SSC Evaluation Kit Description
Rev. 1.50 / July 2012
ZSC31014
RBic
iLite
™
Sensor Signal Conditioner with I
2
C
&
SPI Output
ZSC31014
RBic
iLite
™ SSC with I2C and SPI Output
Restrictions:
The ZMD AG ZSC31014 SSC Evaluation Kit hardware and software are designed for ZSC31014 RBic
iLite
™
evaluation, laboratory setup and module development only.
The ZMD AG ZSC31014 SSC Evaluation Kit hardware and software must not be used for module production and
production test setups. ZMD AG shall not be liable for any damages arising out of defects resulting from (i) deliv-
ered hard and software (ii) non-observance of instructions contained in this manual, or (iii) misuse, abuse, use
under abnormal conditions or alteration by anyone other than ZMD AG. To the extent permitted by law, ZMD AG
hereby expressly disclaims and User expressly waives any and all warranties, whether express, implied or statu-
tory, including, without limitation, implied warranties of merchantability and of fitness for a particular purpose, stat-
utory warranty of non-infringement and any other warranty that may arise by reason of usage of trade, custom or
course of dealing.
Contents
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Kit Contents ..........................................................................................................................6
ZSC31014 SSC Evaluation Board ........................................................................................7
2.1. Overview .........................................................................................................................7
2.2. Connections to the ZSC31014 ........................................................................................8
2.3. Power Supply to the Board .............................................................................................8
2.4. Reset Switch ...................................................................................................................8
2.5. Connecting a Customer Module to the SCC Evaluation Board .......................................8
2.6. Connecting an External Bridge and External Temperature Sensor to the SSC
Evaluation Board .............................................................................................................9
Installing and Setting up the Software and USB Drivers .......................................................9
3.1. Installing the ZSC31014 iLiteTester™ Software .............................................................9
3.2. Installing the USB Drivers ...............................................................................................9
3.3. “Find Com” on the Setup Menu ..................................................................................... 10
3.4. “Change IC Rev” on the Setup Menu ............................................................................ 10
3.5. “I2C Comm Addr” Field ................................................................................................. 10
3.6. Special Feature “Change I
2
C Speed” on the Setup Menu............................................. 11
3.7. Special Feature “Find I
2
C Address” on the Setup Menu ............................................... 11
3.8. Special Feature “Power Down Time” on the Setup Menu ............................................. 11
3.9. Special Feature “Power up all DUTs” on the Setup Menu............................................. 11
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ZSC31014 iLiteTester™ Software ...................................................................................... 12
4.1. Overview ....................................................................................................................... 12
4.1.1. Log Files .................................................................................................................. 12
4.1.2. Data File caldata.txt ................................................................................................. 12
4.2. Bridge and Temperature Display .................................................................................. 12
4.3. “Log File” Field .............................................................................................................. 14
4.4. “Start CM” Button .......................................................................................................... 14
4.5. “Start NOM” Button ....................................................................................................... 14
4.6. “Normal Mode” Section ................................................................................................. 14
“Run Continuous” Button .................................................................................................... 14
“Sample Rate” Field ............................................................................................................ 14
“Average Samples” Field .................................................................................................... 14
4.7. “EEPROM Editor” Section ............................................................................................. 15
“Read” Button ..................................................................................................................... 15
“Load File” Button ............................................................................................................... 15
“Save File” Button ............................................................................................................... 16
4.8. “Communication and Operation Config” Section ........................................................... 16
“Comm Type” Menu ............................................................................................................ 16
“Clock Freq” Menu .............................................................................................................. 16
“I2C Addr” Field .................................................................................................................. 16
“Lock I2C Address” Checkbox ............................................................................................ 16
“Sleep Mode” Checkbox ..................................................................................................... 16
“Update_Rate” Menu .......................................................................................................... 17
“Sensor Short Check” Checkbox ........................................................................................ 17
“Sensor Connection Check” Checkbox ............................................................................... 17
4.9. Math Config Section ...................................................................................................... 17
“SOT_Curve” Menu ............................................................................................................ 17
“Negative Coeffs” Subsection ............................................................................................. 17
4.10. “Front End Config” Section............................................................................................ 17
“A2D_Offset” Menu ............................................................................................................. 18
“PreAmp_Gain” Menu ......................................................................................................... 19
“Negative” Checkbox .......................................................................................................... 19
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“LongInt” Checkbox ............................................................................................................ 19
“BSink” Checkbox ............................................................................................................... 19
“Gain8X” Checkbox ............................................................................................................ 19
4.11. “Calibration” Button ....................................................................................................... 19
“Start #”, “Num Asics” and “Get ID” Button ......................................................................... 20
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Calibration .......................................................................................................................... 20
5.1. Calibration Sequence .................................................................................................... 20
Step 1 – Assigning a Unique Identification (ASIC ID Section) ............................................ 22
Step 2 – Data Collection ..................................................................................................... 22
Step 3 – Calculating and Writing the Coefficients ............................................................... 23
5.2. Dry Run Calibration ....................................................................................................... 24
Steps for a Dry Run Calibration using the Sensor Replacement Board: ............................. 25
Calculation of ZSC31014 Calibration Coefficients Off-line.................................................. 27
ZSC31014 Software with the ZMDI SSC Terminal ............................................................. 29
7.1. Protocol ......................................................................................................................... 29
7.2. ZMDI SSC Terminal ...................................................................................................... 29
Command/Data Pair Encoding ........................................................................................... 31
Related Documents ............................................................................................................ 32
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10 Glossary ............................................................................................................................. 32
11 Document Revision History ................................................................................................ 33
Appendix A: Schematic ZSC31014 SSC Evaluation Board ...................................................... 34
Appendix B: Format of the
caldata.txt
file ................................................................................. 35
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List of Figures
Figure 1.1
Figure 2.1
Figure 2.2
Figure 3.1
Figure 3.2
Figure 4.1
Figure 4.2
Figure 4.3
Figure 4.4
Figure 5.1
Figure 5.2
Figure 5.3
Figure 6.1
Figure 7.1
ZSC31014 SSC Evaluation Kit .............................................................................................................. 6
ZSC31014 SSC Evaluation Board Overview ......................................................................................... 7
Universal SSC Test Board ..................................................................................................................... 8
Setting up Communications ................................................................................................................. 10
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Select the Specific Power Down Time and “Change I C Speed” ........................................................ 11
Bridge and Temperature Measurements Display ................................................................................ 13
EEPROM Editor ................................................................................................................................... 15
Select Temperature A2D_Offset.......................................................................................................... 18
Calibration Window .............................................................................................................................. 20
Initialization Configuration Dialog Box ................................................................................................. 21
Initialization Dialog Window with Default Values (Calibration with Artificial Bridge) ........................... 24
Initialization Dialog Window with Changed Values (Calibration with SRB) ......................................... 26
Fields for Manually Entering Target and Raw Values ......................................................................... 28
SSC Terminal Program Sample .......................................................................................................... 30
List of Tables
Table 5.1
Table 7.1
Table 8.1
Offset_B Default Values Determined by A2D_Offset Settings ............................................................ 22
ZMDI SSC Terminal Character Assignment ........................................................................................ 29
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Encoding for the 3 Bytes after the Initial I C WRITE Command Byte ................................................. 31
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All rights reserved. The material contained herein may not be reproduced, adapted, merged, translated, stored, or used without
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