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Summary of Contents for HVL038

Page 1: ...Texas Instruments HVL038 Test Procedure Rev A 02 27 13 ...

Page 2: ...ing electronic assemblies while performing this test 2 4 Precautions should be observed to avoid touching areas of the assembly that may get hot or present a shock hazard during testing 3 QUALITY 3 1 None 4 APPAREL Appropriate apparel must be worn during this test to ensure the safety of the operator as well as the safety of the UUT Example of appropriate apparel includes safety glasses ESD smock ...

Page 3: ... Meter The voltmeter is used to measure the output voltage of the external circuitry to the DUT Turn on the multimeter and set the input for DC voltage 6 4 Setup the MSP430 software 1 Download Code Composer Studio from here 2 Unzip the TCA8424_API folder into your workspace folder and open this project in Code composer 3 With the Launchpad unplugged Configure the headers on the Launchpand to match...

Page 4: ...g the firmware necessary to interact with the GUI If the launchpad is running and VCC is not connected the I2C communication will fail You must pause the debugger reset the cpu and then press play again 6 5 Setup the GUI 1 Extract the TCA8424 GUI zip contents to the destination folder of your choice 2 Double click the setup exe folder that was extracted in the previous step 3 The following window ...

Page 5: ...ped in step 1 6 Selecting the correct COM port for section 7 8 a Connect the MSP430 launchpad to the EVM as shown below i Connection point is under the board b Connect the launchpad to your PC c Open up the device manager on your PC and find which of the COM ports is associated with the launchpad a In my case the com port is COM15 as shown in the below image ...

Page 6: ...er supply powering the board to Pin 8 of header P9 indicated below Connect the negative lead of the multimeter to J2 or one of the four GND headers P3 P4 P5 P6 Connect the positive lead to pin 4 of U3 Test passes if Voltage measured is between 6 7V and 7 3 V Keep the 3 3 V applied to Pin8 of header P9 7 4 0 Test Voltage 3 Without removing the 3 3 applied to Pin8 connect the negative lead of the mu...

Page 7: ...e the positive probe on the other pin of R17 Test passes if Resistance is between 1 0 kohm and 1 5 kohm Repeat Test for R18and R19 7 8 0 Setup for functionality Install jumpers on the following headers P12 P13 P14 P15 Ensure no jumper is installed on P16 Connect the MSP430 launchpad to the board by inserting J1 of the launchpad into P9 of the EVM and J2 of the launchpad into P8 ensuring that pin 1...

Page 8: ... is associated with the launchpad which was identified in step section 6 5 Step 6 c a In my case this will again be COM 15 again No Pass or fail for this section 7 9 0 Functionality Testing Click on the 4 LED buttons so the GUI matches the image below with respect to the red box ...

Page 9: ...s return to the beginning of section 7 9 0 8 EQUIPMENT SHUTDOWN Disconnect the Launchpad from the PC before disconnecting the Power supply from the EVM 9 Final Jumper locations after Test Jumpers should be installed according to the following table Reference Designator Installed Y N P12 Yes P13 Yes P14 Yes P15 Yes P16 10 MATERIAL DISPOSITION TRANSFER 10 1 0 Conforming Material Units that have pass...

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