Anadigm AnadigmApex AN231K04-DVLP3 User manual

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1.0 Overview
The AnadigmApex development board is an easy-to-use platform designed to help you get started with
implementing and testing your analog designs on the AnadigmApex FPAA silicon devices.
While the device on this development platform is an AN231E04 device, you can use this board to implement all
of your AN131E04 and AN231E04 designs. The design software - AnadigmDesigner®2 – can use the
AN231E04 device on board to emulate the AN131E04 device thus enabling instant prototyping of your design
for either device in the AnadigmApex device family.
Note : the physical device on this board is a 7x7mm TQFP, the volume production device is housed in a 7x7mm
QFN package.
This manual provides an overview on how to effectively use this board to implement your analog design. But
first, here are some salient features of the AnadigmApex development board:
•Small footprint – 4.2 inches square
•Large breadboard area around the AN231E04 device
•Header pins for all the FPAA device analog I/Os
•Ability to separate, electrically and physically, the digital section
•Two circuit footprints for configuration as Rauch filters, single to diff converters, level shifters etc
•Daisy chain capability – that allows multiple boards to be connected to evaluate multi-chip systems
•Standard PC serial interface for downloading AnadigmDesigner®2 circuit files
•On-board 16-MHz oscillator module
Figure 1: AnadigmApex Development Board

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Disclaimer
Anadigm reserves the right to make any changes without further notice to any products herein. Anadigm makes no warranty,
representation or guarantee regarding the suitability of its products for any particular purpose, nor does Anadigm assume any
liability arising out of the application or use of any product or circuit, and specifically disclaims any and all liability, including
without limitation consequential or incidental damages. "Typical" parameters can and do vary in different applications. All
operating parameters, including "Typicals" must be validated for each customer application by customer's technical experts.
Anadigm does not in this document convey any license under its patent rights nor the rights of others. Anadigm software and
associated products cannot be used except strictly in accordance with an Anadigm software license. The terms of the
appropriate Anadigm software license shall prevail over the above terms to the extent of any inconsistency.
© Anadigm®Ltd. 2006
© Anadigm®, Inc. 2006
All Rights Reserved.

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2.0 Layout
Figures 2 shows the layout of the board allowing easy location of all the components, power connections and
jumpers.
OSC
PIC
Disable
OSC
jumper
EPROM
mode
jumper
16MHz
Osc
module
RS232
EPROM
socket
ADC chans 0-4
& user config
select
PIC
program
header
PIC serial
program
jumper
Daisy
pins Daisy
pins
LEDs
Digital
interface
jumpers
Pull-up/dow n
jumpers
Reset
button
FPAA SPI
interface
FPAA I/Os
+ VMR
FPAA I/Os
+ VMR
Pow er
jack
socket
Pow er
screw
terminal
Pow er
LED
Digital
Vdd & Gnd
Analog
Vdd & Gnd
Analog
Vdd & Gnd
Rauch
Filter
Circuits
40mil
breadboard
5 row s of 50mil
breadboard
at edge
70mil holes
for sockets
FPAA
Hold PIC in
reset jumper
RS232XTAL
RS232 socket
PWR
reg
RESET
5 row s of 50mil
breadboard
at edge
PWR
Figure 2: Top-level layout of the AnadigmApex development board

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3.0 Powering up the AnadigmApex Development Board
The options for powering up the board are as follows:
•Connect a transformer with centre voltage between +4V and +12V to the jack socket input, OR
•Connect wires from a single precision, regulated supply to the on-board 2-way terminal with the voltage
set to between 4V and 12V.
•Anadigm recommends the use of a standard supply regulator or d.c. power supply 6 or 9 volt d.c.
regulated output.
NOTE: the board is protected against connection to a supply with the wrong polarity
WARNING: the board should not be powered with more than 12.5V
There is a green LED to indicate that the board is successfully powered up. The board should take
approximately 25mA when first powered up and before the FPAA is configured. The current after the FPAA is
configured depends very much on the circuit programmed into the FPAA.
4.0 Programming the Board
Once the board has been powered up, simply connect the board to the serial port of a PC using a standard
RS232 cable. Open AnadigmDesigner®2 on the PC, create a circuit and click on Configure. If configuration is
successful, the green LED next to the PIC in the digital section will light. If the red LED lights then the
configuration failed. If this happens then check the supply to the board and check that the pins marked AVDD
have +3.3V on them. Also check that the jumpers are in their default state (see figure 3 in section 8). Press the
reset button and try again.
If configuration was successful then the circuit created in AnadigmDesigner®2 will be programmed into the
FPAA. The analog inputs and outputs can be accessed via the header pins that surround the FPAA. Note that
the outer pins are connected to the analog I/Os, the inner pins are all connected to VMR which is at analog
signal ground (+1.5V).
5.0 Evaluating Multi-chip Designs – Daisy Chaining
Figure 3 shows an example of how to chain 2 boards together. More boards can be chained using the
instructions shown in this figure.
RS232 socket
PIC
OSC
XTAL RS232
TXCVR
RESET
FPAA
PWR
jack
skt
+5V
reg
PWR
screw
term
RS232 socket
PIC
OSC
XTAL RS232
TXCVR
RESET
FPAA
PWR
jack
skt
+5V
reg
PWR
screw
term
PC
Power
Move J1 jumper to left to
disable PICon allboards
excepttheone
connected toa PC
Putjumper onJ7 of
allboardsbut oneto
disable 16MHzosc
RemoveCS1jumperfrom
J7 on allboards except the
firstboard (onthe right)
9jumpersconnecting
boardstogether
Commonup powerto
allboards.Makeleads
asshortas possible
Figure 3: Positions of Jumpers and Default Settings

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6.0 Other Features
VREF Pins
The 3 reference pins on the FPAA device – VMR (+1.5V), VREFP (+2.5V) and VREFN (+0.5V) – have been
connected via the p.c.b. tracks to the 3 holes to the right of the FPAA. In addition, VMR is available on 2 rows of
pins that are adjacent to the analog I/Os. These reference voltages are not designed to provide current.
Header Pins
All of the analog I/Os of the FPAA are brought out to header pins for easy connection. Next to these header
pins is a second row of header pins connected to VMR (+1.5V). This allows the user to connect any FPAA
analog I/O to VMR using shorting jumpers, resistor jumpers or capacitor jumpers.
EPROM
There is an SPI EEPROM socket in the digital section of the board. To put the board into EPROM mode:
1. Put a jumper onto J8 which sits right next to the EPROM socket, and
2. Put a jumper on J4 in the position marked SI so that this pin is connected to a pull-down.
3. Make sure that there are jumpers on J5 in the positions marked GND, VDD, CFG, ACLK, SI, MCLK and
MSUP (it is OK to put jumpers in all positions of J5).
Press the “reset” button to download the circuit from the EPROM into the FPAA.
Reset Button
There is a reset button near the upper right corner of the board. This resets both the FPAA and the PIC (unless
the PORB jumper is removed from J5 or the J1 jumper is in the left position).
In EPROM mode, press the reset button to load the circuit from the EPROM into the FPAA.
SPI Port
There is an SPI port for direct control of the FPAA by an external SPI controller. Note that all the jumpers
should be removed from J5 when the SPI port is used. (see the AN231E04 FPAA specification and use guide
for details of this SPI connection)
Digital Section
The digital section of the evaluation board is provided only so that there is a convenient (serial) interface from
the board to a PC to enable direct configuration (instant prototyping) of the FPAA from AnadigmDesigner®2
software, normal use of the FPAA does not require this digital interface, the FPAA can be programmed directly
from an SPI interface. It is convenient when first developing an analog circuit within the FPAA to have the
direct interface to AnadigmDesigner®2, when the circuit(s) are implemented into a final design either a host uP
(or DSP) or an EEPROM is normally used to store and configure the FPAA.
The digital section of the board includes an RS-232 transceiver and a PIC microcontroller (to perform serial
ASCII to bit conversion). It also includes a green LED (to indicate successful configuration), and a red LED (to
indicate failed configuration
The digital section sits along the top side of the board and is connected to the rest of the board by a set of
jumpers J5. It is possible to cut away the digital section to leave a purely analog board with header pins on the
edge to provide an external digital interface.
If the digital section of the development board is removed or ignored (by pulling jumpers J5), the FPAA can be
configured directly using any processor with an SPI interface (or port configured with appropriate signals) by
connecting signals directly to the FPAA side of J5 or by connecting to the set of pins marked “SPI”. Full
dynamic control of the FPAA’s analog circuitry can be realised under software control via this connection.
Note
Anadigm®does not recommend any specific processor/controllers – our products work with most processors.
Anadigm®recommends that our customers use their own processor development boards and connect via
jumper J5 to Anadigm’s FPAA for fully dynamic control of the FPAA, in preference to re-engineering the digital
section of this development board.

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7.0 Jumpers
Table 1 shows a complete list of the jumpers on the board and figure 4 shows their positions.
Jumper Function Default State Default Condition
J1 This jumper allows the MCLRb pin of the PIC to
either be connected to the PORb pin of the FPAA or
to be grounded. Grounding the MCLRb pin tristates
all of the PIC I/Os and thus allows connection of
another controller to the digital pins of the FPAA.
Useful for daisy chaining boards where one PIC
controls 2 or more FPAAs.
Jumper to right MCLRb pin of PIC is
connected to PORb
pin of FPAA
J4 Connects pull-ups and downs to some of the FPAA
digital pins, or ties CS_B1 low. A jumper in place
connects the pull-up/down in the following way:
POR – 10k pull-up on PORb
ACT – 10k pull-up on ACTIVATE
ERR – 10k pull-up on ERRb
SI – 10k pull-down on SI
CS1 – ties CS_B1 low
CS – 10k pull-down on CS_B
CFG – 10k pull-up on CFGFLG
Jumpers on POR,
ERR, CS1 and CS PORb is pulled high, ERRb is pulled high,
CS_B1 is tied low and
CS_B is pulled low.
J5 Connects the digital section to the analog section All 15 jumpers
should be on. Fully connects power, ground and all FPAA
digital signals to the
digital section.
J6 Allows serial download of software to PIC via the
RS232 port. Press reset after placing a jumper on J6
and then use Tera Term Pro to download the new
software.
Jumper off Not in software
download mode
J7 A jumper on J7 will disable the 16MHz oscillator
module and tristate its output. This means that the
ACLK pin of the FPAA will not be clocked. Useful in
daisy chaining boards where the ACLK pin of 2 or
more FPAAs should be driven by one source.
Jumper off 16MHz oscillator
enabled
J8 A jumper on J8 enables EPROM mode. Jumper off Board in micro mode.
Table 1: Summary of Development Board Jumpers

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J5 - connects
digitalsection to
analogsection.
Default-fully
populated
J4 -connects pull-
ups & downs to
FPAA digital pins.
Default-jumpers
on POR, ERR,
CS1, CS
J1 - connects PIC MCLRb
pin to FPAAPORb pin (def)
or holds itlow.
Default- jumpertoright.
J7 - 16MHz Osc
disable.
Default-jumperoff J8 - EPROM mode.
Default-jumperoff
J6 - serial s/wdownload.
Default-jumperoff
RS232 socket
PIC
OSC XTAL RS232
TXCVR
RESET
FPAA
PWR
jack
skt
+5V
reg
PWR
screw
term
Figure 4: Positions of Jumpers and Default Settings
8.0 Rauch Filters
The AN231K04 printed circuit board has an available option for you to use to add Rauch filters, at either the
analog input signal path, output signal path or neither. Figure 5, details two suggested Rauch filter circuits.
These can be used easily implemented by adding appropriate components
to the p.c.b. this picture of the p.c.b show’s an example of one of two p.c.b.
layouts, for resistor and capacitor placement.
The default signal connection is directly to the header pin connected to the
AN231E04 FPAA. To use these filters add the correct components and
connect the signal input or output appropriately.
The math associated with a typical low pass input filter is also provided
here.

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For low pass response:
H(s) = 1/((R1/R2)+
(sC2(R1+R3+(R1*R3/R2)))+
(s2R1R3C1C2))
R1 = R2 = 2R3 = 2R
And
C1 = 4C2 = 4C
Fp = 1/(4pie RC(SQRT 2))
Re-arranging these equations for
low pass filter
R1 = Rin;
R2 = G*Rin;
R3 = G*Rin;
C1 = [Q*(G-2)]/(4*pi *Fo*Rin);
C2 = (2*C1)/[Q*(G-2)]^2
Figure 5: Suggested Rauch filter circuits

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9.0 Absolute Maximum Ratings
Parameter Symbol Min Typ Max Unit Comment
DC Power Supply
3.5mm jack socket
Vjack 4 12.5 V DC voltage only
Centre pole is positive, outer sleeve is
ground
DC Power Supply
Screw terminal “+” post
V+ 4 12.5 V DC voltage only
Voltage is relative to “Gnd” post
FPAA Input Voltage Fin -0.5 +3.6 V Direct input to FPAA on analog IO header
pins or digital pins (J5)
FPAA Output Voltage Fout -0.5 +3.6 V Direct output from FPAA on analog IO
header pins or digital pins (J5)
RS-232 Input Voltage Rin -30 +/-10 +30 V Standard RS-232 signal levels
RS-232 Output Voltage Tout -15 +/-10 +15 V Standard RS-232 signal levels
Operating Temperature Top 10 50
oC Ambient Operating Temperature
Storage Temperature Tstg -20 70
oC Ambient Storage Temperature

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