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The “Clear” button allows the user to clear the PI33xx‑xx fault telemetry information.

The “ENA POL” button allows the user to read the EN polarity by left clicking on it. Changing the 

polarity can be accomplished by entering the desired value in the dialog box and then left clicking the 

“BURN” button. The Buck GUI will then instruct the user for the remaining steps. The burn function 

is irreversible and requires careful consideration. For that reason, further details can be found in the 

section “Configuration Programming”.

The “SYNC” button allows the user to read the SYNC polarity and delay settings by left clicking on it. 

Changing the polarity can be accomplished by entering the desired value in the dialog box and then left 

clicking the “BURN” button. The Buck GUI will then instruct the user for the remaining steps. The burn 

function is irreversible and requires careful consideration. For that reason, further details can be found in 

the section “Configuration Programming”.

The “KILL BIT2” button allows the user to prevent further changes to any programmed register value 

when used in conjunction with the “BURN” button. The burn function is irreversible and requires careful 

consideration. For that reason, further details can be found in the section “Configuration Programming”

The “MARGIN” button operates using volatile memory. Any changes made to this register are dynamic 

and will change as soon as the command is sent. The user simply enters the value they wish to margin 

and then clicks margin. Any value sent to this register will be lost as soon as power is removed. Note 

that margining down 20% or more in one step may cause a VOUT_HI fault, which is a normal condition.

Fault Telemetry Command Structure

The PI33xx‑xx command structure is always a 2‑byte write and a 1‑byte read following the start 

condition and the base address when using Buck GUI and the LinkM interface. The second data byte is 

either 00h or additional data based on the command being sent. Figure 5 is an example of an I

2

C™ bus 

command to read the fault register and it can be implemented using the Buck GUI by left‑clicking the 

“FAULT” button. In a similar fashion, the actual fault register can be read from a generic I

2

C™ device 

as shown in Figure 6 by sending the commands shown followed by stop bits. The I

2

C device used for 

sending the command required a R/W bit for addressing so the address of 4Ch was sent as 98h.

In Figure 5, the address of 4Ch was sent followed by the first data byte. “4Ch” represents the base 

address of the PI33xx‑xx as determined by ADR0 and ADR1. The first data byte is the address decode 

of the internal register to be read (or written); in this case, read. “1Ah” is address of the fault register as 

shown in Table 2.

Table 5

 

PI33xx‑xx margin 

register assignments

Figure 5

 

Fault register read no fault

MRGN[3:0]

% V

OUT

1100

–20

1101

–15

1110

–10

1111

–5

0000

0

1000

5

1001

10

1010

15

1011

20

Содержание PI33 EVAL1 Series

Страница 1: ...ompatibility The PI33xx xx is hardware compatible with the NXP I2C bus specification Version 2 1 Standard Mode 100kHz January 2000 for all bus timing and voltage resistors levels up to 5 5V maximum The PI33xx xx is configured as an I2C child device with no internal bus pull up or pull down Interface Software Tool The Buck GUI software tool offered by Vicor allows quick access to the one time progr...

Страница 2: ...ort The use of USB expansion ports especially those that are heavily loaded is not recommended The LinkM interface can be mounted directly to the PI33xx xx evaluation board using a straight 4 pin header see Figure 1 Users who wish to connect the LinkM in this manner will need to use a male to female USB extension cable This method works very well and is the preferred method Other users may wish to...

Страница 3: ...ing of ADR1 and ADR0 A zero or one indicates the logic strength of the bit and NC indicates that the pin is floating or not connected The HEX column indicates the final address in hexadecimal while the DEC column is the decimal address value Table 1 Addressing options See Table 3 where VCC PI33xx xx fixed internal 5 1V bias rail PGND SGND SYNCO PGD Q1 Q2 ADR0 SDA VCC ADR1 EN SYNCI TRK EAO ADJ VS1 ...

Страница 4: ...ttom half of Figure 4 Table 2 User accessible registers Table 3 I2C port specifications Figure 3 Error message due to missing LinkM upon software start Name Address HEX Bits Description TSTMDE 2 0 18 3 Test mode register used for burning bits into non volatile memory MRGN 3 0 19 4 Volatile register for output voltage margining FLT 7 0 1A 8 Fault Register read only FREG_CLR 1B 0 Register for cleari...

Страница 5: ...be powered on using the proper input voltage value and enabled by the user Failure to apply input voltage will result in the error message shown in Figure 28 see Buck GUI error messages section upon pressing any of the soft buttons on the screen The LinkM should not be removed or installed with the power already applied to the PI33xx xx Always power down the PI33xx xx prior to installing or removi...

Страница 6: ...in in a low power state Since it has not entered operate mode the UVLO fault will not be logged If the input voltage is higher than the undervoltage lockout threshold but drops to zero the fault will remain latched as long as there is VCC to the controller Once the controller VCC dips below the minimum value the fault data will not remain valid The fault register will be cleared upon power on rese...

Страница 7: ...nges made to this register are dynamic and will change as soon as the command is sent The user simply enters the value they wish to margin and then clicks margin Any value sent to this register will be lost as soon as power is removed Note that margining down 20 or more in one step may cause a VOUT_HI fault which is a normal condition Fault Telemetry Command Structure The PI33xx xx command structu...

Страница 8: ...are two bytes of data The first byte is the address of the FREG_CLR register The second byte is the data The next message is a read of the address This read is performed by the LinkM and is not needed to make the transaction complete This command could be sent by a generic I2C interface as START WRITE 98h 2 Bytes 1Bh 00h followed by STOP START WRITE 98h 2 bytes 1Ah 00 followed by STOP START READ 9...

Страница 9: ...hird fault is OVLO Figure 11 shows the I2C bus capture of dynamically margining the PI33xx xx output voltage down 20 by entering 1100 in the MARGIN dialog box and clicking the MARGIN button Note that 0Ch is sent in the second data byte which is the margin value Figure 8 I2C bus capture input undervoltage fault register read using Buck GUI and LinkM Figure 9 Buck GUI capture of input undervoltage f...

Страница 10: ...e the delay setting between a synchronizing signal rising or falling edge as selected applied to the SYNCI input and the SYNCO output rising edge applied as a fraction of the main system clock period MP The most significant bit SYN 3 determines which edge trigger occurs A 1 indicates rising edge and a 0 indicates falling edge As an example if the MP value is 1µs and the SYNC dialog box reads 1101 ...

Страница 11: ... the output inductor to provide zero voltage switching The rising edge of SYNCO defines the beginning of T1 and can be observed in Figure 13 The rising edge of SYNCO is synchronized to SYNCI rising or falling edge as programmed plus any delay desired Figure 13 shows the timing relationship of SYNCO SYNCI and the phase node VS with default timing and phase delay Note that the node VS in the schemat...

Страница 12: ...the PI33xx xx The KBIT2 register may only be written with a 1 entered into the dialog box This register can not be read it is write only Burning this register will prevent making any more changes to any register even if there are unused bits available to burn Start of T1 ZVS Turn on of high side MOSFET External sync pulse falling edge Start of T1 ZVS Turn on of high side MOSFET External sync pulse...

Страница 13: ...UG 309 Page 13 Figure 14 PI33xx xx SYNC 1000 timing Figure 15 PI33xx xx SYNC 1111 1 4MP ...

Страница 14: ...UG 309 Page 14 Figure 16 PI33xx xx SYNC 1110 1 3MP Figure 17 PI33xx xx SYNC 1101 1 2MP ...

Страница 15: ...UG 309 Page 15 Figure 18 PI33xx xx SYNC 1100 2 3MP Figure 19 PI33xx xx SYNC 1001 3 4MP ...

Страница 16: ...e each bit is burned correctly Users that write their own software or operate from a different GUI will need to consider this In addition power should not be removed from the PI33xx xx during the burn process The Buck GUI will prompt the user when to enable and disable the target Enabling and disabling is done using the EN pin One important note to consider is that if the enable polarity has been ...

Страница 17: ...e user enables the PI33xx xx it should power up normally and the burned in changes shall take effect The user may read the register that was just programmed by clicking on the SYNC button Buck GUI should show the new burned in values read back from the SYN 3 0 register as shown in Figure 24 If an error message occurs or the incorrect results are obtained refer to the section titled PI33xx xx Error...

Страница 18: ...able the target PI33xx xx It should be pointed out that the SYN 3 0 register had already been programmed to 0010 on the PI33xx xx target prior to the enable polarity change Note that the first two bus transactions occur when the target PI33xx xx is enabled and the final transaction occurs when it is disabled Failure to follow this exact sequence will prevent successful storage of the desired confi...

Страница 19: ...leting this step no further changes can be made to the PI33xx xx It is very important to double check all settings before clicking the BURN button If the user makes a mistake in a setting after clicking on the BURN button the instructions for enabling and disabling the unit that are prompted by Buck GUI should be IGNORED by leaving the target enabled and clicking OK to each pop up dialog box This ...

Страница 20: ...her the PI33xx xx or LinkM I2C interface is malfunctioning It will also occur during program execution if the PC to USB or LinkM USB hardware or software interface is malfunctioning If the USB portion of the interface is at fault Buck GUI can not recover and will continue to display this error even if the USB interface problem is corrected Buck GUI will need to be closed and restarted to reestabli...

Страница 21: ... GUI to report the appropriate error If this error occurs after receiving the Missing or Malfunctioning I2C Interface Error it is critically important to ensure that you shut down power to the PI33xx xx and exit the Buck GUI prior to attempting to reprogram again Adhering to this step can possibly avoid programming the wrong register values Burn Skipped Error The error message shown in Figure 30 o...

Страница 22: ...ns and products and to implement adequate design testing and operating safeguards for your planned application s and use s VICOR PRODUCTS ARE NOT DESIGNED AUTHORIZED OR WARRANTED FOR USE IN LIFE SUPPORT LIFE CRITICAL OR SAFETY CRITICAL SYSTEMS OR EQUIPMENT VICOR PRODUCTS ARE NOT CERTIFIED TO MEET ISO 13485 FOR USE IN MEDICAL EQUIPMENT NOR ISO TS16949 FOR USE IN AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS OR OTHER SIM...

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