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UG148

Rev. 1, 17-June-2022

Innovative Power

ActiveSwitcher

is a trademark of Qorvo.

Figure 17 – I2C Configuration Button

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 shows the two
possible indication status graphics.

Figure 18 – Dongle Connection Status

Dongle Dongle
Connected Disconnected

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...

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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...