USB connector Note that USB host must support USB 2.0 high-speed for reliable power measurements ● USB hub with 3 downstream ports ○ Port1: Segger JLink-OB SWD-JTAG debugger for ARM Cortex M33 ○...
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit ● PMOD interface (shares same signals with MIKROBUS sockets) GPIOs marked with an ’x’ at the end (for example P113x) have dual usage described in Sections and in 4.11 Figure 6: Debug Interface Including DIP Switch SW1...
USB HUB Figure 8: USB HUB Circuitry of DA14706 PRO-Motherboard The USB HUB of DA14706 PRO-Motherboard is implemented by U11, USB2513B. This chip is supplied with 3.3 V from a voltage regulator, U13. The signal PWR_ENABLE is generated from U11 and it is an active high signal. It enables the power components (DCDC converter and power switches) for UART, SWD.
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit To UART voltage translators To current measurement daughterboard Figure 9: USB to UART (FTDI Module) SWDIO_CMAC P007 SWDIO_CMAC P004 SWCLK_1 SWCLK_M33 P001 SWCLK_2 SWCLK_SNC P003 & SWDIO_M33 SWDIO_1 P000 SWDIO_2 SWDIO_SNC P002 & U_RX U.RX...
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit USB to Serial Wire Debug Port (SWD) DA1470x SoC contains three processors, the main processor M33, the SNC, and the CMAC. Each of them can be accessed by a SWD port. M33 and SNC are accessed from the debuggers on board (U30 and U31 respectively) which are located on the PRO-Motherboard.
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit Figure 12: J-Trace Connector for M33 Note that TRACE_DATA_1 and TRACE_DATA_3 are used for buttons K1 and K2. Audio Codec Figure 13: Audio Section Schematic DA1470x is equipped with the DA7218 a powerful audio codec with a stereo DAC to headphone output and it contains two analog MIC input paths and two PDM channels.
Figure 14: Analog Switch (U8) Used to Isolate the Digital Audio Onterface NOTE On DA14706 PRO-Development kit, there is no capability to connect a PDM microphone directly to DA1470x. However, this can be realized by plugging an external PDM microphone break out on break out headers.
VDDIO can be trimmed to lower voltage by populating R148 ● VDDIO is generated from U1, where V30 from PRO-daughterboard is used as a reference. Consequently, there is no additional power consumption on the power circuitry of DA14706 PRO- Motherboard due to voltage translation User Manual Revision 1.1...
DA14706 PRO Development Kit Push Buttons ● There are two available push buttons, K1 and K2, on DA14706 PRO-Motherboard ● Push buttons are connected to the DA1470x PRO daughterboard for getting user actions by the Application Software K1 button is connected to GPIO signal P122 which is shared with J-trace connector signal TRACE_DATA_1 ●...
Figure 18: QSPI RAM Schematic QSPI-RAM may be used in applications where we need bulk data transfers with DMA. The most common case is as LCD frame buffer. On DA14706 PRO-Motherboard, the APS6404L-SQH-SN from APMEMORY is mounted. The memory characteristics are shown below: ●...
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit Figure 19: QSPI RAM Analog Switch The QSPI RAM signals are controlled by an analog switch (see Figure 19), they either connected: to the main SoC DA1470x (when RAM_PWRON is high) or to the monitoring headers (when RAM_PWRON is low).
DA14706 PRO Development Kit 4.10 QSPI FLASH In this DA14706 PRO-Motherboard, three different footprints are available for the storage flash memory (WSON8, SOIC16 and UDFN8), to support a large selection of memories. The default option is the AT25SL128A-MHE-T at a UDFN8 package.
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit The QSPI flash signals are connected to the DA1470x using an analog switch, as shown in Figure 23. The switch serves two purposes: it selects which group of pins (default or marked as “for future use”) will be connected to the QSPI storage flash.
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit Figure 24: QSPI Flash Power Switch The QSPI-Flash power switch U9 is controlled by jumper block J8 and signal FL_PWRON. FL_PWRON can be driven by GPIO P0_04 (jumper 1-2, Default option). When jumper is placed on positions 2-3 of J8, then eMMC_PWRON control signal is enabled (see Section 4.11) whereas U9 is...
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit For better flexibility, J6 break-out connector is added on the DA14706 PRO Motherboard. The connector used is the 1775013-2, a 24 positions,0.8 mm, PCB Mount vertical receptacle. User can design a module using the mate connector.
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit Figure 27: VLDOp Voltage Generation SW2 switch voltage settings are shown in Figure Figure 29, and Figure Figure 28: VLDO = 3.0 V Figure 29: VLDO = 3.3 V Default Figure 30: VLDO = 3.6 V Header J9 is added for facilitating the current measurements.
USB host. Figure 31: 3.3V LDO for PRO-Motherboard Peripherals Important note on DA14706 PRO Devkit power setup. There are two USB ports, one on PRO- Daughterboard and another on the PRO-Motherboard. As it is appeared on...
This is implemented with a power measurement circuitry which consists of the power measurement module (PMM2) and the monitoring circuit which resides on the DA14706 PRO- Motherboard. This feature is intended to provide a good visualization of the system current draw and various voltages.
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit The Power Measurement Circuitry, the Monitoring Section on PRO- Motherboard The power measurement module (PMM2) is connected to PRO-Motherboard via J36, M.2 socket. Power to PMM2 is provided from PRO-Motherboard through power switch U34. Figure 33: Current Measurement Socket (M2) User Manual Revision 1.1...
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit Table 4: Monitored Power Sources Monitored Magnitude Signal Comments Sourced from PRO-Daughterboard VSYS VSYS Sourced from PRO-Daughterboard Main power rail of the Power management unit V18, V18P, 1.8V Sourced from PRO-Daughterboard V18F 1.8 V rails powering peripherals (V18P), external memories...
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit Figure 35: C_TRIG Selection Jumper Block (J7) and Buffer MOSFETS for I/O Levels Compatibility The dual Mosfets Q3..Q6 buffer the signals to provide compatibility with 1.2 to 3.3 V I/O levels. The Power Measurement Module 2 (PMM2), da1470x-sb-pmm2, (500-29- In this DA14706 Development Kit the power measurement module (PMM2) is an external add on board that is interfacing (connected) on the PRO-Motherboard via connector J36.
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit Figure 36: PMM2 Current Measurement Circuit PMM2 The input to the circuit is the voltage across the sense resistors R74 and R75. The voltage across the sense resistors is sampled simultaneously by two differential amplifier stages and is converted by the ADC to a digital value.
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit Figure 37: PMM2 on Board Peripherals (Power Supply, Memory and so on) The circuit can be set in a low current measurement mode from the host (hibernation mode), useful in measuring the current of the DA1470x in hibernation (shipping) mode, which is in the order of some 100 s of nA.
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit Negative voltage generator OPAMP Shift High Prec Register OPAMP 16.384 Multiplexer Multiplexer EEPROM U11,U12 RSense OPAMPs Figure 38: Current Measurement Unit PCBA (TOP) 5.2.1 Accuracy of Current Measurement for DA1470x System (VLDO) The total measuring range of the current measurement circuit of the power measurement module two is 100 nA to 500 mA for VBLDO= 3.3 V, implemented into two scales.
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit Table 5: Accuracy of the Current Measurement Circuit Current Range Mode Error (%) 100 nΑ to 1 μΑ <±10 % Hibernation mode 1 μΑ το 60 uA <±5 % Hibernation mode 1 μA to 10 μA <±10 %...
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit 5.2.2 Settings of Power Configuration Header J9 Figure 41: Power Connections Jumper block J9 allows for different configurations as described in Table 6. Alternatively, an external current measurement instrument can be connected on these jumpers.
LCD Interface and Add-On Board LCD Interface on PRO-Motherboard Figure 42: Header Schematic for LCD Daughterboard (Interface Board) The DA14706 PRO Development kit provides LCD support via a dedicated daughterboard (add-on) mounted on the J37 connector on the PRO-Motherboard side. LCD type: ●...
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit Figure 43: LCD Add-On Daughterboard U1 is the adjustable DCDC converter LT3463EDDPBF from Analog Devices able to generate positive and negative supplies. Connector J2 provides connectivity with the TFT LCD module while J1 connects this LCD interface (add-on) board with the PRO-Motherboard.
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit PRO Daughterboard Main Features The system on DA1470x PRO- Daughterboard. consists of the DA1470x SoC, crystals, power and radio sections. The system block diagram and the actual components location are presented in Figure The SoC variants that are going to be supported with the DA1470x PRO- Daughterboard. are: ●...
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit Figure 48: PCB Bottom of the DA1470x PRO- Daughterboard Figure 49: PRO- Daughterboard. Interface Connectors to PRO-Motherboard Main Components Description BLE SoC (U1): DA1470x is a BLE SoC family integrating : the latest Arm Cortex M33TM application...
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit a software configurable protocol engine with a radio that is compliant to the Bluetooth® 5.2 low energy standard. Table 7 shows the DA1470x SoC family. DA14706 and DA14708 are supported on DA14706 Devkit. Table 7: DA1470x Product Family Differentiation...
The DA1470x provides three SWD ports (M33, SNC and CMAC) and a UART port. On DA14706 PRO-Devkit, by default, SWD ports for M33 and SNC as well as UART port are accessed through the USB connector of PRO-Motherboard. On Daughterboard two debugging connectors are applied (10 Pos, 1.27 mm pitch) one for the CMC/M33 debugging (J4) and one for...
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit Figure 51: VAD Analog MIC ● Differential MIC (U5): Voice Activity Detection (VAD) mic outputs (PGAp, PGAn) as well as outputs from the digital MIC (P105, P106) placed at the PRO-Motherboard are connected in this...
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit Figure 53: RF Section of PRO-Daughterboard On PRO-Daughterboard, the printed IFA antenna (ANT1) is enabled. For conducted measurements J7, MM8130-2600R, microwave coaxial connector with a switch, must be used. The MXHS83QE3000 of Murata (Cable Assembly Coaxial 0.303 m SMA to L Type Probe F-M) must be plugged on J7.
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit ● Battery/Power connectors (shown in Figure 54): ○ 2-pin connector for Li-Ion/LiPo (J6, default), part number: 53261-0271 (mates with 51021- 0200) ○ Optional Coin cell holder (unpopulated, CR2032 type) ○ Power selector switch (can be used as on-off switch), (SW1) ○...
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit QSPI FLASH Figure 56: MX25U6432FZNI02 QSPI FLASH Schematic The 64 Μbit QSPI flash memory used for storage in the PRO- Daughterboard is the MX25U6432FZNI02 from Macronix. During read the operating current may reach the 80 mA level for beyond the V18F current capability of 30 mA.
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit Figure 58: Resistor Network for the Monitoring Signals Table 11: Flash Memory Signals to the Monitoring Headers at PRO-Motherboard Flash memory Corresponded Monitoring header at Direct Connectivity to Monitoring signal GPIO at PRO-MB PRO-MB Headers...
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit Figure 59: PCB Marking of GPIO Signals not Directly Connected to Monitoring Headers There is an option for the user to connect a 1Gbit OCTAL NOR flash memory the (MX66UM1G45GXD from Macronix) used for storage. This OCTA flash memory is however, not...
For proper operation, PRO-Motherboard must be always plugged to source (for example PC, laptop and so on) through USB. The reason is that several circuits (for example analog switches, PMM2 module and so on) are supplied from the USB connector of the Pro-MB. Table 12: DA14706 PRO-Development Kit, Quick Setup Description Comments...
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit Ensure correct Define power source power source and for PRO- position for SW1 Daughterboard VBLDO: 3 V. It is generated on PRO- Motherboard BAT: it is supplied from LiPo battery or Coin Cell Debug Interfaces – SWD/JTAG There are two onboard debug interfaces with maximum speed of 4 MHz.
UM-B-148 DA14706 PRO Development Kit Debug Interfaces – UART After connecting the USB port, two virtual COM parts are created on the PC. The COM port with lowest number is used for UART communication to the DA1470x. The other COM port is used for SPI communication to the Power Management Module.
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