3.7 Connectors
In addition to J12 and the terminal connections, J1-J6, SMA connectors, J32-J36 are provided for testing the
buck regulator outputs. These connectors are not populated.
Two load module connector footprints are provided, J16 and J17. The connector components are not populated.
3.8 EVM Control, GPIO, and Additional Regulators
The EVM has a built-in USB interface based upon the MSP432E401Y (U3) to allow the GUI, from the host
computer, to communicate with the PMIC. The supply voltage required by the MSP432E401Y is generated
automatically by the TLV7103318 (U6) device which provides 3.3 V and 1.8 V from USB power, VBUS. These
voltages are available for supplying VIO_IN for the PMIC (selectable from J30). Two SN74GTL2003 level shifters
(U8, U9) are used in order to support the use case of the PMIC VIO_IN of 1.8 V (the MCU IO will always be 3.3
V). It is important to note that the 3.3 V used for the MCU and the VIO_IN, MCUVCC, is different from the 3.3 V,
3V3V, provided to the PMIC through U13.
The TS3A5018RSVR switch is used to apply the pullup resistors for I2C communication with the MSP432E401Y.
If the EVM is not a master (J37) or if SPI communication is used (J7, SPI_EN) then the pullups are not applied.
The application of the pullup resistors is for I2C mode only and is only intended for one board in a stack-up
application. Note: in the stack-up configuration only one board can have a valid VBUS voltage on the board. This
means that the master board can have a connected USB cable supplying VBUS or that VSYS can be connected
to VBUS through J15, see Table 3-6.
The EVM has 4 LEDs to indicate board power, on or off, and some select PMIC GPOs status. The signals are
listed in
.
Table 3-10. EVM LED Indicators
LED Designator
Indication
D3
LED is on when nINT is low.
D4
LED is on when EN_DRV is high.
D5
LED is on when nRSTOUT is low.
D6
LED indicating that MCUVCC is present.
4 Customization
The EVM, in conjunction with GUI tool, provides various degrees of customization. A couple of examples are
provided here which can be generalized to a number of functions.
4.1 Changing the Communication Interface
The default setting for communication with the PMIC is I2C. In some devices a second I2C channel is available
on GPIO1 and GPIO2. In order to support the second I2C channel the GPIO1 and GPIO2 must be configured
appropriately and pullups applied through J8 and J9, as shown in
. Alternatively these
GPIOs can be used to support SPI communication.
EVM Details
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