P9415-R-EVK Evaluation Kit
R16UH0015EU0100 Rev.1.0
May 27, 2021
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4. Setup
4.1
Required or Recommended User Equipment
The following additional lab equipment is required for using the kit:
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P9243-GB-EVK Evaluation Board or any WPC certified transmitter for Rx mode test
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DC power source or travel adapter to power P9243-GB-EVK Evaluation Board or any WPC certified
transmitter
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P9222-R-EVK or any WPC certified receiver for Watt-share (Tx) mode test
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Electronic load that can be connected to P9415-R-EVK
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WPD-USB-DONGLE for connecting with P9415-R Wireless Power Pro GUI on computer and doing I2C
transactions. WPD-USB- DONGLE is not shipped along with evaluation board and needs to be ordered
separately
4.2
Required Software on Computer
Visit the P9415-R-EVK webpage and download latest version of the P9415-R Wireless Power Pro GUI, and USB
drivers from the Renesas website. The Window GUI software provides an intuitive graphical user interface for
reading and writing to P9415-R registers and program custom user configurations to internal MTP memory.
4.2.1.
Software Installation
Follow these procedures to install the software:
1. Do not connect the WPD-USB-DONGLE before installing the software.
2. Run the downloaded USB Drivers Setup executable file and follow the user prompts to install the USB
drivers.
3. After finishing the setup of the USB drivers, connect one of the WPD-USB-DONGLE to the USB port. Wait
for a few moments to let Windows® map the drivers for the dongle.
4. Open the Device Manager from the Windows control panel and check the devices listed under “Universal
Serial Bus controllers” section. “FT4222H Interface A” and “FT4222H Interface B” should appear in this
section as shown in Figure 1.
5. Run the P9415-R Window GUI exe file.
Figure 1. Windows Device Manager Display for the USB Connection
