Infineon XDPL8220 Getting Started

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Getting Started with the XDPL8220 Reference
Board Using .dp Vision Software

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About this document

Scope and purpose

The purpose of this document is to give a quick guide how to operate the XDPL8220 reference board of all
power classes for LED lighting applications and use the .dp Vision software to programm the operating
parameters of the digital controller XDPL8220.

Intended audience

This document is intended for anyone who wants to evaluate the XDPL8220 reference design for LED lighting.

Table of Contents

About this document....................................................................................................................... 1

Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................... 1

1 Hardware...................................................................................................................... 2

1.1 Required Hardware tools........................................................................................................................2

1.2 Hardware Connection.............................................................................................................................3

2 Software....................................................................................................................... 6

2.1 Required Software Tools.........................................................................................................................6

2.2 Software Installation............................................................................................................................... 7

3 Getting Started.............................................................................................................. 8

Revision History ............................................................................................................................13

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1 Hardware

1.1 Required Hardware tools

The required hardware tools are listed in the following Table 1. Please order all the hardware tools under the
following links.

Table 1 Required Hardware Tools for Getting Started

Name Description Ordering Link Ordering Content

XDPL8220 Reference

Board

XDPL8220 reference
board for LED lighting

XDPL8220-

Demo

• XDPL8220 Reference Board

Driver for LED lighting

• Programming Cable

To connect the XDPL8220
reference board with the .dp
Interface Gen2

.dp Interface Gen2

Interface to control
XDPL8220 from
PC/Notebook

IF-BOARD.DP-

GEN2

• .dp Interface Gen2

Interface for programming the
XDPL8220 digital controller

• USB Cable

To connect the .dp Interface Gen2
with PC

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1.2 Hardware Connection

After the required hardware tools are available, please follow the steps below to make the correct hardware
connection:

• Connect the .dp Interface Gen2 with the USB Cable to Notebook/PC

Figure 1 Connection from .dp Interface Gen2 to Notebook

Note: The detection of the .dp Interface Gen2 sometimes fails on USB3.0 ports. Therefore the use of a

USB2.0 port is recommended (which can be provided by an external USB2.0 hub if the machine
offers USB3.0 ports only).

• Connect the .dp Interface Gen2 with the Programming Cable to the XDPL8220 Reference Board

Figure 2 .dp Interface Gen2 Connection

Note: Please ensure that the connector of the Programming Cable is plugged in correctly: the red wire

indicates the Pin 1 and should be connected to the Pin Vcc on the XDPL8220 Reference Board.

USB

Cable
To
Notebook

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Figure 3 Connection from .dp Interface Gen2 to the XDPL8220 Reference Board

• Connect the XDPL8220 Reference Board to LED load

• Optional: Connect an 0-10V analog dimmer/PWM dimming signal to the XDPL8220 Reference Board

Attention: If an analog/PWM dimmer is not connected, with the default parameters (dim-to-off

disabled, dimming curve inverted) burned in XDPL8220, the reference board will output the
minimum current. For more information, please refer to the CSV file description [3].

Figure 4 Connection from the XDPL8220 Reference Board to LED Load and Dimmer

Programming

Interface

+ Vcc

UART
GND

To LED Load

Dimming

Interface

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• Connect the AC/DC power supply to the XDPL8220 Reference Board

Figure 5 Connection of AC/DC Power Supply

Attention: Please note that when the AC/DC is supplied to the XDPL8220 Reference Board before the

successful connection establishment from .dp Vision to the controller XDPL8220, the board will
operate with the already burned parameters. If the AC/DC is supplied after the successful
connection from .dp Vision to XDPL8220, the board will not operate and wait for the start
command (Test Configuration Set) from .dp Vision.

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AC/DC Input