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AS260-VCU-V1 Vehicle Control Unit
Quick Start guide for AS260-VCU-V1 Vehicle Control Unit
The quick start guide for AS260-VCU-V1 serves a guide for user to get start with AS260-VCU-V1 Vehicle
control unit. It explains step by step procedure to program and debug the board and explains how to interface
the board with external systems.
Contents
1.
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 3
2.
Scope of the document ................................................................................................................................. 3
3.
AS260-VCU-V1 Hardware .............................................................................................................................. 4
Getting Started with AS260-VCU-V1............................................................................................................. 6
4.
4.1
Programming and Debugging ................................................................................................................ 6
4.1.1.
Programming using RFP: ........................................................................................................ 7
4.1.2.
Debugging using CS+ ........................................................................................................... 10
4.2
Interfacing with different system .......................................................................................................... 12
4.2.1.
Using I/O Connector .............................................................................................................. 12
4.2.2.
Using Main Connector ........................................................................................................... 12
4.2.3.
Interfacing with REIN_WCU_V1 ........................................................................................... 14
4.2.4.
Interfacing with AS261-Scalable BMS Solution .................................................................... 15
AS260-VCU-V1 Sample Software ................................................................................................................ 16
5.
5.1
Prerequisites for testing the Sample Software. ................................................................................... 16
5.2
Sample Software Folder Structure ...................................................................................................... 17
5.3
Testing the Sample Software .............................................................................................................. 18
5.3.1.
BLE (DA14531 module) Connection and Data Transfer ....................................................... 21
5.3.2.
Data Upload over HTTP using Wifi Module .......................................................................... 22
5.3.3.
Data Upload over MQTT using LTE Module ......................................................................... 22
6.
Acronyms and Abbreviations ..................................................................................................................... 24
7.
Revision History .......................................................................................................................................... 25
Table of Figures
Figure 1-1 Vehicle control Unit Block Diagram ......................................................................................................... 3
Figure 3-1. Front View of AS260-VCU-V1 ................................................................................................................ 4
Figure 3-2 Back View ................................................................................................................................................ 4
Figure 4-1 Mating connector with wire harness and debug connector ..................................................................... 6
Figure 4-2 Connection with E2 emulator .................................................................................................................. 6
Figure 4-3 New project in RFP ................................................................................................................................. 7
Figure 4-4 Creating new project. .............................................................................................................................. 7
Figure 4-5 Select power supply. ............................................................................................................................... 7
Figure 4-6 Browsing the project file ......................................................................................................................... 8
Doc Number Rev.1.00
Jun 30, 2023
Quick Start Guide
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Quick Start guide for AS260-VCU-V1 Vehicle Control Unit The quick start guide for AS260-VCU-V1 serves a guide for user to get start with AS260-VCU-V1 Vehicle control unit. It explains step by step procedure to program and debug the board and explains how to interface the board with external systems. - Page 2 AS260-VCU-V1 Vehicle Control Unit Quick Start Guide Figure 4-7 Selecting the .mot file from DefaultBuild_merged folder................. 8 Figure 4-8 Operation settings ........................... 8 Figure 4-9 Block Settings ............................9 Figure 4-10 Connect Settings configuration......................9 Figure 4-11 Start the Programming .......................... 9 Figure 4-12 Authentication window ........................10...
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Page 3: Introduction
Figure 1-1 Vehicle control Unit Block Diagram Scope of the document The scope of the document is to explain the AS260-VCU-V1 Vehicle Control unit (VCU) hardware and guide the user to get started on the same with step-by-step procedure on programming, debugging and connections. The document also covers testing of Sample software provided with the package. -
Page 4: As260-Vcu-V1 Hardware
AS261 scalable BMS solution thus allowing board to board connection. 2. Ethernet Ports: AS260-VCU-V1 provides both 100 mbps and Gb ethernet ports which can be used for software upgrades, diagnostics, high data rate transfers and communicate with central processing units in zonal E/E architectures. - Page 5 4. Wireless Card Connector: This is an expansion connector provided to connect to wireless modules such as Wifi, BLE, LTE over UART/SPI. Using this connector AS260-VCU-V1 can be interfaced with REIN _WCU_V1 (Wireless communication unit) solution. 5. Power Connector for REIN_WCU_V1: This is a power output connector that provides 3.3v and 3.8v output.
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Page 6: Getting Started With As260-Vcu-V1
AS260-VCU-V1 Vehicle Control Unit Quick Start Guide Getting Started with AS260-VCU-V1 This section provides the guidance on getting started with AS260-VCU-V1. Using the connectors shown in section AS260-VCU-V1 board, this board can be interfaced with other system and programmed using E2 debugger. -
Page 7: Programming Using Rfp
AS260-VCU-V1 Vehicle Control Unit Quick Start Guide 4.1.1. Programming using RFP: Renesas provides Renesas Flash programmer (RFP) tool to program RH850U2A device. Below are the steps to program U2A device using RFP: 1. Make the connections as shown in Figure 4-2. Power the board using power lines one harness. -
Page 8: Figure 4-6 Browsing The Project File
AS260-VCU-V1 Vehicle Control Unit Quick Start Guide 5. Click on ‘Browse’ button and navigate to the desired ‘xxx.mot’ file which should be programmed in the board. Select the program file that needs to be programmed in the MCU. Note that, in case of multi-core project select the .mot file from the ‘DefaultBuild_merged’... -
Page 9: Figure 4-9 Block Settings
AS260-VCU-V1 Vehicle Control Unit Quick Start Guide Figure 4-9 Block Settings 7. Navigate to ‘Connect Settings’ and select the settings as below: 1. Select connect Settings. 2. Select Interface for programming (2 wire UART/CSI). 3. Keep the default speeds selected. -
Page 10: Debugging Using Cs
AS260-VCU-V1 Vehicle Control Unit Quick Start Guide Figure 4-12 Authentication window 10. Click start button and the tool will show the progress of programming. Once programming is completed the tool shows ‘Operation Complete’ message as below: Figure 4-13 Programming progress 4.1.2. -
Page 11: Figure 4-15 Build And Download The Project
To proceed debugging user can step in or step over by clicking the icons highlighted below: Figure 4-17 Step in and Step over options. For more details refer below reference links: CS+ Quick Start Guide (4/4) - Debug | Renesas CS+ | Renesas Doc Number Rev.1.00... -
Page 12: Interfacing With Different System
AS260-VCU-V1 Vehicle Control Unit Quick Start Guide Interfacing with different system As mentioned earlier, AS260-VCU-V1 can be interfaced with different system using the connectors provided on the board. Below sections give the details of the same. 4.2.1. Using I/O Connector Below figure shows the schematic of the I/O connector. - Page 13 AS260-VCU-V1 Vehicle Control Unit Quick Start Guide Pin No Pin name Signal Type Pin description +12V Power input Device 12V power input LIN_1 LIN_1 bus LIN interface 12V Supply ground Device ground +3.3V Power output Device +3.3V output JTAG Serial data input pin...
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Page 14: Interfacing With Rein_Wcu_V1
AS260-VCU-V1 Vehicle Control Unit Quick Start Guide CAN1L_P CAN bus CAN1_H interface of isolated CAN-FD External Isolated CAN-FD ground for “U68” CAN_GND Isolated Ground CAN3L_N CAN bus CAN3_L interface of CAN-FD CAN3L_P CAN bus CAN3_H interface of CAN-FD External Isolated CAN-FD 5V power input for “U78”... -
Page 15: Interfacing With As261-Scalable Bms Solution
Interfacing with AS261-Scalable BMS Solution AS260_VCU_V1 can be interfaced with AS261 to form a complete BMS solution, where AS260-VCU-V1 performs all the BMS algorithm. Below figure shows the entire connection setup with AS260-VCU-V1 and AS261 boards. Figure 4-21 Complete BMS solution connection AS260-VCU-V1 has I/O connector which is compatible with the board-to-board connector on companion board of AS261. -
Page 16: As260-Vcu-V1 Sample Software
AS260-VCU-V1 Vehicle Control Unit Quick Start Guide 5. AS260-VCU-V1 Sample Software The sample software has Battery Management solution algorithms and cloud connectivity over Wifi (DA16200), BLE (DA14531) and LTE(EC25) implemented on different cores of RH850/U2A8 microcontroller in AS260_VCU_V1. This should be tested with AS261-Scalable BMS solution and REIN-WCU-V1 referred in section 4.2.4 and 4.2.3 respectively. -
Page 17: Sample Software Folder Structure
AS260-VCU-V1 Vehicle Control Unit Quick Start Guide Figure 5-1 Installing Python Open the “Command prompt” window, input “pip install flask” command to install flask. After installing it successfully, the following information will be shown. Figure 5-2 Installing flask 3. Smart Console mobile application installed on smart phone. Refer SmartConsole Android and iOS Application —... -
Page 18: Testing The Sample Software
AS260-VCU-V1 Vehicle Control Unit Quick Start Guide Figure 5-3 Top Project structure Each core folder has relevant modules, software and src folder comprising of relevant drivers. PE0 folder has software files related to the BMS algorithm (ASW, BSW, INTERFACE_LAYER) and src folder with relevant drivers. -
Page 19: Figure 5-6 Run The Http Server On Pc
Once programed, turn off the power, remove the E2 debugger and make the connections with AS261 and REIN- WCU-V1. Follow below steps while connecting the boards: 1. Connect AS260-VCU-V1 to CB board of AS261 using I/O connector as shown in Figure 4-22. 2. Stack up REIN-WCU-V1 to AS260-VCU-V1 using Wireless board connector as shown in Figure 4-20 Make sure that SIM card is inserted in SIM slot and, Main and Div antennas are connected on the REIN- WCU-V1 as shown in below figure. -
Page 20: Figure 5-8. Antennas And Sim Card On Rein_Wcu_V1
Figure 5-8. Antennas and SIM card on REIN_WCU_V1 3. Connect the AFE board and battery stack to CB. 4. Connect the 12V adaptor to each AS260-VCU-V1 and CB board. Below figure depict the flow of the connections followed in entire system. -
Page 21: Ble (Da14531 Module) Connection And Data Transfer
AS260-VCU-V1 Vehicle Control Unit Quick Start Guide 5.3.1. BLE (DA14531 module) Connection and Data Transfer 1. The Smart console will show ‘Clv2-Codeless’ in the list as shown below. Figure 5-10. Smart Console detecting BLE device 2. Click it to connect to BLE device. The App will show Command mode window on it. -
Page 22: Data Upload Over Http Using Wifi Module
5.3.2. Data Upload over HTTP using Wifi Module AS260-VCU-V1 communicates with DA16200 on REIN-WCU-V1 which acts as HTTP client and uploads the data to the PC based server. HTTP server will show the data as below. Figure 5-14. Data received on HTTP server The data is display as ‘Celln : xxxxmV’, where n= cell number and xxxx is the cell voltage value in mV. -
Page 23: Figure 5-16. Add New Subscription
AS260-VCU-V1 Vehicle Control Unit Quick Start Guide Click on Add new subscription topic as shown below: Figure 5-16. Add new subscription Subscribe the topics, BMS/cell1, BMS/cell2…. BMS/cell16 as below. Figure 5-17 Subscribing topic in Hivemq WebSocket client. Thus all 16-cell data will be uploaded and shown on the HiveMQ client. Below image shows six cell data uploaded in mV. -
Page 24: Acronyms And Abbreviations
AS260-VCU-V1 Vehicle Control Unit Quick Start Guide Figure 5-19. Graphical representation of Cell voltages vs time on IoT ON-OFF app 6. Acronyms and Abbreviations Acronyms and Abbreviations Explanation Battery Management System Bluetooth Low energy HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol Long-Term Evolution... -
Page 25: Revision History
AS260-VCU-V1 Vehicle Control Unit Quick Start Guide 7. Revision History Revision Date Description 1.00 June 30 2023 Initial release. Doc Number Rev.1.00 Page 25 Jun 30, 2023...
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