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Evaluation Board User Guide UG-065 One Technology Way • P.O. Box 9106 • Norwood, MA 02062-9106, U.S.A. • Tel: 781.329.4700 • Fax: 781.461.3113 • www.analog.com iMEMS ADXL345/ADXL346 Inertial Sensor Datalogger and Development Board FEATURES Ultralow power ADXL345/ADXL346 accelerometer Inertial sensor development board Datalogs onto MicroSD card Fully programmable via serial interface; firmware examples provided Battery-powered for portable applications REQUIREMENTS 08658-001 2 AAA batteries MicroSD card and card reader (for datalogging) Computer with serial port (for programming) Figure 1. ADXL345 Inertial Sensor Development Board GENERAL DESCRIPTION It is often a timesaver in hardware development to make progress on the firmware and the hardware simultaneously. The challenge is that it proves difficult to develop firmware before the hardware exists. The iMEMS® ADXL345/ADXL346 development board is an easy-to-use tool that facilitates prototyping by providing a platform that can be duplicated in the final application. Additionally, the development board can be configured as a datalogger and can be used to gather data for refining algorithms, tuning thresholds, and generally familiarizing oneself with accelerometer data. PLEASE SEE THE LAST PAGE FOR AN IMPORTANT WARNING AND LEGAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Two AAA batteries power the development board, and thus it integrates seamlessly into portable applications. Communications and processing are done by an ARM7-based ADuC7024 microcontroller, and the interface provided is fully reprogrammable. Moreover, all ADuC7024 pins are broken out into headers to facilitate design of compatible expansion boards. Data is logged onto a MicroSD memory card, providing essentially unlimited memory capacity and operating system versatility. Data is stored in a text file; therefore, there is no need to install any software to operate the board or read data. Software is provided to assist with programming the board. Rev. A | Page 1 of 12 UG-065 Evaluation Board User Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS Features .............................................................................................. 1 Getting Started...............................................................................4 Requirements .................................................................................... 1 Programming the Board...............................................................4 General Description ......................................................................... 1 Software Tools................................................................................5 Revision History ............................................................................... 2 Evaluation Board Schematic and Layout .......................................6 Overview............................................................................................ 3 Appendix: Sample Output File ..................................................... 10 Features .......................................................................................... 3 Using the Board ................................................................................ 4 REVISION HISTORY 3/11—Rev. 0 to Rev. A Added ADXL346 Throughout ..........................................Universal Changes to Firmware Section ......................................................... 3 Changes to Figure 7.......................................................................... 8 Changes to Figure 8.......................................................................... 9 Added Appendix............................................................................. 10 6/10—Revision 0: Initial Version Rev. A | Page 2 of 12 Evaluation Board User Guide UG-065 OVERVIEW of the ADuC7024 is pulled to GND. Because the RST pin is Schmitt-triggered internally, there is no need to use an external Schmitt trigger on this pin. The ADXL345/ADXL346 inertial sensor development board has the following features: • • • • • • • A 2-layer printed circuit board (PCB), 1.20 inches × 2.30 inches form factor A two AAA battery power supply A 4-pin UART header to connect to an RS-232 interface cable Reset/download push buttons Power indicator/general-purpose LEDs Access to microcontroller I/Os from the external header Demonstration firmware logs 100 Hz acceleration data To enter serial download mode, the user must hold the P0.0/BM pin low while reset is toggled. On the development board, serial download mode can be easily initiated by holding down the serial download push button (PROG) while inserting and releasing the reset button (RESET), as illustrated in Figure 2. Power Indicator/General-Purpose LEDs Two general-purpose LEDs are available on the board. A red LED (LED1) is connected to P4.5 of the ADuC7024, and a green LED (LED2) is connected to P4.4. Both LEDs can be repurposed via firmware. FEATURES Power Supply A pair of AAA batteries powers the board, and the battery holder is located on the back of the board. An on/off switch on the lower left of the front of the board controls power to it. The battery voltage is not regulated but is decoupled with a 10 μF capacitor globally and an additional 1 μF capacitor at the device supply pins to ground. RS-232 Interface The ADuC7024 (UC1) P1.1 and P1.0 lines are connected to the RS-232 interface cable via the connector (UART). The interface cable generates the required level shifting to allow direct connection to a PC serial port. Ensure that the supplied cable is connected to the board correctly; that is, VDD is connected to VDD and GND is connected to GND. RESET/PROG Push Buttons Breakout Header Many of the ADuC7024 pins are connected to headers on either side of the board. The headers come unpopulated but can be populated using standard 0.1 inch header pins. The thin form factor of the top of the board allows the design of an expansion board to connect above the development board, with the header pins providing both electrical and physical connections. Firmware Sample firmware is provided on the ADXL345 product page under the Development Board heading. The Firmware link downloads a Keil project that implements the 100 Hz datalogging firmware. This project can be modified as needed. A RESET push button is provided to allow the user to manually reset the part. When the RESET button is inserted, the RST pin (A) RESET AND PROG RELEASED PROG RESET (D) RELEASE RESET RESET (C) PUSH RESET PROG RESET PROG (E) RELEASE PROG PROG RESET PROG Figure 2. Entering Serial Download Mode to Reprogram the Board Rev. A | Page 3 of 12 08658-002 RESET (B) PUSH PROG UG-065 Evaluation Board User Guide USING THE BOARD 3. GETTING STARTED The development board comes preprogrammed as a datalogger at a 100 Hz datarate. To log data, do the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Insert two AAA batteries into the battery holder. Insert the MicroSD card into the slot. The card should be formatted with a FAT32 file system; most MicroSD cards come this way. Push the on/off switch to the on position to power up the board. The red LED turns on, and the green LED blinks to indicate that the board is logging data. When logging is completed, slide the on/off switch to the off position. Remove the card from the slot and insert it into the card reader. Insert the card reader into the USB port on your computer. 4. Click Configure… (see Figure 3) and select the Parts tab, shown in Figure 4. Make sure the ADuC7024 is selected in the Select Part pull-down list (see Figure 4). Additionally, in the Comms tab, make sure the Baudrate is set to 115200, and the Serial Port is set to COM1, and then click OK. In the ARMWSD window, click Browse… (see encircled in Figure 3) and navigate to the location of the .hex file to be loaded onto the board. Select the file and click Open. 08658-003 The acceleration log file is written to the path \XL345\DATA0000.TXT on the MicroSD card. The data in the text file consists of a set of comma-separated t, x, y, and z values, where t corresponds to time and x, y, and z correspond to the x-, y-, and z-axis acceleration data for each time point. Refer to the Appendix: Sample Output File for an example of a data file. Acceleration values are logged in LSB, where the nominal scale factor is 3.9 mg/LSB. To convert an acceleration value from LSB to mg, simply multiply by 3.9 (nominally, or measure the sensitivity of the part for a more accurate conversion). Figure 3. ARMWSD Window To plot the logged data using Microsoft® Excel, download the Plotting Tool (XL345DB_DataPlotter.xls) from the ADXL345 product page (under the Development Board heading) and follow the instructions described in the file. Users are prompted to browse to their logged data file (DATA0000.TXT), the data is imported and plotted in a new workbook, and users are then prompted to save that workbook. The board can be repurposed with no programming required using the .hex files provided on the ADXL345 product page. The .hex files are uploaded onto the board using the ARMWSD program, which can be downloaded at www.analog.com/static/importedfiles/eval_boards/ARMWSDv1.8.zip. Simply unzip the folder to a known location and open the ARMWSD.exe file to use the program. No installation is required. 08658-005 PROGRAMMING THE BOARD Figure 4. ARMWSD Configure Window: Parts Tab 5. 6. To reprogram the board, use the cable provided with the board and follow these instructions: 1. 2. Download the desired .hex file from the ADXL345 product page to a known location, or locate it on your machine. Open ARMWSD. Rev. A | Page 4 of 12 7. Connect the programming cable to the serial port on the PC and to the 4-pin header near the on/off switch on the board, matching up the corresponding pins. In the ARMWSD window, click Start. The Status frame then prompts users to Press Download and pulse Reset on Hardware. Follow the illustrations in Figure 2. When download is complete, click the Reset button on the evaluation board. Users can now close the ARMWSD program. Evaluation Board User Guide UG-065 SOFTWARE TOOLS In addition to the ready-to-upload examples provided in the Firmware link of the Development Board section of the ADXL345 product page, the development board is fully modifiable and reprogrammable to allow for easy prototyping and firmware development. Firmware is written in C, and it is compiled for the ADuC7024 ARM7 processor. The firmware examples provided on the ADXL345 product page were written using Keil Microvision and compiled using the RealView compiler. A free evaluation version of Keil Microvision is available online. Additional software suites (Keil, IAR, and GNU) for writing and compiling code are available. To reprogram the board, download the ARMWSD program from the Uploader link in the Development Board section of the ADXL345 product page. When Keil Microvision is installed, complete the following steps: 1. 2. 3. For instructions on how to install and use the software, refer to the ADuC702x MicroConverter™ GetStarted Guide. Rev. A | Page 5 of 12 Click and download the Sample Project (EVALADXL345Z-DB Files.zip) file from the ADXL345 Development Board section of the ADXL345 product page. Unzip the EVAL-ADXL345Z-DB Files.zip file into a known directory. Navigate into the EVAL-ADXL345Z-DB folder and open datalogger.uvproj. This Keil Microvision project allows users to modify and recompile the program. UG-065 Evaluation Board User Guide EVALUATION BOARD SCHEMATIC AND LAYOUT See the appropriate product pages for electronic versions of the layout and schematic files. 08658-004 Figure 5. ADXL345 Development Board Schematic Rev. A | Page 6 of 12 UG-065 08658-006 Evaluation Board User Guide Figure 6. ADXL345 Development Board Layout Rev. A | Page 7 of 12 UG-065 Evaluation Board User Guide 08658-008 Figure 7. ADXL346 Development Board Schematic Rev. A | Page 8 of 12 UG-065 08658-008 Evaluation Board User Guide Figure 8. ADXL346 Development Board Layout Rev. A | Page 9 of 12 UG-065 Evaluation Board User Guide APPENDIX: SAMPLE OUTPUT FILE t,x,y,z 0,60,20,247 50,60,19,259 100,57,17,258 151,58,18,260 201,61,14,252 252,58,10,252 302,63,21,248 353,66,23,255 403,67,21,243 454,53,35,254 504,63,32,251 555,63,31,241 605,65,33,256 656,59,34,254 706,60,34,247 757,55,41,250 807,56,41,252 858,58,43,245 908,60,40,246 959,60,38,246 1009,66,37,249 1060,64,29,252 1110,69,36,251 1161,68,31,253 1211,66,47,233 1262,63,40,246 1312,59,36,246 1363,48,41,244 1413,49,41,248 1464,46,51,252 1514,52,39,264 1565,47,42,260 1576,47,43,254 1585,25,-5,263 1595,26,-2,263 1605,26,-5,257 1615,26,-4,257 1625,28,-3,258 1634,28,-1,261 1644,24,-2,263 1654,24,1,263 1664,25,0,261 1674,27,0,263 1683,24,-2,263 1693,22,-1,265 1703,23,-2,264 1713,22,0,265 1723,22,0,260 1732,22,-1,261 1742,23,0,258 1752,23,-1,259 1762,25,-1,256 1772,26,-1,256 1781,21,-2,257 1791,21,-4,256 1801,20,-4,259 1811,21,-2,260 1821,19,-5,260 1830,17,-4,258 1840,18,-3,260 1850,20,-5,260 1860,20,-2,260 1870,20,-2,261 1870,20,-2,264 1880,25,2,264 1890,23,2,262 1901,25,-1,260 1911,24,0,264 1922,27,1,263 1932,30,0,265 1942,30,2,265 1953,27,2,263 1963,28,1,263 1974,27,1,264 1984,29,0,261 1994,29,0,263 2005,27,0,261 2015,26,0,259 2026,28,-1,257 2036,26,-3,257 2046,27,-2,259 2057,23,-1,262 2067,24,-3,261 Rev. A | Page 10 of 12 Evaluation Board User Guide UG-065 NOTES Rev. A | Page 11 of 12 UG-065 Evaluation Board User Guide NOTES ESD Caution ESD (electrostatic discharge) sensitive device. Charged devices and circuit boards can discharge without detection. Although this product features patented or proprietary protection circuitry, damage may occur on devices subjected to high energy ESD. Therefore, proper ESD precautions should be taken to avoid performance degradation or loss of functionality. Legal Terms and Conditions By using the evaluation board discussed herein (together with any tools, components documentation or support materials, the “Evaluation Board”), you are agreeing to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth below (“Agreement”) unless you have purchased the Evaluation Board, in which case the Analog Devices Standard Terms and Conditions of Sale shall govern. Do not use the Evaluation Board until you have read and agreed to the Agreement. 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