DA9213, DA9214, and DA9215 Performance Boards UM-PM-029 Abstract This document is a user guide for DA9213, DA9214, and DA9215 Performance Boards. It provides the basic information on how to configure the PCB, how to install and use the Power Commander (GUI) software.
GPUs, and DDR memory rails in smartphones, tablets, and other handheld applications. DA9213 is configured as a single channel 4-phase buck converter capable of delivering up to 20 A output current. DA9214 is configured as 2-channel, 2-phase buck converter capable of delivering up to 10 A output current per channel.
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UM-PM-029 DA9213, DA9214, and DA9215 Performance Boards 2. Click the radio button to accept the software license agreements twice. 3. Click Next to begin the software installation. 4. When the installer indicates it has finished updating, click Finish to complete the process.
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UM-PM-029 DA9213, DA9214, and DA9215 Performance Boards NOTE After the installation has been completed you need to restart your computer. 5. Plug in the USB cable so that Windows detects the USB device. A prompt for the drivers, which should be automatically located in the Driver_PID-1011 directory of the media, appears. If this does not happen automatically, open the Device Manager: 6.
UM-PM-029 DA9213, DA9214, and DA9215 Performance Boards Figure 1: Successful Installation Procedure To uninstall the software please use the Windows Add/Remove Programs function, which is in the Start, Settings, Control Panel menu. User Manual Revision 2.0 25-Feb-2022 CFR0012 8 of 37...
DA9213, DA9214, and DA9215 Performance Boards Hardware Each device has its dedicated evaluation PCB. DA9213 Performance Board is based on PCB numbered 227-02-A, DA9214 Performance Board is based on PCB numbered 227-04-D, and DA9215 Performance Board is based on PCB numbered 227-07-B.
Three tabs are available across the top: 1. Control, for the main settings of I/Os, the interface and the status/event registers. 2. Configuration, for advanced DA9213, DA9214, or DA9215 configuration. 3. Buck, which includes all the buck settings (output voltages, operating modes)
UM-PM-029 DA9213, DA9214, and DA9215 Performance Boards Figure 6: DUT Selection Interface Indicators Start Device When pressed it automatically configures the register R327 CONFIG_E for standalone operation. Polling Enabled If disabled, the main read-backs from the device are suppressed. This is used to force the communication over the bus to be silent.
Set the slave address of the device. This affects all I C communications. See also the register INTERFACE in the DA9213/4/5 Datasheet [1]. Find Finds a control matching a full or partial register name, a control bit name, a register number (for example, R208 or D0h).
UM-PM-029 DA9213, DA9214, and DA9215 Performance Boards a) Synchronize Panel from Device Reads all the register contents of the device and updates the panel to match. b) Synchronize Device from Panel Writes all the device registers to match the panel (refresh operation).
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UM-PM-029 DA9213, DA9214, and DA9215 Performance Boards Changing a register control immediately sends the value to the selected register, and reads the value back again, comparing the result with the hex indicator. Note that all bits of the registers are sent at once.
It also tackles the first steps of making modifications on the device. DA9214 Performance Board (227-04-D) is used for this example; however, the same method applies for both DA9213 and DA9215 Performance Boards. Figure 7: Measurement Set-Up...
UM-PM-029 DA9213, DA9214, and DA9215 Performance Boards At the top right of the configuration tab the interface indicator should display the same details as shown in Figure Figure 8: Top Right Interface Indicator Select the Start Device button to configure the software for standalone operation correctly. This enables control of the DA9214 in standalone mode.
UM-PM-029 DA9213, DA9214, and DA9215 Performance Boards Figure 10: Enabling BUCKA The same operation can also be done via the I C interface panel by selecting the register address, the data to send and pressing the Send button. A read-back can be performed by clicking the Read...
UM-PM-029 DA9213, DA9214, and DA9215 Performance Boards Figure 12: Monitoring the Inductor Current of BUCKA When BUCKA is enabled, only phase-1 (LX_A1) is switching, whilst phase-2 (LX_A2) does not. This is happens when PH_SH_EN1 is asserted. Since no load is applied to the output of the buck converter, DA9214 automatically optimizes the number of active phases and turns off phase-2 to save power.
UM-PM-029 DA9213, DA9214, and DA9215 Performance Boards Figure 13: Inductor Current of Phase-1, Phase-Shedding Enabled To disable the phase shedding set the PH_SH_EN1 bit to zero, thereby forcing both phases to be enabled. The inductor current of phase-1 and phase-2 when BUCKA operates with two active phases is...
UM-PM-029 DA9213, DA9214, and DA9215 Performance Boards There is an easy way to modify the output voltage of BUCKA. This is by using the VBUCKA_CTRL_A and VBUCKA_CTRL_B registers, see the red box in Figure In the BUCK_SEL field choose VBUCK_A (see the red arrow in...
UM-PM-029 DA9213, DA9214, and DA9215 Performance Boards This example configures 1.2 V in VBUCKA_CTRL_A and 0.8 V in VBUCKA_CTRL_B. After asserting the BUCK_SEL bit the DVC transition in the output voltage is as shown in Figure Figure 16: DVC Transition The voltage is decreased by 400 mV in approximately 40 µs, therefore, the slope of the DVC...
UM-PM-029 DA9213, DA9214, and DA9215 Performance Boards There is another means of controlling the output voltage of the buck converter by using one of the GPIO ports available on the device. This example uses GPI4 in the VBUCK_GPI field of BUCKA_CONT register. GPIO4 is already...
UM-PM-029 DA9213, DA9214, and DA9215 Performance Boards To turn off the whole IC and not only the buck converter use the IC_EN port (see also jumper link J28). By toggling the position of the jumper to the alternative position, the whole IC goes off and the current measured from the supply is close to zero.
UM-PM-029 DA9213, DA9214, and DA9215 Performance Boards Appendix A - Links Description Table 1: DA9213 Performance Board (227-02-A) Links Description Position 1 Position 2 Link Function (Pin 1-2) (Pin 2-3) To VSYS Enables diode D1 when VSYS supply is connected...
UM-PM-029 DA9213, DA9214, and DA9215 Performance Boards Table 2: DA9214 Performance Board (227-04-D) Links Description Position 1 Position 2 Link Function (Pin 1-2) (Pin 2-3) BUCKA local GND BUCKA VSS local headers To VSYS Enables diode D1 when VSYS supply is connected...
UM-PM-029 DA9213, DA9214, and DA9215 Performance Boards Table 3: DA9215 Performance Board (227-07-B) Links Description Position 1 Position 2 Link Function (Pin 1-2) (Pin 2-3) To VSYS Enables diode D1 when VSYS supply is connected BUCKB local VOUT BUCKB VOUT local headers...
UM-PM-029 DA9213, DA9214, and DA9215 Performance Boards Appendix B - Performance Board Features DA9214 Performance Board (227-04-D) is used in this section as an example. DA9213 and DA9215 Performance Boards (227-02-A and 227-07-B) have the same features. USB-I C Bridge...
UM-PM-029 DA9213, DA9214, and DA9215 Performance Boards Figure 21: Mini USB Input and Internal Rails Generation Control and I/O Signals All of the control and I/O signals from DA9214 appear on the headers pins shown above. These are the most useful monitor points for debug purposes.
Note 2 The suffix 2 is used to identify coPMIC devices (such as DA9213, DA9214, or DA9215) and distinguish them from the main PMIC devices (such as DA9063). Although they can share the I address if STAND_ALONE is set to zero (see Datasheet for details on STAND_ALONE bit operation), the GUI offers the possibility to assign different I C addresses to main and coPMIC devices.
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UM-PM-029 DA9213, DA9214, and DA9215 Performance Boards Status Definitions Status Definition The content of this document is under review and subject to formal approval, which may result in modifications or DRAFT additions. APPROVED The content of this document has been approved for publication.
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