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Renesas RAA2S425X KIT Quick Start Manual

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Renesas Confidential and Proprietary Information
RAA2S425x KIT Quick Start Guide
This document provides a short description on how to start using the RAA2S425x KIT, all examples are using
the RAA2S4251B IC. The following parts are described in detail:
■
RICBox GUI and RAA2S425x plug-in
RAA2S425x evaluation board
■
Demonstration of calibration and reading back data
■
Contents
1.
Evaluation Software ................................................................................................................................. 2
1.1
Installation ........................................................................................................................................ 2
2.
RAA2S425x Evaluation Board Description ............................................................................................. 4
3.
Example Usage ........................................................................................................................................ 5
3.1
Hardware Setup ............................................................................................................................... 5
3.2
Software Setup ................................................................................................................................. 7
3.2.1.
Starting RICBox, Plug-In, and Selected Product .................................................................. 7
3.2.2.
Establishing Connection to the Evaluation Board. ............................................................... 9
3.2.3.
Configuring the DUT ........................................................................................................... 9
3.2.4.
Calibrating the RAA2S4251B ............................................................................................ 10
3.2.5.
Reading Data from the Sensor Replacement Circuit ......................................................... 12
3.2.6.
Saving the DUT Settings................................................................................................... 13
4.
Troubleshooting ..................................................................................................................................... 14
4.1
Connection Issues .......................................................................................................................... 14
4.2
Calibration Failed ........................................................................................................................... 14
4.3
Bad Contact between the Socket and the IC ................................................................................... 14
5.
Schematics ............................................................................................................................................. 15
6.
PCB ......................................................................................................................................................... 18
7.
Glossary ................................................................................................................................................. 19
8.
Revision History ..................................................................................................................................... 19
R11QS0038ED0100 Rev.1.0
Mar 11, 2022
Application Note
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© 2022 Renesas Electronics

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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Renesas Confidential and Proprietary Information Application Note RAA2S425x KIT Quick Start Guide This document provides a short description on how to start using the RAA2S425x KIT, all examples are using the RAA2S4251B IC. The following parts are described in detail: ■...

  • Page 2: Evaluation Software

    ■ ■ Main work area: all DUT settings, parameters and controls are in this section. More information on how to use the RICBox can be found in the Renesas IC Toolbox User Guide document. R11QS0038ED0100 Rev.1.0 Page 2 Mar 11, 2022...
  • Page 3 Renesas Confidential and Proprietary Information RAA2S425x KIT Quick Start Guide Menu bar Main work area Bottom controls Figure 1. Main Sections of the RICBox GUI R11QS0038ED0100 Rev.1.0 Page 3 Mar 11, 2022...

  • Page 4: Raa2S425X Evaluation Board Description

    Onboard circuitry provides galvanic isolation with the rest of the board. Microcontroller and Device under Test (DUT) communication: a Renesas RX651 series microcontroller ■ handles the OWI and I2C communication with the DUT and UART communication with the FTDI device.

  • Page 5: Example Usage

    Renesas Confidential and Proprietary Information RAA2S425x KIT Quick Start Guide 3. Example Usage The RAA2S425x devices are delivered with a default NVM configuration to simplify the usage of the part. Sections 3.1and 3.2 describe configuration of the board, the GUI and the DUT in order to start working with the kit.
  • Page 6 Renesas Confidential and Proprietary Information RAA2S425x KIT Quick Start Guide Table 1. Jumper Position Jumper Designator Function Position Sensor Replacement Circuit Connect Closed SSCCDB connector Open OUT series resistor Closed (OFF) DUT Communication and Power Closed Bridge TC connection Bridge Input Short...

  • Page 7: Software Setup

    Renesas Confidential and Proprietary Information RAA2S425x KIT Quick Start Guide Software Setup To configure the software and the DUT follow these steps: 1. Start the RICBox Evaluation Software and load the RAA2S425x plug-in with the selected RAA2S4251B product, see section 3.2.1 for details.
  • Page 8 Renesas Confidential and Proprietary Information RAA2S425x KIT Quick Start Guide Figure 6. Family and Product Selection Click “OK“ to initialize the RICBox environment and start the plug-in for the selected product/family. For a faster start-up, the virtual environment is initialized only on the first run of the plug-in.

  • Page 9: Establishing Connection To The Evaluation Board

    Renesas Confidential and Proprietary Information RAA2S425x KIT Quick Start Guide 3.2.2. Establishing Connection to the Evaluation Board. To connect with the Evaluation Board follow these steps: 1. Click the “Not Connected” button. 2. Click the “Connect to device” button (see Figure 8).

  • Page 10: Calibrating The Raa2S4251B

    Renesas Confidential and Proprietary Information RAA2S425x KIT Quick Start Guide Figure 11. AFE settings To restore the default configuration of the RAA2S4251, create a new (default) project and write the GUI values to the Shadow/NVM. 3.2.4. Calibrating the RAA2S4251B To perform two-point calibration without temperature compensation (default settings of RAA2S4251B), follow these steps below.
  • Page 11 Renesas Confidential and Proprietary Information RAA2S425x KIT Quick Start Guide Figure 12. Calibration Tab 2. Set the Calibration Type settings: Primary – Linear ● Compensation – None ● 3. Set the Targets ● Target for P1 = 10% ● Target for P2 = 90% 4.

  • Page 12: Reading Data From The Sensor Replacement Circuit

    Renesas Confidential and Proprietary Information RAA2S425x KIT Quick Start Guide 3.2.5. Reading Data from the Sensor Replacement Circuit 3.2.5.1. Reading Data in Command Mode After all required settings of the DUT are copied to the Shadow memory (see section 3.2.4 for details), check if the DUT operates as expected.

  • Page 13: Saving The Dut Settings

    Renesas Confidential and Proprietary Information RAA2S425x KIT Quick Start Guide Figure 15. Copy Shadow to NVM Figure 16. NVM Overwriting Confirmation 2. Open the Normal Mode Tab and click the “Start Reading” button. The microcontroller on the Evaluation board is re-configured to start analog to digital conversion on the SSC’s output signal.

  • Page 14: Troubleshooting

    Renesas Confidential and Proprietary Information RAA2S425x KIT Quick Start Guide 4. Troubleshooting Connection Issues If the Evaluation board and the SSC cannot be connected, check for the following items: ■ Heartbeat LED D4 is blinking with frequency of approximately 0.5Hz.

  • Page 15: Schematics

    Renesas Confidential and Proprietary Information RAA2S425x KIT Quick Start Guide Figure 19. Unstable Reading Due to Bad Contact 5. Schematics USB_UART_Translator RAA2S42xy_COM_MCU_V4.SchDoc RAA2S42xy_COM_I2C_LIN_V4.SchDoc 5V_USB VBUS 5V_USB U_ZSSC425xSRB_V1 MCU_SDA1 MCU_SDA U_ZSSC425xEVB_V1 USB_DM MCU_RX USB_DP MCU_SCL1 MCU_SCL RAA2S42xy_EVB_V4.SchDoc RAA2S42xy_SRB_V4.SchDoc MCU_TX GND_USB OWI_DIR1...
  • Page 16 Renesas Confidential and Proprietary Information RAA2S425x KIT Quick Start Guide 5V_USB 5V_USB MCP1755ST-3302E/DB 3V3, 300mA LDO 5V_USB MIC5209-5.0YS VCC_CH1 VCCin VCCout GND_USB 4.7u GNDin GNDout 4.7uF VCC_Ext SL19-123 AP2305GN AM2S-0507SZ GND_USB GND_USB HD-516RH 120R 7V2, 270mA isolated DC-DC converter 5V, 500mA LDO...
  • Page 17 Renesas Confidential and Proprietary Information RAA2S425x KIT Quick Start Guide Custom Bridge TC Common mode voltage - by manual solder Diagonstics - YES - Bridge sensor short Bridge #1 - Bridge connection check OWI_AN_IC OWI_AN_IC VCC_IC VDDAx VCC_IC OWI_AN_IC VCC_IC...

  • Page 18: Pcb

    Renesas Confidential and Proprietary Information RAA2S425x KIT Quick Start Guide 6. PCB The RAA2S42mx kit has a two-layer PCB with dimensions of 162mm x 76mm. Figure 26. Top Layer Figure 27. Bottom Layer R11QS0038ED0100 Rev.1.0 Page 18 Mar 11, 2022...

  • Page 19: Glossary

    Renesas Confidential and Proprietary Information RAA2S425x KIT Quick Start Guide 7. Glossary Term Description Analog-to-Digital Converter Bridge Sensor Device Under Test Graphical User Interface – refers to the software application used for communication with the kit Inter-Integrated Circuit; serial two-wire data bus; trademark of NXP...

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