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The board at a glance
3.1
Delivery content
3.1.1
Software overview
The required software can be acquired from the respective Infineon sales person. The software package
contains:
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A Graphical User Interface (GUI);
•
FTD chipset USB driver, which is necessary to establish the USB connection. It enables USB 2.0 and USB 3.0
protocol capabilities.
The software can be used in combination with Windows 7 and Windows 10 operating systems. It is compatible
with both 32-bit and 64-bit systems. Other operating systems may work, but have not been tested.
3.1.1.1
Software installation
The following description guides through the GUI software installation step by step:
1.
Download the required GUI software;
2.
Extract the GUI software to a local folder;
3.
To start the installation double click on the "Current Sensor Evalkit Vx.x.x.exe" with left mouse button.
For detailed steps please refer to
3.1.2
Hardware overview
The Current Sensor Programmer board order contains the following hardware items:
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The programmer board, fully assembled;
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Micro USB cable, used to enable communication with GUI and to power up the programmer board and
sensors on the evaluation board or external PCB;
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Interface cable. It enables the connection and communication between programmer board and evaluation
board.
3.2
Main features
The Current Sensor Programmer board, shown in the figure below, together with the GUI software constitute a
ready-to-use evaluation setup which provides the following main features:
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Oscilloscope-like functionality;
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Crosstalk matrix cancellation in real time;
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Sensor calibration and programming.
The main hardware features of the Current Sensor Programmer board are:
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XMC4700 microcontroller based on ARM Cortex
™
-M4 with 144 MHz frequency used for the debugging and
USB communication;
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Micro USB connector for power supply and communication with the GUI;
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External power supply for standalone operation (without USB connection);
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LED for indication of power supply and status indication;
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Circuit for the generation of the sensor EEPROM programming voltage (20.6 V);
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DUT board connector for the connection with DUT boards (e.g. Infineon's evaluation boards);
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Measurement header for measurement instrumentation connection;
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Reinforced galvanic isolation on USB connection and external power supply.
TLE4972 Current sensor programmer
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