Testing the Board
UG0048 User Guide Revision 5.1
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Testing the Board
This section defines the test procedure required to be carried out by the Microsemi SoC Products Group
designated manufacturer's testing facility on the ProASIC3/E Starter Kit board with silkscreen labeling
A3PE-STARTER-KIT-2. This testing is specific to the socketed version of the board. All steps in the
following enumerated test procedure should be followed in sequence for testing the board. Deviations in
the sequence are explained in the text.
7.1
Equipment Required
This section provides the equipments required for testing the board.
7.1.1
Equipment Provided to Testing Facility
Microsemi SoC Products Group provides the following:
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Test procedure document.
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FlashPro v9.1 software or latest on Microsemi website
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FlashPro4 programmer and programming cable for connecting to the A3PE-STARTER-KIT-2.
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Pre-programmed A3PE1500-PQ208 silicon. Ten devices will be provided for ten boards. The initial
silicon will not be labeled as having been programmed. (this is just for the testing associated with the
first manufacturing build.) Additional devices will be provided for testing further boards and this
change will be detailed in an update to the procedure.
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Power supply (+9 V, 2 A CUI) for the ProASIC3/E Starter Kit board plus a mains cable for the power
supply.
7.1.2
Testing Facility Equipment
The manufacturer's testing facility will provide the following equipment for testing of the board: Digital
Multimeter to measure voltages on the circuit board at the known test points.
7.2
Test Procedure for the A3PE-STARTER-KIT-2
In this section, full test procedure for the boards is outlined. This procedure applies to socketed boards.
For boards fitted with directly soldered parts, the procedure is the same except for fitting of the FPGA. In
such cases, adjust the procedure accordingly and ignore references to fitting parts to sockets.
7.2.1
Initial Power-On Procedure
This part of the procedure may be carried out independently and ahead of the other parts of the test
procedure. Boards passing this procedure may be transferred to a passing set of boards.
The following steps describe the procedure to perform the initial power-on.
1.
Record the time of the test and the board serial number (written by the bar code on the back of the
board) into a test log.
2.
Plug the +9 V power supply into the wall.
3.
Take an A3PE-STARTER-KIT-2 that has an empty socket. Ensure the switch SW11 is in the OFF
position, (the switch should be moved to the left). This corresponds with the labeling of the
silkscreen on the board.
4.
C9 V DC output of the CUI power supply to the J18 connector on the board. You should
observe the red LED at the top right of the board; LED D19 should light, indi9 V DC has
been applied to the board.
5.
Move the SW11 switch to the ON position—to the right. Observe that LEDs, D13, D9, D10, D11, and
D17 light up green on the board. All LEDs are on the top edge of the board (same edge as red D19
power connector LED, which should remain lit).
6.
Using a DVM, measure DC voltages using TP11 as ground:
7.
TP6 and TP7 should be 3.3 V (values ±0.2 V are acceptable). Values outside this range are a failure.
8.
TP15 should be 1.5 V (values ±0.1 V are acceptable).
9.
TP8 should be 1.8 V (values ±0.1 V are acceptable).
