Melexis PTC-04 Get Started

PTC-04 Programmer

GET STARTED WITH PTC04

Get Started With PTC-04 Programmer

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PTC-04 programmer

Introduction

This document is your guide through all documentation, tools, firmware, libraries, etc. …
The target of this document is that you will understand how the environment is created and how \ where you can find the
correct information to answer your questions.

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PTC-04 Programmer

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Contents

Get Started with ........................................................................................................................................ 1

PTC-04 programmer .................................................................................................................................. 1

Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 1

Contents .................................................................................................................................................... 2

Hardware .................................................................................................................................................. 3

Main board ................................................................................................................................................. 3

Daughter board .......................................................................................................................................... 3

Contents of a PTC04 Set ............................................................................................................................ 3

Software .................................................................................................................................................... 4

Firmware Layer........................................................................................................................................... 4

PSF Layer (DLL) ........................................................................................................................................... 4

Requirements ............................................................................................................................................. 4

Installation of software .............................................................................................................................. 4

Tools .......................................................................................................................................................... 5

MPT Platform ............................................................................................................................................. 5

PTC04 User Interface ................................................................................................................................. 5

Firmware loader ...................................................................................................................................... 5

Calibrator ................................................................................................................................................. 5

Firmware Commander ............................................................................................................................ 5

Test Program ........................................................................................................................................... 5

Validity and updates .................................................................................................................................. 5

CD PTC-04 directory structure ................................................................................................................... 6

Appendix A: Structure of Software and Documentation ............................................................................ 7

Contact ...................................................................................................................................................... 8

Disclaimer .................................................................................................................................................. 8

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PTC-04 Programmer

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Hardware

The PTC04 is developed in order to be compatible with most of our Melexis products. Actually, we target being able to test
not only our current products but also all our future Products.

Due to the fact it’s impossible to implement all needs for future products, we have chosen for a main board and
daughterboard concept. The main cost is concentrated in the main board. For all tooling and software developments, this
main board will not change and so it will stay compatible.

As well for Melexis as for our customer, the software development cost and the time for evaluating a new product on this
programmer is limited to the specific needs for the new products. On hardware level, this might ask for a different
daughterboard. This concept also allows Melexis to providing custom made variants by a cheap, easy and fast solution.

Main board

The main board is a stand alone tester. If we talk about mini tester, we mean a PTC04 on its own (without Daughterboard).

For all specification and description, electrical and mechanical, we refer to the Ptc04_DataSheet.pdf. This document is
always applicable, independent of the tested product. This documentation does not specify any information about the
daughterboard!

Daughter board

The daughter board is the interface between the PTC04 mini tester and the application. The simplest Daughter board is a
few wires only. Standard the PTC04 is delivered without a daughter board. So when you order a PTC04 programmer you will
need to order the dedicated daughter board for the product (or product group) for which the PTC04 will be used.

Melexis tries to develop the daughter boards on such a way it can support a group of products. A daughter board can easily
be ordered by Melexis. The order code mentions the devices name or group that it can handle.

A daughter board is delivered with:

 The Daughterboard itself;
 A Replacement rear panel (is in function of the required connections);
 Documentation on this Hardware;
 A DLL library for using the product (or group of products) specific commands;
 Documentation on this software;
 User interface software to evaluate the products (This is not always delivered);

For documentation about the hardware of a daughter board, we like to refer to the document

Ptc04_DB_xxxxxx_DataSheet.pdf, where xxxxxx stand for the name of the daughter board. In this documentation you will

find all details about connecting your application to the programmer.

Contents of a PTC04 Set

What’s in the box?

 PTC-04 without a daughter board
 Power supply
 Power cables, with European and American connector.
 RS232 serial cable
 USB cable
 Installation CD or Floppy
 Calibration certificate

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