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Boot Mode Description ................................22 Installation ....................................23 Initial Board Setup ................................23 Debug Agent Setup (DEV-BF548DA-Lite only) ..................... 26 Using the VDSP Flash Programming Tool ........................30 Developing an Application ............................
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Packing List The DEV-BF548DA-Lite and the DEV-BF548-Lite Board Package contain the following items: DEV-BF548DA-Lite or DEV-BF548-Lite Board 1x USB Cable (USB A/B) 1x USB Cable (USB A/B) (DEV-BF548DA-Lite only) 1x USB Cable (USB A/Mini USB) 1x Ethernet Cable 1x Power Supply. Support CD Note: The Core Modules are not shipped with the board, so you must order them separately.
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BLACKFIN Products Core Modules: TCM-BF518: The new Core Module CM-BF518 is powered by Analog Devices' single core ADSP-BF518 processor; up to 400MHz, 32MB SDRAM, up to 8MB flash. The 2x60 pin expansion connectors are backwards compatible with other Core Modules. CM-BF527: The new Blackfin Processor Module is powered by Analog Devices' single core ADSP-BF527 processor;...
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Development Boards: EVAL-BF5xx: Low cost Blackfin processor Evaluation Board with one socket for any Bluetechnix Blackfin Core Module. Additional interfaces are available, e.g. an SD-Card. DEV-BF5xxDA-Lite: Get ready to program and debug Bluetechnix Core Modules with this tiny development platform including an USB-Based Debug Agent. The DEV- BF5xxDA-Lite is a low cost starter development system including a VDSP++ Evaluation Software License.
1 Introduction NOTE: The DEV-BF548DA-Lite has an on-board Debug Agent, which is not available on the DEV-BF548- Lite Board. All other features are identical! In this document, when describing both boards, the name DEV-BF548-Lite is used. The DEV-BF548-Lite Development Board with integrated Debug Agent is designed as a development and application board for the high performance ADSP-BF548 based CM-BF548 Core Module.
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JTAG JTAG-Plug that supports all analog Devices JTAG Emulators. Expansion Connector 1 (X1) Data Bus Address Bus Memory Control RESET PPI0 (Parallel Port Interface 0) GPIO (Programmable ) Power Supply Expansion Connector 2 (X2) PPI1 (Parallel Port Interface 1), SPORT1 Power Supply (Main Supply Connector) GPIO (Programmable ) UART0...
2 Functional Specification Figure 2-1: Functional Block Diagram Power connector and Power supply: The supplied power supply should be used. It can deliver up to 2A at 12V. The input voltage range of an alternative power supply must be between 6-16V! The on-board DC/DC power supply generates 5V and 3.3V which are made available at the expansion connectors.
3 PCB Placement and Mechanical Outline 3.1 PCB Placement X 13 X 11 Power USB JTAG Ext . JTAG USB -OTG USB -UART X 12 1 … 8 X 10 CAN 1 X 8 CAN 0 1 … 4 SD-CARD X 4 Ethernet JACK Corner holes on Core Module indicating insertion Rotation Figure 3-1: Connector PCB Placement...
3.3 Extension Board Footprint If you want to design your own Extension Board for the DEV-BF548, you can use the following Board dimensions. The mating Connectors in Figure 3-3 are mounted on top. Figure 3-3: Recommended Footprint for Extension Boards – top view Blackfin DEV-BF548-Lite.
4.6 X1, X2, X3 Expansion Connectors The Expansion Connectors on the DEV-BF548-Lite for a Stacked Height of 16mm are of the following type: Part Manufacturer Manufacturer Part Nr. X1, X2 AMP (Stacked Height = 16mm) 5-5179010-2 Matching connector 5179031-2 AMP (Stacked Height = 16mm) 5-5179010-3 Matching connector 5179031-3...
4.9 Expansion Connectors The interface to the extender boards is grouped into three different connectors (X1, X2, X3). The three tables below shows the pin out of these three connectors. The column “Pin No. (Connector)” shows the pin number of each connector, while the column “Pin No. (Symbol) shows the pin number of the extension connector schematic symbol, where the pins are numbered from 1 to 200.
5.8 JP4 – USB ID Short jumper JP4 to tie USB ID to GND on the USB-OTG Connector X13. 5.9 S5 - Button The button S5 is a GPIO Button and connects to PH7. 5.10 General Purpose LEDs Designator Function Blackfin GPIO ...
1000 Reserved 1001 Reserved 1010 Boot from (DDR) SDRAM 1011 Boot from OTP memory 1100 Reserved 1101 Boot from 8‐ or 16‐bit NAND flash memory via NFC 1110 Boot from 16‐Bit Host DMA 1111 Boot from 8‐Bit Host DMA Table 6-1: Boot modes 7 Installation 7.1 Initial Board Setup The installation guide is written for Windows (Windows 2000 and WinXP). However for connecting the USB device the driver for MAC and LINUX are available on the CD.
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If the wizard asks you to connect to the windows update site, select “No, not this time” Choose: “Install from a list or specific location”. The driver is located on your support CD. Blackfin DEV-BF548-Lite. DEV-BF548DA-lite Hardware User Manual Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor...
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This procedure has to be done twice, because at first the USB driver will be installed. Then the Hardware Wizard opens again, because the UART bridge driver has to be installed in addition using the same driver file. Simply repeat this step. Open the Windows device manager (Control Panel ...
This shows a sample boot screen. Depending on the current software version, you might get different boot messages. You can find a simple hello world program on your support CD or at the download section of the product homepage. To start the sample program, type “xmr UART” on your terminal program, then (Transfer ...
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Configure VDSP++4.5 to support the DEV-BF548DA-Lite by starting the Installer from your support CD. Once started you should see the following dialog. Note: To run the installer the .net framework is required! Select the Core Module that you have inserted in the socket of your DEV-BF548DA-Lite. Press the “Install”...
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After the install process you have to create a Platform using the Platform Wizard of the VDSP++. Please follow the instructions to create a valid Platform for the Bluetechnix USB Debug Agent. Open the VisualDSP++ Configurator from the start menu entry of VisualDSP++ 4.5. Select “New…”...
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Select “EZ-KIT Lite” and press “Next”. Select the platform that you have created with the VisualDSP++ Configurator and press “Finish”. Blackfin DEV-BF548-Lite. DEV-BF548DA-lite Hardware User Manual Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor...
Now the session is ready and VDSP++ should start with these settings. The Core Module on the DEV- BF548DA-Lite is now ready for debugging. For further information about the session wizard and the VDSP++ tools please refer to the VDSP++ manuals downloadable from the Analog Devices website.
9 Extender Board Compatibility List This chapter points out the compatibility of the DEV-BF548-Lite and DEV-BF548DA-Lite with Core Module and Extension Boards. Please refer to the Extender board and Core Module Hardware Manuals for further information. Legend: Full functional (OK) Functional but not all features are available Not functional Functionality not guaranteed...
9.4 Audio Extender Board Core Module CM-BF548 EXT-BF5xx-Audio Table 9-4: Used with the Audio Extender Board 9.5 Camera Extender Board Core Module CM-BF548 EXT-BF5xx-Camera Table 9-5: Used with the Camera Extender Board 9.6 Analog-Digital / Digital-Analog Converter Extender Board Core Module CM-BF548 EXT-BF5xx-AD/DA Table 9-6: Used with the Analog-Digital / Digital-Analog Converter Extender Board...
9.9 Camera and Audio Extender Board Core Module CM-BF548 EXT-BF5xx-Camera EXT-BF5xx-Audio Table 9-9: Used with the Camera and the Audio Extender Board 10 Anomalies Missing pull up resistor on nBR -> workaround done Missing pull up resistor on CMD_OD -> workaround done Table 10-1: Anomalies on V1.0 boards 11 Product Changes Version...
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