Infineon SPOCTM+2 Multichannel SPI High Side Power Controller User Manual

: June 16, 2024
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Table of Contents

Infineon SPOCTM+2 Multichannel SPI High Side Power Controller
Product Usage Instructions
FAQ
About this document
General information
Using the software
Revision history
References
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Infineon SPOCTM+2 Multichannel SPI High Side Power Controller

Specifications

Product Name: SPOCTM+2
Type: Multichannel SPI High-Side Power Controller

Product Usage Instructions

General Information

To use the SPOCTM+2 Software, you will need the following:

Required hardware
Software installation
Hardware setup

Required hardware

The following hardware is required to use the SPOCTM+2 Software:

SPOCTM+2 Motherboard (SPOCTM+2 MB)
SPOCTM+2 Daughterboard (SPOCTM+2 DB)
Limp Home Input (LHI)
Sense current (IS)

Software Installation

To install the SPOCTM+2 Software, follow these steps:

SPOCTM+2 Application

Download the SPOCTM+2 Application from the provided source and follow the installation instructions.

Setup Hardware

Connect the SPOCTM+2 Motherboard (SPOCTM+2 MB) and the SPOCTM+2 Daughterboard (SPOCTM+2 DB) using the provided cables.

Setup details

Follow these steps to set up the hardware:

Connect the Limp Home Input (LHI) to the appropriate port on the SPOCTM+2 Motherboard.
Connect the Sense current (IS) to the appropriate port on the SPOCTM+2 Daughterboard.

Using the software

Starting the program

To start the SPOCTM+2 Software, follow these steps:

Open the installed SPOCTM+2 Application.
Click on the “Start” button to launch the program.

User Interface

The SPOCTM+2 Software provides a user-friendly interface for controlling the multichannel SPI high-side power controller. The interface includes various options and settings to customize the power control.

FAQ

Q: What is SPOCTM+2?

A: SPOCTM+2 is a multichannel SPI high-side power controller.

Q: What hardware is required to use the SPOCTM+2 Software?

A: To use the SPOCTM+2 Software, you will need the SPOCTM+2 Motherboard (SPOCTM+2 MB), SPOCTM+2 Daughterboard (SPOCTM+2 DB), Limp Home Input (LHI), and Sense current (IS).

Q: How do I start the SPOCTM+2 Software?

A: To start the SPOCTM+2 Software, open the installed application and click on the “Start” button.

About this document

Scope and purpose
This User Manual is intended to enable users to integrate the SPOCTM+2 Software for the SPOCTM+2- Demoboard.

Intended audience
This document is intended for anyone using the SPOCTM+2 Software.

Document conventions

Table 1 Conventions

Convention	Explanation
Bold	Emphasizes heading levels, column headings, table and figure captions,

screen names, windows, dialog boxes , menus and sub-menus
Italics| Denotes variable(s) and reference(s)
Courier New| Denotes APIs, functions, interrupt handlers, events, data types, error handlers, file/folder names, directories, command line inputs, code snippets

Conventions for reading the configuration class field
The following examples help the integrator to identify the configuration class of the parameter for a given delivery type.

Abbreviations and definitions

Table 2 Abbreviations

Abbreviation	Definition
SPOCTM+2	SPI Power Controller
SPOCTM+2 MB	SPOCTM+2 Motherboard
SPOCTM+2 DB	SPOCTM+2 Daughterboard
NC	Not Connected
LHI	Limp Home Input
IS	Sense current

General information

Required hardware
First of all some special hardware is needed:

SPOCTM+2 MB
- SPOCTM+2 Motherboard
- See Figure 1
SPOCTM+2 DB
- Product specific (BTSxxxxx-xxxx)
- See Figure 2
μIO-Stick
- Communication between your computer and the Demoboard
- Isar Number: SP001215532
- See Figure 3
Connection cable
- Ribbon cable
- 16 pin female connector
- See figure 4
USB-Stick
- For software installation
- See Figure 5

Software Installation

SPOCTM+2 Application
How to install software for the SPOCTM+2 Evaluation Board:

Plug in the Software-USB-Stick into a USB port of your computer
Run setup.exe in the following location:
- USB-Drive:\SPOC+2_Installer\Volume\setup.exe (see Figure 6)
-  Note: You must log in as administrator!
Follow the steps of the Installation Wizard (see Figures below):
- Select installation directory, then click “next”
- Again click “next”
- The installation will start, after that click „finish“

μIO-Stick Driver Install
After installing the SPOCTM+2-Application keep the Software-USB plugged in and plug in the μIO-Stick.
In order to use the virtual COM-port (neccesairy for the application) go to https://www.ehitex.de/usbapplication-sticks/infineon/2529/uio-stick, scroll to Available Downloads and select Download uIO Updater (zip file) see Figure 10. Extract the zip file and run UpdatePEK afterwards

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Setup Hardware
Plug the SPOCTM+2 DB onto the SPOCTM+2 MB (see Figure 11)

Connect the μIO-Stick to the SPOCTM+2 MB via the connector cable (see Figure 12)
- Be careful: Position of Pin 1 is marked with a dot on the SPOCTM+2 MB!
Connect the μIO-Stick to your computer and run the SPOCTM+2-Application. (see Figure 13)

Setup details

Table 3

XµIO|
Pin #|
o 1| NC
o 2| GND
o 3| NC
o 4| +5VµIO
o 5| NC
o 6| NC
o 7| NC
o 8| IN3
o 9| CS
o| 10| IN2
o| 11| SCLK
o| 12| IN1
o| 13| SO
o| 14| IN0
o| 15| SI
o| 16| Sense
J_Filter| Closed by default
J_IS| 1-2 closed by default If 2-3 is closed:

· J_Filter has to be opened!

· Sense directly switched to IS (Filter disconnected)

J_GND| 1-2 closed: R_GND = 150 Ω (default) 3-4 closed: R_GND = 50 Ω

5-6 closed: R_GND = 0 Ω

J_IN2| 3-2 closed by default. If 1-2 is closed:

· Connect PROFET 2

J_IN3| 3-2 closed by default. If 1-2 is closed:

· Connect PROFET 2

J_VDD| 1-2 closed (default VDD via µIO-Stick):

· Use +5VµIO (USB) as digital supply voltage

2-3 closed:

· VDD via external supply

J_ch0 1| Closed if 4 Channel SPOCTM+2 is used:
| · OUT0 and OUT1/0 in parallel.
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J_ch3 1| Closed if 4 Channel SPOC+2 is used:

· OUT4/3 and OUT5/3 in parallel.

Output channel 0 if J_ch0 is closed

OUT2/1 1| Output channel 2 if J_ch0 is open,

Output channel 1 if J_ch0 is closed

OUT3/2 1| Output channel 3 if J_ch0 is open,

Output channel 2 if J_ch0 is closed

OUT4/3 1| Output channel 4 if J_ch3 is open,

Output channel 3 if J_ch3 is closed

OUT5/3 1| Output channel 5 if J_ch3 is open,

Output channel 3 if J_ch3 is closed

If 4-Channel-SPOCTM are used J_ch0 and J_ch3 had to be closed, otherwise (6-Channel-SPOC) opened.
If Jumpers J_IN2 and J_IN3 are set to 1-2: SPOCTM Outputs EDD and EDO can control the PROFET.

Using the software

Starting the program

Installed Application can be found in the windows start menu in the section “all programs”  “SPOC+2”
SPOC+2 (see Figure 15):

User Interface

STD-View

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Table 4 – STD-View

1| Menu bar| *
2| Port selection| Software should detect the Comport automatically.

· If not: select the needed Comport.

3| Standard or SPI view| Change between a button based control(Figure 17) and a low level SPI command

control(Figure 18)

4| Device selection| Select the used device type
5| Direct inputs and LHI| · Switch IN0-IN2 on or off

· LHI can be set on or off

6| Input logics| OR/AND operation between direct inputs (IN0-IN3) with the channel’s on-status

(channel 0 to 3)

and configures the channel (ON, Sense ratio, Restart Strategy, OC level)

·

10| Checksum| Shows the calculated checksum reflecting the configuration. This value will be

transmitted when clicking on send checksum.

11| IS MUX| Configure the mux setting. For more information see datasheet of SPOCTM+2
12| Error counter| Error counter of the selected channel

·

SPI-View

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Table 5 – SPI-View

1| Register selection| Select the register addres and in case WRITE is enabled the content for the

next spi command. If WRITE is disabled a read command will be added.

datasheet of the used SPOCTM+2)

7| Loop configuration| Commands are embedded in a loop

Change the number of iterations (default is 1)

menu description not necessairy at the moment Tobias

Examples: Command sequences, SPI-View
Figure 19 below illustrates a possible test setup. The examples in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2 refer to this setup.

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Example 1: Switching on 4 lights step by step with 1 Second delay

Switch to SPI view and select register OUT (See Figure 20)
Tick the WRITE?-Box and select no Output (See Figure 21)
Click ADD CMD and your command is added to the command list (See Figure 22)
Select OUT0 in the WRITE-Box (See Figure 23)
Click ADD CMD (See Figure 24)
Change the delay of each command to 1000 (delay of 1 second, See Figure 25)
Repeat the last three steps until you reach OUT3 (See Figure 26)
Switch to STD view (See Figure 27) and select a channel (0 – 3) at IS MUX (See Figure 28)
Switch back to SPI view and click the START-button (See Figure 29)
The response of the SPOCTM+2 is shown in the response list (See Figure 30)

Example 2: Let one light blink 10 times

Description t [ms] T_ON Duration light on 500
T_OFF Duration light off 500

Switch to SPI view and select register OUT (See Figure 31)
Tick the WRITE?-Box and select OUT0 and click ADD CMD (See Figure 32)
Select no output in the WRITE-Box and click ADD CMD (See Figure 33)
Also typing in commands directly is possible (See SPOCTM+2 datasheet for command reference)
o E.g.:
- The command 80h means Write no output to OUT
- The command 81h would mean Write to OUT and set OUT0 high.
- See Figure 32 above
Change the delay of command 81 to T_ON, the delay of command 80 to T_OFF (See Figure 34)
Change loop all commands x times to 10 (See Figure 35)
Switch to STD view (See Figure 36) and select a channel (0 – 3) at IS MUX (See Figure 37)
Switch back to SPI view and click the START-button (See Figure 38)
The response of the SPOCTM+2 is shown in the response list (See Figure 39)

Revision history

Major changes since the last revision

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