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UG148 

Rev. 1, 17-June-2022

 

 
Innovative Power

TM

 

ActiveSwitcher

TM

 is a trademark of Qorvo. 

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Regulator Mode 

Click the “Regulator” button in the left of the GUI screen to see all available user programmable options. In the 
left side of the screen, click on the Tiles Selector to choose which regulator or LDO’s to show. There are two 
tabs for each tile, “Setting “and “Register”. 

The “Settings” tab is easy to read and has drop down menus that show the available choices. The “Registers” 
tab shows the actual register values required to achieve a desired setting. 

 

Figure 12 – GUI Setting Tab of Regulator Mode 

Summary of Contents for Active ACT88420EVK1-101

Page 1: ...ng the IC and any other necessary components Features The EVK can be used as a standalone board if desired However to access the internal registers and to take full advantage of the IC s capability th...

Page 2: ...p Required Equipment ACT88420 EVK USB TO I2C Dongle Power supply 3 3V 5A for full power operation Oscilloscope 100MHz 2 channels Loads Electronic or resistive 3A minimum current capability Digital Mul...

Page 3: ...d Buck4 LDO mode set to VSET0 1 8V e LDO1 PLSW mode 4 No jumper is needed for GPIO6 GPIO6 has a pullup resistor to VIO which sets LDO2 in LDO mode to1 8V 5 Connect a jumper between J20 1 and J20 2 to...

Page 4: ...ction EVK Design Parameters The ACT88420EVK1 101 is designed for a 3 3V input voltage Table1 shows the Regulators output voltage and the current supply capability Table 1 EVK Design Parameters Paramet...

Page 5: ...17 June 2022 Innovative PowerTM ActiveSwitcherTM is a trademark of Qorvo 5 EVK Operation Turn on Apply the 3 3V input voltage All outputs automatically turn on with the programmed startup sequence Te...

Page 6: ...UG148 Rev 1 17 June 2022 Innovative PowerTM ActiveSwitcherTM is a trademark of Qorvo 6...

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Page 8: ...UG148 Rev 1 17 June 2022 Innovative PowerTM ActiveSwitcherTM is a trademark of Qorvo 8 Schematic Figure 5 ACT88420EVK1 101 Schematic...

Page 9: ...5 J16 J17 J18 7 CON Header 2 54 Male 3P TH con hdr 254 3p Wurth 61300311121 8 J8 1 CON Header 2 54 Male 4P TH con hdr 254 4p Wurth 61300411121 9 J5 1 CON Header 1 27 Male 6P TH con hdr 1 27 6P Digekey...

Page 10: ...UG148 Rev 1 17 June 2022 Innovative PowerTM ActiveSwitcherTM is a trademark of Qorvo 10 Layout Figure 6 Layout Top Assembly...

Page 11: ...UG148 Rev 1 17 June 2022 Innovative PowerTM ActiveSwitcherTM is a trademark of Qorvo 11 Figure 7 Layout Layer 2...

Page 12: ...UG148 Rev 1 17 June 2022 Innovative PowerTM ActiveSwitcherTM is a trademark of Qorvo 12 Figure 8 Layout Layer 3...

Page 13: ...UG148 Rev 1 17 June 2022 Innovative PowerTM ActiveSwitcherTM is a trademark of Qorvo 13 Figure 9 Layout Bottom Layer...

Page 14: ...ge all the information is user configurable via the drop down boxes Regulator Mode allows the user to view and change the IC s advanced internal registers of each regulator Configuration Mode Click th...

Page 15: ...UG148 Rev 1 17 June 2022 Innovative PowerTM ActiveSwitcherTM is a trademark of Qorvo 15 Figure 11 GUI Configuration Mode...

Page 16: ...mmable options In the left side of the screen click on the Tiles Selector to choose which regulator or LDO s to show There are two tabs for each tile Setting and Register The Settings tab is easy to r...

Page 17: ...UG148 Rev 1 17 June 2022 Innovative PowerTM ActiveSwitcherTM is a trademark of Qorvo 17 Figure 13 GUI Register Tab of Regulator Mode...

Page 18: ...d This also updates the SYSTEM STATUS box to ensure that one of the changes did not generate a fault condition Figure 14 Read Button Write Clicking on this button writes the GUI settings to the ACT884...

Page 19: ...Dongle Connection Status The GUI also contains a dongle is connected status which indicates that Active Semi s USB TO I2C dongle is connected to the USB port of the driver installed The figure below...

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