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MEC15xxEVB ASSY6853

Overview

The MEC15xxEVB_ASSY6853 kit is a future development platform to evaluate the Microchip MEC15XX series microcontrollers. This board needs to be mated with part number MEC1501 144WFBA SOLDER DC ASSY 6860(cpu board) in order to operate. The MEC152x has superseded the MEC1501 in production. MEC152x is identical to MEC150x except for an enhanced Boot-ROM SPI loader. The SPI image format has been updated requiring a new SPI image tool. MEC1501 and MEC152x SPI image formats are not compatible with each other. Evaluation and cpu boards are compatible.

Hardware

• MEC1521HA0SZ ARM Cortex-M4 Processor

• 256 KB RAM and 64 KB boot ROM

• Keyboard interface

• ADC & GPIO headers

• UART0, UART1, and UART2

• FAN0, FAN1, FAN2 headers

• FAN PWM interface

• JTAG/SWD, ETM and MCHP Trace ports

• PECI interface 3.0

• I2C voltage translator

• 10 SMBUS headers

• 4 SGPIO headers

• VCI interface

• 5 independent Hardware Driven PS/2 Ports

• eSPI header

• 3 Breathing/Blinking LEDs

• 2 Sockets for SPI NOR chips

• One reset and VCC_PWRDGD pushbuttons

• One external PCA9555 I/O port with jumper selectable I2C address.

• One external LTC2489 delta-sigma ADC with jumper selectable I2C address.

• Board power jumper selectable from +5V 2.1mm/5.5mm barrel connector or USB Micro A connector.

For more information about the SOC’s please see MEC152x Reference Manual 1

Supported Features

The mec15xxevb_assy6853 board configuration supports the following hardware features:

Interface	Controller	Driver/Component
NVIC	on-chip	nested vector interrupt controller
SYSTICK	on-chip	systick
UART	on-chip	serial port
GPIO	on-chip	gpio
I2C	on-chip	i2c
PINMUX	on-chip	pinmux
PS/2	on-chip	ps2
KSCAN	on-chip	kscan
TACH	on-chip	tachometer

Other hardware features are not currently supported by Zephyr (at the moment)

The default configuration can be found in the boards/arm/mec15xxevb_assy6853/mec15xxevb_assy6853_defconfig Kconfig file.

Connections and IOs

This evaluation board kit is comprised of the following HW blocks:

• MEC15xx EVB ASSY 6853 Rev A MEC15xx EVB Schematic 2

• MEC1501 144WFBA SOLDER DC ASSY 6883 with MEC152x silicon MEC1501 Daughter Card Schematic 3

• SPI DONGLE ASSY 6791 SPI Dongle Schematic 4

System Clock

The MEC1521 MCU is configured to use the 48Mhz internal oscillator with the on-chip PLL to generate a resulting EC clock rate of 12 MHz. See Processor clock control register in chapter 4 “4.0 POWER, CLOCKS, and RESETS” of the data sheet in the references at the end of this document.

Serial Port

UART2 is configured for serial logs.

Jumper settings

Please follow the jumper settings below to properly demo this board. Advanced users may deviate from this recommendation.

Jumper setting for MEC15xx EVB Assy 6853 Rev A1p0

Power-related jumpers

If you wish to power from +5V power brick, then connect to barrel connector P11 (5.5mm OD, 2.1mm ID) and move the jumper to JP88 5-6.

If you wish to power from micro-USB type A/B connector P12, move the jumper to JP88 7-8.

Note

A single jumper is required in JP88.

JP22	JP32	JP33	JP37	JP43	JP47	JP54	JP56	JP58	JP64	JP65
1-2	1-2	1-2	1-2	1-2	1-2	1-2	1-2	1-2	1-2	1-2

JP72	JP73	JP76	JP79	JP80	JP81	JP82	JP84	JP87	JP89
1-2	1-2	1-2	1-2	1-2	1-2	1-2	1-2	1-2	1-2

JP90	JP91	JP100	JP101	JP118
1-2	1-2	1-2	1-2	2-3

These jumpers configure VCC Power good, nRESETI and JTAG_STRAP respectively.

JP5 (VCC Power good)	JP4 (nRESETI)	JP45 (JTAG_STRAP)
1-2	1-2	2-3

Boot-ROM Straps.

These jumpers configure MEC1501 Boot-ROM straps.

JP93 (CMP_STRAP)	JP11 (CR_STRAP)	JP46 (VTR2_STRAP)	JP96 (BSS_STRAP)
2-3	1-2	2-3	1-2

JP96 1-2 pulls SHD SPI CS0# up to VTR2. MEC1501 Boot-ROM samples SHD SPI CS0# and if high, it loads code from SHD SPI.

Peripheral Routing Jumpers

Each column of the following table illustrates how to enable UART2, SWD, PVT SPI, SHD SPI and LED0-2 respectively.

JP48 (UART2)	JP9 (UART2)	JP9 (SWD)	JP38 (PVT SPI)	JP98 (SHD SPI)	JP41 (LED0-2)
1-2		2-3	2-3	2-3	1-2
4-5	4-5		5-6	5-6	3-4
7-8		8-9	8-9	8-9	5-6
10-11	10-11		11-12	11-12
			14-15	14-15
			17-18	20-21

Note

For UART2 make sure JP39 have jumpers connected 1-2, 3-4.

To receive UART2 serial output, please refer to the picture below to make sure that JP9 configured for UART2 output.

Jumper settings for MEC1501 144WFBGA Socket DC Assy 6883 Rev B1p0

The jumper configuration explained above covers the base board. The ASSY 6883 MEC1501 CPU board provides capability for an optional, external 32KHz clock source. The card includes a 32KHz crystal oscillator. The card can also be configured to use an external 50% duty cycle 32KHz source on the XTAL2/32KHZ_IN pin. Note, firmware must set the MEC15xx clock enable register to select the external source matching the jumper settings. If using the MEC15xx internal silicon oscillator then the 32K jumper settings are don’t cares. JP1 is for scoping test clock outputs. Please refer to the schematic in reference section below.

Parallel 32KHz crystal configuration

JP2	JP3
1-2	2-3

External 32KHz 50% duty cycle configuration

JP2	JP3
NC	1-2

Jumper settings for MEC1503 144WFBGA Socket DC Assy 6856 Rev B1p0

The MEC1503 ASSY 6856 CPU card does not include an onboard external 32K crystal or oscillator. The one jumper block JP1 is for scoping test clock outputs not for configuration. Please refer to schematic in reference section below.

Programming and Debugging

Setup

1. If you use Dediprog SF100 programmer, then setup it.

   Windows version can be found at the SF100 Product page 8.

   Linux version source code can be found at SF100 Linux GitHub 7. Follow the SF100 Linux manual 9 to complete setup of the SF100 programmer. For Linux please make sure that you copied 60-dediprog.rules from the SF100Linux folder to the /etc/udev/rules.s (or rules.d) then restart service using:

   $ udevadm control --reload
   

   Add directory with program dpcmd (on Linux) or dpcmd.exe (on Windows) to your PATH.

2. Clone the MEC152x SPI Image Gen 5 repository or download the files within that directory. For the pre-production MEC150x use MEC150x SPI Image Gen 6 repository.

3. Make the image generation available for Zephyr, by making the tool searchable by path, or by setting an environment variable EVERGLADES_SPI_GEN, for example:

   export EVERGLADES_SPI_GEN=<path to tool>/everglades_spi_gen_RomE
   

   Note that the tools for Linux and Windows have different file names. For the pre-production MEC1501 SOC use everglades_spi_gen_lin64.

4. If needed, a custom SPI image configuration file can be specified to override the default one.

   export EVERGLADES_SPI_CFG=custom_spi_cfg.txt
   

Wiring

1. Connect the SPI Dongle ASSY 6791 to J44 in the EVB.

   

2. Connect programmer to the header J6 on the Assy6791 board, it will flash the SPI NOR chip U3 Make sure that your programmer’s offset is 0x0. For programming you can use Dediprog SF100 or a similar tool for flashing SPI chips.

   Table 45 Microchip board wiring

   Note

   Remember that SPI MISO/MOSI are swapped on Dediprog headers! Use separate wires to connect Dediprog pins with pins on the Assy6791 SPI board. Wiring connection is described in the table below.

   Dediprog Connector	Assy6791 J6 Connector
   VCC	1
   GND	2
   CS	3
   CLK	4
   MISO	6
   MOSI	5

3. Connect UART2 port of the MEC15xxEVB_ASSY_6853 board to your host computer using the RS232 cable.

4. Apply power to the board via a micro-USB cable. Configure this option by using a jumper between JP88 7-8.

   

5. Final wiring for the board should look like this:

   

Building

1. Build Hello World application as you would normally do.

2. The file spi_image.bin will be created if the build system can find the image generation tool. This binary image can be used to flash the SPI chip.

Flashing

1. Run your favorite terminal program to listen for output. Under Linux the terminal should be /dev/ttyUSB0. Do not close it.

   For example:

   $ minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB0 -o
   

   The -o option tells minicom not to send the modem initialization string. Connection should be configured as follows:

   • Speed: 115200

   • Data: 8 bits

   • Parity: None

   • Stop bits: 1

2. Flash your board using west from the second terminal window. Split first and second terminal windows to view both of them.

   $ west flash
   

   Note

   When west process started press Reset button and do not release it till the whole west process will not be finished successfully.

   

   Note

   If you don’t want to press Reset button every time, you can disconnect SPI Dongle ASSY 6791 from the EVB during the west flash programming. Then connect it back to the J44 header and apply power to the EVB. Result will be the same.

3. You should see "Hello World! mec15xxevb_assy6853" in the first terminal window. If you don’t see this message, press the Reset button and the message should appear.

Debugging

This board comes with a Cortex ETM port which facilitates tracing and debugging using a single physical connection. In addition, it comes with sockets for JTAG only sessions.

Troubleshooting

1. In case you don’t see your application running, please make sure LED7, LED8, and LED1 are lit. If one of these is off, then check the power-related jumpers again.

2. If you can’t program the board using Dediprog, disconnect the Assy6791 from the main board Assy6853 and try again.

3. If Dediprog can’t detect the onboard flash, press the board’s Reset button and try again.

References

1

https://github.com/MicrochipTech/CPGZephyrDocs/blob/master/MEC152x/MEC152x_Datasheet.pdf

2

https://github.com/MicrochipTech/CPGZephyrDocs/blob/master/MEC1501/Everglades%20EVB%20-%20Assy_6853%20Rev%20A1p1%20-%20SCH.pdf

3

https://github.com/MicrochipTech/CPGZephyrDocs/blob/master/MEC1501/MEC1501%20Socket%20DC%20for%20EVERGLADES%20EVB%20-%20Assy_6883%20Rev%20A0p1%20-%20SCH.pdf

4

https://github.com/MicrochipTech/CPGZephyrDocs/blob/master/MEC1501/SPI%20Dongles%20and%20Aardvark%20Interposer%20Assy%206791%20Rev%20A1p1%20-%20SCH.pdf

5

https://github.com/MicrochipTech/CPGZephyrDocs/tree/master/MEC152x/SPI_image_gen

6

https://github.com/MicrochipTech/CPGZephyrDocs/tree/master/MEC1501/SPI_image_gen

7

https://github.com/DediProgSW/SF100Linux

8

https://www.dediprog.com/product/SF100

9

https://www.dediprog.com/download/save/727.pdf