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© 2022 ROHM Co., Ltd.
65UG018E Rev.001
July 2022
User’s Guide
Evaluation board for PMIC BD96801
BD96801-SPA7-EVK-301
This user’s guide will help you understand the connection, operating Instructions and important notices and warnings that need to be
carefully reviewed prior to use of the board.
The evaluation board has been designed to demonstrate the performance of the PMIC BD96801 when powering a Xilinx Spartan-7
FPGA. The BD96801 contains 4 buck converters and 3 LDOs that can be flexibly configured via factory OTP settings, user EEPROM
settings or I2C commands.
The user’s guide contains a schematic of the evaluation board, a Bill of Material list (BOM) and also description about the overall
functioning of the evaluation board. Additionally, the user’s guide contains important notices and warnings that need to be carefully
reviewed prior to use of the board.
Important Notice
This evaluation board is intended for
product evaluation in a research and development context only
and is not intended for
resale to end consumers and it is not authorized for end customer or household use. This board may not comply with CE or similar
standards (including, but not limited to the EMC directive 2004/EC/108) and may not fulfil other requirements of the country it will be
operated in by the user. The user shall ensure that the evaluation board will be handled in a way that is compliant with all the standards
and regulations in the country it will be operated in.
The evaluation board provided here has only been subjected to functional testing under typical load conditions. The design of this
evaluation board is tested by ROHM only as described in the user guide for this board. The design is not qualified in terms of safety
requirements, manufacturing and operation over the entire operating temperature range or lifetime.
This evaluation board may only be used by authorized personnel that is properly trained in recognizing and dealing with the
dangers of testing high voltage equipment and generally experimenting with high voltage circuits.
Ensure you review this user
guide as it contains important safety warnings. At all times, follow the applicable safety rules for dealing with high voltages. Do not
connect or disconnect any wires or probes to the evaluation board, while it is connected to a power supply. Take care that capacitors
on the board have discharged fully before touching any part of the board. Always place the evaluation board under appropriate covers,
such as in a Perspex box, to protect against accidental touching of high voltage parts BEFORE applying a voltage supply to the board.
If the usage deviates from the electrical specifications (maximum current, etc.) of the evalua-
tion device selected by the customer, the device may be severely damaged. Therefore, never
use the evaluation board in a way that deviates from the specifications of the evaluation device.
Also, take precautions to prevent fragments from scattering and use protective equipment in
case severe damage occurs.