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VERVIEW
Active-Semi’s HYDRA-X10 development platform is a complete hardware solution enabling users not only to
evaluate the PAC5210 device, but also develop power applications revolving around this powerful and
versatile Cortex M0 based microcontroller. The module contains a PAC5210 power application microcontroller
and all the necessary circuitry to properly energize the MCU and its internal peripherals once power is
applied.
To aid in the application development The HYDRA-X10 offers access to each and every one of the PAC5210
device’s signals by means of a series of female header connectors. Whereas the HYDRA-X10 module is
referred to as the HYDRA-X Body, subsequent daughter card modules can be interfaced through these
female connectors by merging both boards together. Throughout the rest of this documentation, said
attachable daughter cards will be referred to as Heads.
The HYDRA-X10 Body also contains all the necessary circuitry to connect the module to a PC computer
through a conventional USB port which can then be used in the communication efforts by taking advantage of
the PAC5210’s UART interface. Graphical User Interface (GUI) software suites can then be used to externally
control particular application’s features.
The final block within the HYDRA-X10 Body is a complete Serial Wire Debug (SWD) module which allows the
microcontroller to be both programmed and debugged in real time. This SWD debugger block follows the
CoLinkEx architecture and is compatible with the CooCox Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
Both the USB to UART and SWD debugger can be disconnected from the PAC5210 device in case the user
wishes to utilize a different means of serial communications or SWD debugging.
Active-Semi’s HYDRA-X10 Body kit consists of the following:
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HYDRA-X10 Body module
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HYDRA-X10 User’s Guide
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Schematics, BOM and Layout Drawings
