Software Description
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SNLU238A – August 2018 – Revised September 2019
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DS250DF230EVM User’s Guide
Table 1. Header Descriptions
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DESCRIPTION
J41
If 2.4 supply voltage is being provided externally then this jumper should be populated and J45 should be
left fully unpopulated.
J45
Connect the 2.5V regulator output to the retimers’ 2.5V input. If providing a 3.3V external supply voltage J41
should be left unpopulated and multiple jumpers should be placed on J45
J3
Retimers’ CAL_CLK_IN frequency selection. Allows user to select between 25MHz and 30.72MHz on-board
reference oscillator options
J39
When SDA and SCL jumper options on J39 are populated, the TI USB2ANY micro-controller I2C pins are
connected to the retimer I2C pins
J35
EN_SMB jumper for retimer #1
J29, J31
ADDR0 and ADDR1 jumpers for retimer #1
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Software Description
2.1
Setup
The
one-time
procedure for installing the GUI software is as follows:
1. Download and install the TI SigCon Architect GUI. The steps for installing the software are as follows:
1. Go to
www.ti.com/tool/sigconarchitect
and download the latest version of SigCon Architect. At the
time this document was written, the latest version of SigCon Architect is 2.0.0.4.
Figure 2. Download SigCon Architect from www.ti.com
2. Extract the executable file (.EXE) from the downloaded file and run the executable.
3. Follow the installation wizard’s instructions to install SigCon Architect.
4. Request download link for the DS250DF230 profile file via "Special Note" link. Software access will
be granted with TI MySecure software access.
5. Extract the executable file (.EXE) from the downloaded file and run the executable.