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User Manual: BlueBoard-LPC214X  
 

Revision 1.3 

Revision 1.3 

Author: Ashwin Athani 

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This  evaluation  board/kit  is  intended  for  use  for  ENGINEERING  DEVELOPMENT,  DEMONSTRATION, 

EDUCATION OR EVALUATION PURPOSES ONLY and is not considered by NGX Technologies Pvt. Ltd to be a 
finished  end-product  fit  for  general  consumer  use.  Persons  handling  the  product(s)  must  have  electronics 
training  and  observe  good  engineering  practice  standards.  As  such,  the  goods  being  provided  are  not 
intended  to  be  complete  in  terms  of  required  design-,  marketing-,  and/or  manufacturing-related  protective 
considerations,  including  product  safety  and  environmental  measures  typically  found  in  end  products  that 
incorporate such semiconductor components or circuit boards. This evaluation board/kit does not fall within 
the  scope  of  the  European  Union  directives  regarding  electromagnetic  compatibility,  restricted  substances 
(RoHS),  recycling  (WEEE),  FCC,  CE  or  UL,  and  therefore  may  not  meet  the  technical  requirements  of  these 
directives or other related directives. 

The user assumes  all  responsibility  and liability for proper  and safe handling of the goods. Further, 

the user indemnifies NGX Technologies from all claims arising from the handling or use of the goods. Due to 
the  open  construction  of  the  product,  it  is  the  user’s  responsibility  to  take  any  and  all  appropriate 
precautions with regard to electrostatic discharge. 

EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT OF THE INDEMNITY SET FORTH ABOVE, NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO 
THE OTHER FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. 

NGX  Technologies  currently  deals  with  a  variety  of  customers  for  products,  and  therefore  our 

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assistance,  customer  product  design,  software  performance,  or  infringement  of  patents  or  services 
described herein. 

Please  read  the  User’s  Guide  and,  specifically,  the  Warnings  and  Restrictions  notice  in  the  User’s 

Guide  prior  to  handling  the  product.  This  notice  contains  important  safety  information  about  temperatures 
and voltages.  

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covering or relating to any machine, process, or combination in which such NGX Technologies products or 
services might be or are used. 

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Summary of Contents for BlueBoard-LPC214X

Page 1: ...User Manual BlueBoard LPC214X Revision 1 3 1 USER MANUAL BlueBoard LPC214X...

Page 2: ...The user assumes all responsibility and liability for proper and safe handling of the goods Further the user indemnifies NGX Technologies from all claims arising from the handling or use of the goods...

Page 3: ...ed a note in section 3 2 8 for the SD MMC connector regarding the card file format Updated the USB Virtual COM Port Installation for Windows XP section Revision 1 1 to Revision 1 2 Added a known issue...

Page 4: ...ARTING OFF 6 2 2 1 Connecting the hardware 6 2 2 2 Programming BlueBoard 6 3 BLUEBOARD HARDWARE 8 3 1 FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW 8 3 2 HARDWARE CONFIGURATIONS 9 4 BLUEBOARD UTILITIES 18 4 1 OVERVIEW 18 4 2 S...

Page 5: ...power LED On board linear regulators generate 3 3V 500mA and 5v 500mA from power supply USB connector as alternate power source Connectors Extension headers for all microcontroller pins RS232 connecto...

Page 6: ...mware which can test all the peripherals 2 2 2 Programming BlueBoard BlueBoard can be programmed through wiggler clone JTAG or through serial port using Flash Magic Flash Magic is a freeware windows u...

Page 7: ...ode under the Options tab select Advanced options In this under Hardware Config tab make sure the options Use DTR and RTS to control RTS and P0 14 and Keep RTS asserted while COM port open are checked...

Page 8: ...3 1 Functional Overview LPC214x 74HC595 DB9 Female Connector for UART1 DB9 Female Connector for UART0 USB Type B connector 2x16 CHARACTERS LCD DISPAY VGA Female connector JTAG PS 2 KEYBOARD AUDIO OUT...

Page 9: ...the PS 2 peripheral J13 Keyboard PS 2 This will provide 5V supply to PS 2 connector J18 LCD Connecting all pins enabled LCD Pins 1 to 7 are data lines 9 to 13 are control lines and pin 15 is 5V power...

Page 10: ...Please note that all the LEDs should glow this confirms the working of LEDs Now since the LEDs are connected through a serial to parallel converter this test also confirms the working of SPI0 of the...

Page 11: ...ual BlueBoard LPC214X Revision 1 3 11 A Connect To window opens where you have to select the COM port In this example it is COM1 Click OK A COM1Properties window appears Set the values as shown below...

Page 12: ...User Manual BlueBoard LPC214X Revision 1 3 12 Next an empty BlueBoard Hyper Terminal window opens as shown...

Page 13: ...ision 1 3 13 Now make sure that the BlueBoard is powered and the serial port is connected to the respective port to be tested UART0 or UART1 By pressing any key from keyboard the following message wil...

Page 14: ...UART0 can also be used for serial programming If the selected bootloader mode is Manual then Half modem cable should be used else if it is in Auto mode use full modem cable Note that after programmin...

Page 15: ...OM Port Installation for Windows XP section Test setup Connect the USB cable to USB connector The power LED D14 and USB connect LED D10 turn ON The USB enumeration can be checked in device manager The...

Page 16: ...on the board connect jumper to J11 and connect the JTAG to debug port We have successfully tested the BlueBoard with JTAG interface using a Wiggler Clone JTAG To test this feature you need to have the...

Page 17: ...jack connector You should hear a ding sound being played The sound is heard only for few seconds after power ON or RESET 3 2 10 PS 2 keyboard Test setup To enable PS 2 connect jumper to J15 Connect a...

Page 18: ...rocontrollers Any toolchain can be used as long as it is able to generate the necessary files for downloading onto the BlueBoard Here are few toolchain suggestions GNUARM ToolChain http winarm science...

Page 19: ...file is not unpacked in Windows by default and needs to be extracted from a Windows cab file which should be in the C WINDOWS Driver Cache i386 directory for Windows XP SP2 Change directory to C WIND...

Page 20: ...cally then the user needs to go the Device Manager window and right click on the device and select update driver Set the new hardware Wizard to search a specific location for the driver and specify th...

Page 21: ...gned to the USB serial device is not fixed and can change To know the current COM port number the user needs to look into the Device Manager page under Ports COM LPT After selecting the appropriate CO...

Page 22: ...User Manual BlueBoard LPC214X Revision 1 3 22 6 Schematics A PDF version of the schematic can be downloaded from http blueboard lpc214x googlecode com files BlueBoard_schematics_V1R1 pdf...

Page 23: ...4x source checkout Analog to Digital Converter UART I2C E2PROM Driver Reading and writing to an i2c e2prom SPI Using SPI in polled master mode to drive 8x LEDs FIQ Handler VGA Timer Soft Timer Demonst...

Page 24: ...214X Revision 1 3 24 8 Known Issues AUTO mode ISP and full modem cable While using the Auto program mode for ISP after programming the Blueboard the user needs to unplug the full modem serial cable fo...

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