Gerbo Technology - XC164CS Prototype Board

XC164CS Prototype Board

The XC164CS prototype board is designed for rapid development of small systems based on the XC164CS microcontroller from Infineon. Almost halve the board is available as prototype area and can be used for communication, sensor and/or actuator electronics. The board is meant for use as a XC164 starter kit for hardware and software development in a laboratory environment.

Features

Small PCB (95 x 57 mm) with ground plane.

Designed to fit inside a Pac Tec FLX-4624 ABS enclosure

Infineon XC164CS 16-bit single-chip microcontroller

166SV2 core
25 ns instruction cycle time at 40 MHz clock
128 KByte Flash memory
6 KByte SRAM
Interrupt system with 16 priority levels and 75 sources
DMA facilities (PEC transfers).
14 ADC channels 10 or 8 bit resolution, 10 channels are connected to the extension header
TwinCAN (Rev 2.0B active)
Serial channel (USART)
Motor controller (including brush-less DC)
Real Time Clock
100 pin TQFP package

10 - 35 supply voltage DC/DC converter

Green power indicator LED

D-Sub-9 RS232 connector

RTS / CTS handshake signals

D-Sub-9 CAN connector

Jumper for 120 ohm CAN terminating resistor

Reset push button

Red RSTOUT indicator LED

BSL jumper for bootstrap loader start up

Yellow general purpose LED

72 way extension header for nearly all microcontroller ports

Large double sided SMD prototyping area, optimised for SMD shapes:

0603, 0805, 1206
SOT-23, SOT-89, SOT-223
SO-8, SO-14, SO-16
And other shapes

Small 0.1” grid area for through-hole components:

Headers, DIL-16, TO-220

Footprints for 2 additional D-Sub-9 connectors

Large GND pad as measurement reference e.g. oscilloscope probe

Programmed with firmware suitable for:

Simple IO operations
Efficient CAN/RS232 converter

Software

The board is programmed with software that contains an efficient RS232 to CAN converter and simple IO operation such as reading and writing IO pins. The board is delivered with a DLL and a windows test application.

Development environments and C compilers are available from Tasking, Keil and HighTec (GNU).

Datasheet

XC164CS_ptb.pdf (213 kB)

Application Notes

Template drawing for using the prototyping area XC164CD_ptb_layout.doc
Adding a second CAN Interface GTAN01.pdf

Example

The image above shows a 24 V, 2 A brushless DC motor driver breadboarded on both sides of the prototyping area. The driver is controlled by the XC174CS CapCom6 module. Motor currents are sensed, amplified and AD converted. In total the circuit contains 85 parts of various shapes and about just as many wires. Before any component was soldered a detailed layout was made (see image below).

More Information

For further information please send an e-mail to: XC164CS@gerbo.nl