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Confidential Rev. 0.6 7/06

Copyright © 2006 by Silicon Laboratories

Si4700/01/02/03-EVB

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1.  Introduction—Si4700/01/02/03 EVB

Thank you for purchasing the Silicon Laboratories, Inc. Si4700/01/02/03 FM Tuner Evaluation Board (EVB). This
EVB and associated software have been designed to speed the overall development process and decrease the
required development time from EVB to product launch. We have posted support articles, answers to frequently
asked questions, and application notes at 

https://www.mysilabs.com

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The Si4700/01/02/03 EVB kit should include the following important items:

Si4700/01/02/03 FM Tuner customer welcome and evaluation letter
Si4700/01/02/03 baseboard Revision 1.2
Si4700/01/02/03 daughter card with pre-mounted Si4700/01 Revision 1.3 or Si4702/03 Revision 1.1
Wall transformer certified at 5 V/2 A, 100–240 V ac input and power input terminal (green)
USB cable
BNC to RCA adapters (2)
RCA to 1/8” jack cable
1/8” Barrel adapter (1)
EVB Characterization report
Si4700/01/02/03 Quick Start Guide
Si4700/01/02/03 CD including:

 

Data sheet

 

Development application GUI

Note:

This version of the document supports the second generation of the GUI software. Boards shipped prior to May 2006
may be reprogrammed to use this new GUI. Instructions for doing so can be found on mysilabs.com. For details on the
first generation GUI, please reference the 0.2 version of this document, also available on 

https://www.mysilabs.com

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2.  Overview

The Si4700/01/02/03 Evaluation Kit includes an evaluation board (EVB) to facilitate evaluation of the
Si4700/01/02/03 using the associated software. The EVB consists of a baseboard with a pre-mounted daughter
card - the Si4700/01/02/03 is pre-installed on the daughter card. The Si4700 and Si4701 come in a 4 x 4 mm 24-
pin QFN package while the Si4702 and Si4703 come in a 3 x 3 mm 20-pin QFN package. The Si4701 and Si4703
offer RDS support, while the Si4700 and Si4702 do not. Several input/output (I/O) connections provide access to
the various subsystems on the EVB. Refer to Figure 1 for the locations of the various I/O connectors/devices.
This document references the Si4700/01 data sheet and the Si4702/03 data sheet.

Summary of Contents for Si4700-EVB

Page 1: ...RCA adapters 2 RCA to 1 8 jack cable 1 8 Barrel adapter 1 EVB Characterization report Si4700 01 02 03 Quick Start Guide Si4700 01 02 03 CD including Data sheet Development application GUI Note This version of the document supports the second generation of the GUI software Boards shipped prior to May 2006 may be reprogrammed to use this new GUI Instructions for doing so can be found on mysilabs com...

Page 2: ...Si4700 01 02 03 EVB 2 Confidential Rev 0 6 ...

Page 3: ...ix 7 5 Hardware Setup 9 6 Getting Started Software Installation 10 6 1 Connecting to the EVB 11 6 2 Running the Software 12 7 Schematics 26 8 Layout 29 8 1 Baseboard 29 8 2 Si4700 01 Daughter Card 32 8 3 Si4702 03 Daughter Card 35 9 Bill of Materials 38 9 1 Bill of Materials Baseboard 38 9 2 Bill of Materials Si4700 01 Daughter Card 39 9 3 Bill of Materials Si4702 03 Daughter Card 40 Document Chan...

Page 4: ...r for left audio output J11 BNC connector for right audio output PB1 Push button to reset the C8051F320 MCU D1 LED to confirm power supply to the C8051F320 MCU X1 Baseboard 32 768 kHz crystal oscillator SW1 USB J7 J4 power selection switch Daughter card I O connectors devices J1 SMA connector for RF single ended or non inverting differential input J2 Baseboard connector not visible when the basebo...

Page 5: ...ond selecting the position of SW1 J7 is a 2 1 mm power jack for use with standard transformer power bricks The power brick must be dc and provide at least 5 V on the inner conductor The regulators on the baseboard are capable of handling up to 26 V so most dc power bricks are acceptable To power the board via J7 SW1 must be in the EXT POWER position and no power should be applied via J4 This confi...

Page 6: ...apacitors at all supply pins 3 2 2 Audio Amplifier The daughter card includes a high output drive dual op amp chip U2 daughter card to buffer the audio outputs at the LOUT and ROUT pins of the Si4700 01 02 03 The LOUT and ROUT pins are also ac coupled to the inputs of the op amps on U4 daughter card To drive the headphone jack the op amps are connected in a unity gain noninverting configuration an...

Page 7: ...e EVB provides the hardware changes necessary to implement a certain option and any associated constraints Figure 3 shows the locations of the various components required to configure the EVB Figure 3 Locations of Components Used to Configure the EVB 5 8 5 5 N U VWDO 2SWLRQ 5 DQG 5 RQ ERWWRP RI DXJKWHU DUG 6 5 5 ...

Page 8: ...tages via J4 5 Power supply source Power brick J7 Position switch SW1 to EXT POWER Cannot supply any voltages via J4 Power brick must sup ply 5 26 V 6 Power supply source Bench supply J4 Depopulate R1 R2 and R4 See Section 3 1 3 7 VIO source Output of U2 None Default option 5 26 V input using configura tion option 4 5 or 6 8 VIO source Direct from VMCU VIO terminal of J4 Depopulate U2 and popu lat...

Page 9: ...e 10 kΩ 3 Connect one end of a BNC cable to the BNC connector J11 on the baseboard Connect the other end of the BNC cable to an audio analyzer amplifier or other test equipment with an input impedance 10 kΩ 4 Make sure SW1 is set for USB POWER 5 Connect the appropriate end of the USB cable to the USB connector J1 on the baseboard 6 Connect the other end of the USB cable to a USB port on the PC PC ...

Page 10: ...n Laboratories Inc Si4700 01 02 03 CD into the host machine CD drive and launch Windows Explorer Open the CD to explore the contents in a window like the one shown in Figure 5 below Figure 5 Installation and Setup Start Screen Open the Si470X folder and run Setup exe The setup program may prompt to install the DotNetFramework which is required for the program to function This may be installed from...

Page 11: ...tions are Load Firmware from File will attempt to download the firmware file revision selected in 5 to the board when Open 6 is pressed Load Firmware from Device will boot the chip using the firmware from NVRAM in the device Initialize Only will perform an open and reset but will not boot the chip 3 Reset This option is only available if the board was previously initialized with the Initialize Onl...

Page 12: ...anel Screen 6 Firmware Revision Dropdown Box Select the firmware revision to be downloaded to the chip This is only active in Load Firmware from File mode 7 Open Cancel Buttons Press Open to active the chip with the selected options Press Cancel to exit Table 2 Initialization Screen Explanations Continued Number Name Explanation s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ...

Page 13: ...sets Button will program the preset buttons 5 with the 12 strongest stations 5 Presets Press the desired button to tune to the frequency displayed on the button To store a new value to the preset button tune to the desired frequency and then press and hold the desired button for 1 5 sec The button will then change to indicate the stored frequency This information is stored to a file and used the n...

Page 14: ...w the grid 11 BAND Choice of the frequency band US Europe Japan Wide Japan Normal via the dropdown menu 12 MONO Choice to force the radio into Mono Mode or allow Stereo 13 PTYDECODE PTY Decode Choice between RDS Europe or RBDS decoding for the RDS Pro gram type 14 SEEKTH The seek RSSI threshold level used for seek 1 and scan functions 4 15 SKCNT The maximum impulse count allowed during a seek used...

Page 15: ...trum plot over the entire band The RSSI graph function will support two plots 2 Clear Select All Graph 1 or Graph 2 and press clear to clear the desired plots 3 File It is possible to save the displayed data to a bitmap or jpeg file by selecting File Save Plot to Bitmap To save the numeric data to a comma separated file select File Save Plot to CSV file 4 Red Line The current RSSI threshold value ...

Page 16: ...e value directly The setting will be written to the chip when the value is changed 2 Single bit Fields Single bit fields can be changed between 1 and 0 by clicking the radio button on and off respectively The setting will be written to the chip when the value is changed 3 Updating LED The register map is updated whenever the Updating LED is green The update time is selectable from the View Session...

Page 17: ...oup counters displayed for the tuned station The RDS statistics begin accumulating once a new station has been tuned 2 RDS Group Labels RDS group labels e g 0A 0B 1A etc If there has been RDS data for that particular group e g 2A then the label will be displayed in Bold type other wise the group will be in light type indicating no data for that group 3 Tooltips By moving your mouse over a group la...

Page 18: ...y as specified by View Session Preferences Scan Log RDS Log Delay sec When this delay expires the software logs the RDS information and register settings and seeks to the next valid station While scanning the software displays a green Scanning notice below the menu bar The scan can be aborted by selecting the Tools Log Band Scan a second time When the scan completes the filename given is saved in ...

Page 19: ...aved in the user ini file Figure 12 Startup Preferences Table 7 Startup Preferences Explanations Number Name Explanation 1 Default Radio Settings Select the Radio Parameters that you want loaded each time you start the application Refer to Table 9 GUI Properties on page 22 for an explanation of each property 2 OK Cancel Press OK to save the values press Cancel to exit without saving This data is s...

Page 20: ...date rate for the radio panel tab The default is 0 5 seconds 2 Reg Map Update Rate Select the update rate for the register map tab and property grid This value must be greater than the GUI Update rate or you will get an error 3 RDS Error Checking Select the default method for RDS error checking performed on the base board For more description see RDS Error Checking in Table 9 4 RDS Text Decode Sel...

Page 21: ...lect how many seconds are allowed during a Tools Log Band Scan to gather RDS data RT time and PS time This timer begins when the After Tune Delay expires 7 Leave Radio On Upon Exit Check this box if you want to leave the radio playing when you exit the application otherwise it will turn off 8 OK Cancel Press OK to save the changes cancel to exit without saving Table 8 Session Preferences Explanati...

Page 22: ...een tunable frequencies 0 200 kHz US 1 100 kHz Europe Japan 2 50 kHz Seek Tune AFCRL AFC Rail 0 AFC Not Railed 1 AFC Railed CHAN Channel Select See data sheet READCHAN Read Channel See data sheet SEEK Seek Enable 0 Disable 1 Enable SEEKTH Select the RSSI threshold to use when seeking manually or automati cally 0 70 RSSI value in dBµV SEEKUP Seek Direction 0 Seek Down 1 Seek Up SF BL Seek Fail Band...

Page 23: ...nable 1 Softmute Disable SMUTEA Softmute Attenuation 00 16 dB 01 14 dB 10 12 dB 11 10 dB SMUTER Softmute Rate 00 fastest 01 fast 10 slow 11 slowest VOLEXT Volume Extend 0 Volume table dynamic range is 28 dBFs 1 Expands volume table dynamic range to 58 dBFs See AN281 for more details VOLUME Volume 0 mute 15 max Misc Status DEV Device ID Read only FIRMWARE Firmware Version Read only MFGID Manufactur...

Page 24: ... Low 11 High XOSCEN Crystal Oscillator Enable this set ting must be selected on the Initial ize screen 0 External Clock 1 On chip Oscillator RDS Status BLERA RDS Block A Error Count 00 0 errors 01 1 2 errors 10 3 5 errors 11 6 errors BLERB RDS Block B Error Count 00 0 errors 01 1 2 errors 10 3 5 errors 11 6 errors BLERC RDS Block C Error Count 00 0 errors 01 1 2 errors 10 3 5 errors 11 6 errors BL...

Page 25: ... than the minimum setting but some errors may be displayed on stations using the A B flag improperly Maximum RDS data is verified as in the mid level setting but the A B flag is ignored Data is virtually error free but may take longer to display RDS Text Decoding RDS Text Decoding Mode ASCII Big 5 Traditional Chinese Default Use system code page UTF 8 Unicode RDSIEN RDS Interrupt Enable 0 Disable ...

Page 26: ...Si4700 01 02 03 EVB 26 Confidential Rev 0 6 7 Schematics Figure 15 Si4700 Baseboard ...

Page 27: ...Si4700 01 02 03 EVB Confidential Rev 0 6 27 Figure 16 Si4700 01 Daughter Card ...

Page 28: ...Si4700 01 02 03 EVB 28 Confidential Rev 0 6 Figure 17 Si4702 03 Daughter Card ...

Page 29: ...Si4700 01 02 03 EVB Confidential Rev 0 6 29 8 Layout 8 1 Baseboard Figure 18 Baseboard Primary Assembly Silkscreen Figure 19 Baseboard Primary Side ...

Page 30: ...Si4700 01 02 03 EVB 30 Confidential Rev 0 6 Figure 20 Baseboard Ground Plane Figure 21 Baseboard Power Plane ...

Page 31: ...Si4700 01 02 03 EVB Confidential Rev 0 6 31 Figure 22 Baseboard Secondary Side ...

Page 32: ...Si4700 01 02 03 EVB 32 Confidential Rev 0 6 8 2 Si4700 01 Daughter Card Figure 23 Si4700 01 Daughter Card Primary Assembly Silkscreen Figure 24 Si4700 01 Daughter Card Primary Side ...

Page 33: ...Si4700 01 02 03 EVB Confidential Rev 0 6 33 Figure 25 Si4700 01 Daughter Card Ground Plane Figure 26 Si4700 01 Daughter Card Power Plane ...

Page 34: ...Si4700 01 02 03 EVB 34 Confidential Rev 0 6 Figure 27 Si4700 01 Daughter Card Secondary Assembly Silkscreen Figure 28 Si4700 01 Daughter Card Secondary Side ...

Page 35: ...Si4700 01 02 03 EVB Confidential Rev 0 6 35 8 3 Si4702 03 Daughter Card Figure 29 Si4702 03 Daughter Card Primary Assembly Silkscreen Figure 30 Si4702 03 Daughter Card Primary Side ...

Page 36: ...Si4700 01 02 03 EVB 36 Confidential Rev 0 6 Figure 31 Si4702 03 Daughter Card Ground Plane Figure 32 Si4702 03 Daughter Card Power Plane ...

Page 37: ...Si4700 01 02 03 EVB Confidential Rev 0 6 37 Figure 33 Si4702 03 Daughter Card Secondary Assembly Silkscreen Figure 34 Si4702 03 Daughter Card Secondary Side ...

Page 38: ...H 2X10 HDR CONN2X10 SAMTEC TSW 110 07 G D 16 1 J4 PCB TERMINAL BLOCK 4 POSITION PHOENIX CON TACT 1803293 17 1 J5 CONN TH TFM HDR 2X20 0 05X0 05IN PITCH CONN40 TFM T H SAMTEC TFM 120 01 S D 18 1 J6 CONN SMA EDGEMOUNT SMA EDGE 5 Y Connect RA2EJ26G 19 1 PB1 BUTTON SM LIGHT TOUCH 160GF 6X3 5MM EVQPPBA25 PANASONIC EVQ PPBA25 20 15 R1 R2 R4 R10 R12 R14 R15 R23 R27 R28 R29 R32 R38 R39 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 RES ...

Page 39: ...155R71C104KA88D 4 1 Bottom C3 CAP SM 0402 X7R 0 1UF CC0402 MURATA GRM155R71C104KA88D 5 2 Top C13 C14 CAP SM 0603 0 33UF X7R 0 33UF RC0603 VENKEL C0603X7R160 334KNE 6 5 Top C4 C5 C17 C18 C19 CAP SM 0402 X7R 100PF CC0402 MURATA GRM1555C1H101JZ01D 7 2 Top C15 C16 CAP SM 0402 22PF CC0402 VENKEL C0402C0G500 220JNE 9 2 Top C6 C7 CAP SM 0603 1UF X7R 1UF RC0603 VENKEL C0603X7R100 105KNE 10 1 Top J1 SMA ED...

Page 40: ... GRM1555C1H101JZ01D 9 2 C6 C7 CAP SM 0603 1UF X7R 1 UF RC0603 VENKEL C0603X7R100 105KNE 10 1 J1 SMA EDGE MOUNT GOLD PLATED SMA EDGE 5 YAZAKI RA2EJ2 6G 11 1 J2 CONN SM 2X20 SFM CONN 2X20 SFM SAMTEC SFM 120 02 S D A 12 1 J3 CONN AUDIO JACK 3 5MM STEREO SJ3543N DIGIKEY CP 3543N ND 13 1 L1 IND SM 0603 270 NH IND0603 MURATA LQW18ANR27J00D 14 3 F1 F2 F3 Ferrite Bead SM 0603 2500 ohm FB0603 MURATA BLM18B...

Page 41: ...o Revision 0 5 Added support for Si4702 03 evaluation boards Revision 0 5 to Revision 0 6 Updated for GUI version 1 5 Additional RDS error checking mode added RDS acquisition timers added Updated for firmware revision 16 RDSPRF and VOLEXT added to Table 9 GUI Properties on page 22 ...

Page 42: ...sibility for the functioning of undescribed features or parameters Silicon Laboratories reserves the right to make changes without further notice Silicon Laboratories makes no warranty rep resentation or guarantee regarding the suitability of its products for any particular purpose nor does Silicon Laboratories assume any liability arising out of the application or use of any product or circuit an...

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