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PAC1921

 HIGH-SIDE CURRENT/POWER SENSOR

EVALUATION BOARD USER’S GUIDE

 2015 Microchip Technology Inc.

DS50002376A-page 27

Chapter 4.  Software Description

4.1

OVERVIEW

To get the Graphical User Interface (GUI) and the Evaluation Board (EVB) running, 
follow these instructions:
1. Start the PAC1921 GUI software: from the Windows Start menu, select 

Programs>PAC1921

.

2. Connect the USB mini connector end of the cable to the board and the standard 

USB connector of the cable to any available USB port on the PC. The V

DD

 and 

USB power LEDs (LD1 and LD2, respectively) will illuminate RED, indicating that 
the PAC1921 is powered up and the MCP2221 USB bridge is connected to the PC.

The PAC1921 High-Side Current/Power Sensor Evaluation Board Graphical User 
Interface (GUI) is shown in 

Figure 4-1

.

FIGURE 4-1:

GUI Interface Panel.

Panel Control

Main Configuration Panel

Panel and Integration Control

Rsense Option Panel

EVB Demo Configuration Panel

Configuration/View Tabs

Overflow Status Panel

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Страница 1: ...2015 Microchip Technology Inc DS50002376A PAC1921 High Side Current Power Sensor Evaluation Board User s Guide...

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Страница 3: ...2015 Microchip Technology Inc DS50002376A page 3 Object of Declaration PAC1921 High Side Current Power Sensor Evaluation Board...

Страница 4: ...PAC1921 High Side Current Power Sensor Evaluation Board User s Guide DS50002376A page 4 2015 Microchip Technology Inc NOTES...

Страница 5: ...luation Board 12 1 3 1 Board Layout 12 1 4 What the PAC1921 High Side Current Power Sensor Evaluation Board Kit Contains 13 Chapter 2 Installation and Operation 2 1 Getting Started 15 2 1 1 System Req...

Страница 6: ...us Vsense and Vpower Tabs 35 4 3 3 Calculations File IO Tab 36 4 3 4 Integration Table Tab 38 4 4 Evaluation Board Examples 39 4 4 1 Power Pin Controlled Integration Example 39 4 4 2 Power Free Run In...

Страница 7: ...PAC1921 High Side Current Power Sensor Evaluation Board Chapter 4 Software Description Describes the main operations in the software Appendix A Schematic and Layouts Shows the schematic and layout dia...

Страница 8: ...Quotes A field name in a window or dialog Save project before build Underlined italic text with right angle bracket A menu path File Save Bold characters A dialog button Click OK A tab Click the Powe...

Страница 9: ...resources user s guides and hardware support documents latest software releases and archived software General Technical Support Frequently Asked Questions FAQs technical support requests online discus...

Страница 10: ...PAC1921 High Side Current Power Sensor Evaluation Board User s Guide DS50002376A page 10 2015 Microchip Technology Inc NOTES...

Страница 11: ...YSTEM The evaluation system has three major parts as shown in Figure 1 1 Customer provided Windows PC with an available USB port Microchip PAC1921 Graphical User Interface GUI based on National Instru...

Страница 12: ...ister values Saving settings of all registers allowing for quick configuration at a later time Graphing registers The hardware platform provides the following features to the user Headers for connecti...

Страница 13: ...THE PAC1921 HIGH SIDE CURRENT POWER SENSOR EVALUATION BOARD KIT CONTAINS This PAC1921 High Side Current Power Sensor Evaluation Board kit includes PAC1921 High Side Current Power Sensor Evaluation Bo...

Страница 14: ...PAC1921 High Side Current Power Sensor Evaluation Board User s Guide DS50002376A page 14 2015 Microchip Technology Inc NOTES...

Страница 15: ...ows operating system A display resolution of 800x600 or larger for viewing several windows simultaneously An available USB port 2 2 INSTALLING THE EVALUATION BOARD SOFTWARE Follow these steps in order...

Страница 16: ...stination Directory window shown in Figure 2 2 For proper operation the files must be installed in the default locations The default location for the software files is C Program Files x86 Microchip PA...

Страница 17: ...e 17 3 Read and accept the license agreement then click Next FIGURE 2 3 Software Installation Software License Agreement 4 To use the LabVIEW software read and accept the license agreement then click...

Страница 18: ...Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation During installation shortcuts will be created on the Windows Start Menu under Programs PAC1921 and on the desktop FIGURE 2 5 Software In...

Страница 19: ...TION Connect the USB mini connector to the evaluation board and the standard USB con nector to any available USB port on the PC If the Microchip USB bridge driver has not previously been installed on...

Страница 20: ...PAC1921 High Side Current Power Sensor Evaluation Board User s Guide DS50002376A page 20 2015 Microchip Technology Inc NOTES...

Страница 21: ...rial Bus USB connection to power the board USB bus voltage is provided to the on board test power sources and the USB to SMBus bridge The evaluation board circuitry uses the on board regulator to regu...

Страница 22: ...sition 2 3 Cycle power to the evaluation board in order for the change to take effect 3 4 LED INDICATORS LED locations are indicated in Figure 3 1 FIGURE 3 1 LED Indicator Locations LEDs indicate the...

Страница 23: ...ns to evaluate the features of the PAC1921 Jumper locations are indicated in Figure 3 2 FIGURE 3 2 Jumper and External Connection Locations J11 GND J2 VSOURCE J1 VSOURCE J3 Demo Sys J4 Demo Sys J13 Co...

Страница 24: ...Sys mode RSENSE Positions 1 2 are jumpered on both jumpers See Section 3 8 Sys Mode Setup and Operation J5 J6 J7 Reserved Reserved for future use J8 J8 ADDR_SEL See Section 3 3 1 SMBus Mode In SMBus...

Страница 25: ...oard Demo Configuration section of the evaluation board GUI see Section 4 2 6 EVB Demo Configuration Panel 3 8 SYS MODE SETUP AND OPERATION Sys mode uses external current sources to exercise and demon...

Страница 26: ...PAC1921 High Side Current Power Sensor Evaluation Board User s Guide DS50002376A page 26 2015 Microchip Technology Inc NOTES...

Страница 27: ...r end of the cable to the board and the standard USB connector of the cable to any available USB port on the PC The VDD and USB power LEDs LD1 and LD2 respectively will illuminate RED indicating that...

Страница 28: ...or quick reconfiguration see Section 4 3 3 1 Configuration Save and Load To configure the GUI and PAC1921 for free run integration power measurement press the F2 function key on the keyboard To reload...

Страница 29: ...the GUI operation FIGURE 4 3 Panel Control Section 4 2 1 1 STOP AND RUN BUTTONS Pressing the Stop button as shown in Figure 4 3 interrupts the GUI software commu nications with the evaluation board Wh...

Страница 30: ...in down position as shown in Figure 4 5 To stop continuous register reads check the Enable Single Read box In order to capture the register values at a given time click the switch which will briefly...

Страница 31: ...nel 4 2 2 1 ENABLE AUTO INT_EN The Enable Auto INT_EN control is a GUI control convenience Under normal operation for most of the integration parameter settings changes do not take effect until the PA...

Страница 32: ...lculations done by the GUI In Demo mode select the 1 Ohm Demo button In Sys mode select the 0 005 Ohm System button If another resistor is used check the Custom option button and fill the correspondin...

Страница 33: ...ation panel shown in Figure 4 12 contains GUI controls which affect the Demo mode To inject current onto VSENSE check the Enable DC Vsense Stimulus box To set the current level rotate the DC Vsense St...

Страница 34: ...shown in Figure 4 13 displays plots for calculated VBUS in volts and calculated VSENSE in volts The plots are not self scaling If the value in the box at the right of the plot indicated with arrows fa...

Страница 35: ...applicable graphic in the legend on the right of the tab to display a menu of options as shown in Figure 4 14 FIGURE 4 14 Plot Legend Context Menu 4 3 2 Vbus Vsense and Vpower Tabs There are separate...

Страница 36: ...GURE 4 15 Calculations File IO Tab An example of using the equations to calculate power is as follows The value of one LSB in the VPOWER Result registers in watts can be calculated according to Equati...

Страница 37: ...ect the folder where the configuration file will be saved The file should be named with the txt extension or similar text file format Once a file name and location have been chosen click the Save swit...

Страница 38: ...ration power measurement The Quick Setup switch does the following Enables the Enable Auto INT_EN option Enables the READ INT OVR option Enables the INT_EN option Sets MUX_SEL to VPOWER free run Enabl...

Страница 39: ...es 2 In the Panel and Integration Control section check the Integration Time GUI Controlled box and set the Read Period ms to 500 ms This causes the INT_EN bit to toggle between high for 500 ms puttin...

Страница 40: ...ology Inc 5 Observe the data on the Calculations File IO tab as shown in Figure 4 19 FIGURE 4 19 Pin Controlled Integration without Gain 6 To see the effects of gain change DI_GAIN to 2X and DV_GAIN t...

Страница 41: ...gy Inc DS50002376A page 41 7 Observe the data on the Calculations File IO tab as shown in Figure 4 21 Notice that the Register Data values with the exception of the accumulators reflect the gain FIGUR...

Страница 42: ...x and the Enable DC Vsense Stimulus box enables the Enable Auto INT_EN control and sets MUX_SEL to VPOWER free run Integration begins using the 1 sample default 2 In the Main Configuration section cli...

Страница 43: ...DS50002376A page 43 6 Check the VSENSE FILT_EN and VBUS FILT_EN boxes to enable the ADC post filters and observe the improvement in the plots on the Vbus Vsense tab as shown in Figure 4 23 FIGURE 4 23...

Страница 44: ...Guide DS50002376A page 44 2015 Microchip Technology Inc 7 Uncheck the I_RES and V_RES boxes to enable 14 bit resolution and observe the improvement in the plots on the Vbus Vsense tab as shown in Figu...

Страница 45: ...sed Sample Effect 4 5 TROUBLESHOOTING 4 5 1 GUI Controls Unresponsive After Installation Restart the computer In some cases a restart is required after installation 4 5 2 GUI Freezes If the GUI freeze...

Страница 46: ...PAC1921 High Side Current Power Sensor Evaluation Board User s Guide DS50002376A page 46 2015 Microchip Technology Inc NOTES...

Страница 47: ...INTRODUCTION This appendix contains the following schematics and layouts for the PAC1921 High Side Current Power Sensor Evaluation Board Board PAC1921 Current Shunt and Power Monitor Schematic Board U...

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