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ADT7420 Pmod Xilinx FPGA Reference Design
Introduction
The ADT7420 is a high accuracy digital temperature sensor offering breakthrough performance over a wide industrial range, housed in a 4 mm × 4 mm LFCSP package. It contains an internal band gap reference, a temperature sensor, and a 16-bit ADC to monitor and digitize the temperature to 0.0078°C resolution. The ADC resolution, by default, is set to 13 bits (0.0625°C). The ADC resolution is a user programmable mode that can be changed through the serial interface.
HW Platform(s):
Quick Start Guide
The bit file provided in the project *.zip file combines the FPGA bit file and the SDK elf files. It may be used for a quick check on the system. All you need is the hardware and a PC running a UART terminal and the programmer (IMPACT).
Required Hardware
Required Software
- Xilinx ISE 14.4 (Programmer (IMPACT) is sufficient for the demo and is available on Webpack).
- A UART terminal (Tera Term/Hyperterminal), Baud rate 115200 for the Avnet LX-9 Microboard and ZedBoard or 9600 for the Digilent Nexys™3 Board.
Running Demo (SDK) Program
If you are not familiar with LX9 and/or Xilix tools, please visit
products/boards-and-kits/AES-S6MB-LX9.htm for details.
If you are not familiar with Nexys™3 and/or Xilix tools, please visit
http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,400,897&Prod=NEXYS3 for details.
If you are not familiar with ZedBoard and/or Xilix tools, please visit
http://www.em.avnet.com/en-us/design/drc/Pages/Zedboard.aspx for details.
Avnet LX9 MicroBoard Setup
Extract the project from the archive file (ADT7420_<board_name>.zip) to the location you desire.
To begin, connect the PmodTMP2 to J5 connector of LX9 board, pins 3 to 6 (see image below). You can use an extension cable for ease of use. Connect the USB cable from the PC to the USB-UART female connector of the board for the UART terminal. The board will be programmed through its USB male connector.
Digilent Nexys™3 Spartan-6 FPGA Board
Extract the project from the archive file (ADT7420_<board_name>.zip) to the location you desire.
To begin, connect the PmodTMP2 to JA connector of NEXYS3 board, pins 3 to 6 (see image below). You can use an extension cable for ease of use. . Connect the USB cables from the PC to the board, one for programming (Digilent USB device) and one for the UART terminal (FT232R USB UART).
Avnet ZedBoard
To begin, connect the PmodTMP2 to JC1 connector of ZedBoard (see image below). You can use an extension cable for ease of use. Connect the USB cables from the PC to the board, one for programming (Digilent USB device) and one for the UART terminal (FT232R USB UART).
FPGA Configuration for Nexys3 and LX-9 MicroBoard
Start IMPACT, and double click “Boundary Scan”. Right click and select Initialize Chain. The program should recognize the Spartan 6 device (see screenshot below). Start a UART terminal (set to appropiate baud rate) and then program the device using the bit file provided in the project *.zip archive, located in the “sw” folder (../adt7420/sw/ADT7420.bit).
FPGA Configuration for ZedBoard
Run the download.bat script from the “../bin” folder downloaded from the github (see the links in the download section of the wiki page). The script will automatically configure the ZYNQ SoC and download the *.elf file afterwards.
If the download script fails to run, modify the Xilinx Tools path in download.bat to match your Xilinx Installation path.
If programming was successful, the Main Menu will apear in your UART terminal, as seen in the picture below. There are 10 options. Pressing [t], [r], [h], [l], [c], [y], [f], [s], [m] or [q] key will allow you to select the desired option.
Read Temperature will start printing temperatures read from the ADT7420. Pressing [m] at any time will stop the process and return to the Main Menu.
Set Resolution allows choosing between 16 bit or 13 bit accuracy. The desired resolution is selected by pressing [1] or [2].
Set THigh is used to set the upper temperature limit (for internal comparison purposes - when used as thermostat). The value entered is between 0x0000 and 0x1FFF for 13 bit resolution or between 0x0000 and 0xFFFF for 16 bit resolution. If entering less than 4 characters, you must press [Enter] in order to validate the result. If entering 4 characters, the result is automatically validated.
Set TLow is used to set the lower temperature limit (for internal comparison purposes - when used as thermostat). The value entered is between 0x0000 and 0x1FFF for 13 bit resolution or between 0x0000 and 0xFFFF for 16 bit resolution. If entering less than 4 characters, you must press [Enter] in order to validate the result. If entering 4 characters, the result is automatically validated.
Set TCrit is used to set the critical temperature limit. The value entered is between 0x0000 and 0x1FFF for 13 bit resolution or between 0x0000 and 0xFFFF for 16 bit resolution. If entering less than 4 characters, you must press [Enter] in order to validate the result. If entering 4 characters, the result is automatically validated.
Set THyst is used to set the hysteresis. The value entered is between 0x0000 and 0x000F. If entering less than 4 characters, you must press [Enter] in order to validate the result. If entering 4 characters, the result is automatically validated.
Set Fault Queue allow setting the number of fault events that have to take place before issuing an interrupt signal. Choosing the number of faults is done by pressing [1] to [4].
Display Settings will display the current settings for the device (Resolution, THigh, TLow, TCrit, THyst, Number of faults, Alert Mode, CT pin and INT pin active values).
Pressing [m] will display the available options (main menu).
Pressing [q] will exit the application.
Using the reference design
Functional Description
The reference design is a SPI interface used to communicate with the device. The software programs the ADT7420s internal registers, and afterwards reads desired data from the device and prints it via UART.
- Connecting the PmodTMP2 to the boards using an extension cable provides ease of use.
- UART must be set to 115200 Baud Rate for the Avnet LX-9 Microboard and ZedBoard or 9600 Baud Rate for the Digilent Nexys™3 Board.
When using the ZedBoard reference design in order to develop your own software, please make sure that the following options are set in “system_config.h”:
// Select between PS7 or AXI Interface #define USE_PS7 1 // SPI used in the design #define USE_SPI 0 // I2C used in the design #define USE_I2C 1 // Timer (+interrupts) used in the design #define USE_TIMER 0 // External interrupts used in the design #define USE_EXTERNAL 0 // GPIO used in the design #define USE_GPIO 0
Downloads
Avnet LX-9 MicroBoard:
Digilent Nexys™3:
Avnet ZedBoard:
More information
- Example questions:
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