ST SPC564A-DISP Installation and operating instructions

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Application note
Getting started with SPC564A-DISP discovery board
Introduction
The SPC564A-DISP is an evaluation tool supporting STMicroelectronics SPC56 M Line
microcontrollers.
The discovery board SPC564A-DISP is based on SPC564A70L7 32-bit 150 MHz e200z4
Power Architecture®core, 2Mbyte on-chip in an LQFP176 package.The numerous
interfaces including CAN/SCI/K-LINE/DSPI/GPIO make the SPC56M-DISP an excellent
starter kit for customer quick evaluation and project development.
Figure 1. SPC564A-DISP Discovery Plus board with SPC564A70L7
The SPC56 M family is designed to address cost sensitive powertrain and transmission
applications.
The SPC56 M line key functionality is Time processing units (eTPU) a coprocessor to create
events in sync with internal or external signals without flooding the CPU with interrupt to
serve.
SPC5Studio is available for download www.st.com/spc5studio.
SPC5Studio comes with HighTec GNU "C" compiler free fully featured 30-day trial version.
An E2E Community is available on ST WEB:
https://my.st.com/public/STe2ecommunities/mcu.
The PCB, all components and all HW parts meet requirements of the applicable RoHS
directives.
www.st.com

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1 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1 Delivery Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2 Setting up Hardware and Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 How to connect SPC564A-DISP to a programmer/debugger . . . . . . . . 4
2.1 How to connect an adapter to the JTAG connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Appendix A General handling precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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1 Getting started
1.1 Delivery Checklist
The SPC56A-Discovery kit contains the following items:
#1 SPC564A-DISP evaluation board.
1 Power supply (Output 5VDC, the center pin is positive).
The jumpers allow configuring the board to enable features and different flash modalities.
1.2 Setting up Hardware and Connections
To set up the hardware follow this procedure:
1. Remove the board and the PSU from the protective plastic envelopes.
2. Check the SPC563M-DISP board; the jumpers are already configured. Set the main
switch (S4) OFF position
3. Connect the PSU to the mains. Note: a mains plug adapter(a) can be used to connect
the PSU mains Europlug to your local mains socket.
4. Plug the PSU cable in the X4 connector (+5VDC input).
5. Set switch S4(ON)
6. The board is now supplied and ready to be used and programmed.
7. The LED LE3 (red) confirms +5V supply is present
8. The demonstration code starts(b); the user LEDs LE1 and LE2 are blinking and they are
showing the microcontroller is working properly.
The jumper configuration can be modified to configure the peripherals or to enable
functions. Before modifying the HW or any jumper, it is mandatory to switch off the board.
The configuration will be valid after the board is switched on.
a. The mains adapter is not included in the kit.
b. The demo software has been loaded during the test board procedure

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programmer/debugger
The following procedure describes how to connect and flash the microcontroller to a
programmer/debugger.
2.1 How to connect an adapter to the JTAG connector
The following procedure describes how to connect to, flash and debug the microcontroller
using the JTAG. The procedure describes how to connect the PLS USB-JTAG adapter.
1. Turn off the board (Switch S4=”OFF”)
2. Connect the USB cable to the adapter.
3. Plug the USB cable to the PC (port USB 2.0 or higher).
4. Plug the adapter 14pins female connector (2x7pin) in JP22 connector.
5. Turn on the board (Switch S4=”ON”).
6. The board is ready to be programmed with the user software.

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Appendix A General handling precautions
The following precautions are recommended when using the SPC564A-DISP board:
Do not modify or manipulate the board when the DC supply is connected to the board.
Any equipment or tool used for any manipulation of the semiconductor devices or
board modification should be shielded and connected to ground.
The connectors and cables should be plugged and removed when the board is off.
Do not supply the board with a DC source higher than 5V or with reverse polarity.
It is recommended to use antistatic tools.

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Table 1. Revision history
Date Revision Changes
12-Dec-2013 1 Initial release.
08-Aug-2017 2 Delete section 2.2 How to develop, program and compile a project using SPC5studio and Appendix B
Reference document.

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