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- Page 1 User Guide XE8000 ProStart II _______________________ ________________________ XE8000 ProStart II User Guide Rev 1 February 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents General Introduction ..............................4 Introduction..............................4 Highlights................................4 About this Guide.............................4 Recommended Reading..........................4 Troubleshooting..............................4 The SEMTECH Internet Web Site........................4 Customer Support ............................5 Overview and installation............................6 Introduction..............................6 Highlights................................6 What is the ProStart II ............................6 ProStart II components...........................6 How ProStart II helps you..........................8 Installing ProStart II hardware........................8... - Page 3 Table 6 : Boards revision numbers ..........................26 Table 7 : Difference between boards revisions ......................27 Table 8 : Default jumpers settings ..........................29 Table 9 : ProStart II basic analog values........................32 © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor...
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Page 4: General Introduction
See Chapter 8 for information on common problems. THE SEMTECH INTERNET WEB SITE Semtech provides on line support on the Semtech World Wide Web site. The web site is used by Semtech as a means to make files and information easily available to customers. It is at http://www.semtech.com... -
Page 5: Customer Support
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II CUSTOMER SUPPORT Customers should call their distributor, representative or field application engineer for support. Users of Semtech products can receive assistance through several channels: • Distributors or Representative, Local Sales Office • Field Application Engineer (FAE) •... -
Page 6: Overview And Installation
XE8000MP (Multipurpose programmation and debug board will cables and power supply) • XE8000SW RIDE-Lite / Entreprise Development environment both versions available through Raisonance website www.raisonance.com. For more information see chapter 3 © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor... -
Page 7: Figure 1 : Overview Of The System (Real Boxes, Boxes Content And Boards May Differ From Illustrations)
RIDE- Lite / Entreprise Development environment 9V supply 3.5 mm barrel plug Figure 1 : Overview of the system (real boxes, boxes content and boards may differ from illustrations) © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor... -
Page 8: How Prostart Ii Helps You
7 Put the on/off switch in the “off” position. 8 Connect your EVxxx board. Now the hardware is ready to work at the next power on. Please follow the chapters 3 or 4 for the software installation. © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com... -
Page 9: Installing And Using Ride Development Environment
After installation, you may find it on the environment menu bar Help > PDF > XE-TOOLS > Getting Started XE or on your hard drive on C:\RIDE\DOC\Getting_Started_XE.PDF or in the directory where you choose to install RIDE. © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com... -
Page 10: Getting Started With Ride
Inserting the monitor code • Starting the monitor • Basic features • Step by step • Debugging the same program again • Invalidating the breakpoints • Tips about the monitor © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor... -
Page 11: Using The Prostart Ii Without Launching Ride
Enabling / disabling the RS232 line driver (Port B 6/7) THE XELOADER (XELOADER.EXE) The RIDE XELOADER tool is an executable file produced by SEMTECH that can be run either in command line or through a GUI version. The file is included in the RIDE installation; you can find it under C:\RIDE\COOLRCTS\WIN32\BIN\XeLoader.EXE, or you can download it using the following link http://www.semtech.com... -
Page 12: Xeloader Gui
ProStart Kit selection XE8000MP voltage settings Status messages RS232 on port B6/7 Action buttons (ProStartKit I only) This window comes up when the user types xeloader on the command line window. © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor... -
Page 13: Debug Mode
Mode Panel Mode selection Status messages The debug mode is clearly indicated in order to avoid confusion between debug and production mode. Display panel Mode Panel Mode selection Status messages © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor... -
Page 14: Xeloader Command Line
: ON, OFF (only for ProStartI) XELoader Version V 3.2 Release date Apr 11 2005 Copyright (c) 1997-2004, SEMTECH SA, Monruz 2, CH-2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland The “-c” option makes the command line program act the same way as previous versions. -
Page 15: Programming
|< Erasing FLASH memory... ||||||||| Uploading FLASH memory... 0%|<----------------->|100% ||||||||||||||||||||| FLASH memory Upload finished... Programing Status: Erasing Write Blocking Bits Write Data Calculated CheckSum 0x06AF8 XE8000 CheckSum 0x06AF8 Programming OK... Programming Failed © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor... - Page 16 Nom. margin : Failed D:\Projet\XELoader\Release> The difference between the two uploads are • Time of erasing shorter for second generation • Margin checks at the end of the upload for the second generation © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor...
- Page 17 Nom. margin : Ok Programming status : Failed Try to download again or change the chip! Detailed Status: margin : Ok High margin : Failed Nom. margin : Failed D:\Projet\XELoader\Release> © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor...
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Page 18: 4.10 Changing Target Power Supply
RS232 DB9 cable to the connectors enables the line driver D:\Projet\XELoader\Release> XELoader 2 COM2 -r ON -c Sending port B behavior... D:\Projet\XELoader\Release> XELoader 2 COM2 -r OFF -c Sending port B behavior... D:\Projet\XELoader\Release> © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor... -
Page 19: Electrical Specifications And Hardware Description
Power - connectors RS232 (XE8000 UART) interface Programming Programm & control connector connector Power supply DC 9V regulated Not used Power LED ISD LED Prog LED Figure 3 : Programming Board © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor... -
Page 20: Electrical Parameters
Type I flash Type II flash Best case 1erase 1write 1 min 5 sec 47 sec Worst case 5erase 5 write 5 min 3.35 min Table 1 : Flash programming timings © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor... -
Page 21: Programming Connector Description
Example of application connection for the two types DB25 CONNECTOR The connector below is a SUB-D 25 pin (male) connector. The pins are implemented in the following way: Figure 5 : Frontal view of the programming connector © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com... -
Page 22: Programming On-Board / Isd Feature
DB25 connector and a 12 pin connector. Figure 6 : Reduced programming connector Since there are two types of flash in the XE8000 series of products, there are two different signal sets. © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com... - Page 23 WARNING! Since the programming is done using I/O pins you must pay ensure they are connected to non sensitive parts in your design. The table below helps you to know which I/O pins are used during programming. © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com...
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Page 24: Table 3 : Type I I/O Pin Used During Programming
Important note: Since The pin PA0 doesn’t appear in the programming pins for the type II flash, you must add PA0 to your programming connector if you plan to do on-board In Socket Debugging © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com... -
Page 25: Figure 7 : Programming In-Circuit Examples
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II Example of application connection for the two types PCB_E013v03a See Chapter XE8000MP Revisions PCB_E013v02a Programming cable max 5cm Figure 7 : Programming in-circuit examples © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor... -
Page 26: Xe8000Mp Revisions
• Boards available • Improvements / Differences BOARDS REVISION NUMBERS On each Semtech PCB there is a board name and a revision number you can find it under the Semtech logo see picture below: Board name: PCB-E013 Board name: PCB-E013... -
Page 27: Differences Between Revisions
No ISD feature • V02a First version • PCB Cleanup, wires suppressed • V03a Functionality of programming connectors included • HV modification included Table 7 : Difference between boards revisions © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor... -
Page 28: Socket Boards
Connector to the motherboard the port from buttons Jumpers to disconnect the EEPROM Reset button Ground bridge for probes Buttons on input port Figure 8 : Socket board example © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor... -
Page 29: Jumper Default Settings
When the power supply is turned off and on, the power on reset feature can be disturbed by the time of the Vreg capacitor discharge (Vreg capacitor = 1uF). To ensure a better start-up of the chip, it is advised to use the reset button in order to ensure the reset functionality. © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com... -
Page 30: Troubleshooting
Possible causes : 1 The chip has been written to more than the maximum numbers of cycles, you can try to restart the upload 2 Are your XELoader & Firmwares up to date? see on http://www.semtech.com The ProStart II answers “unable to read checksum”. © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor... - Page 31 2 If the answer on point 1 is yes does the Prog LED blink shortly during the read? If not verify if your power supply can deliver at least 1Amp. If it’s still not working, the board must be shipped back to your SEMTECH representative. 3 Are your XELoader & Firmwares up to date? see on http://www.semtech.com...
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Page 32: Whole Programming Troubleshooting Procedure
Name Value Tolerance Unit VDDD 5.00 +/- 0.010 VDDA +/- 0.075 VTEST VDDA +/- 0.010 Table 9 : ProStart II basic analog values Figure 9 : ProStart II basic testpoints © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor... -
Page 33: Schematics
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II Schematics Figure 10 : XE8000MP board schematic © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor... -
Page 34: Figure 11 : Xe8000Mp Cpld Detailed Schematic
User Guide XE8000 ProStart II Figure 11 : XE8000MP CPLD detailed schematic © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor... - Page 35 No liability will be accepted by the publisher for any consequence of its use. Publication thereof does not convey nor imply any license under patent or other industrial or intellectual property rights. Semtech. assumes no...
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