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Document Contents
1.0 Introduction 1
2.0 Board Layout 1
3.0 Stand Alone Demonstration Mode 2
4.0 Installation 3
5.0 Using the GUI 4
6.0 RL78/G14 Programming 6
7.0 RL78/G14 Debugging 7
8.0 Next Steps 8
9.0 Support 8
1.0 Introduction
This quick start guide is provided to assist the user in connecting and using up the RL78G14 motor control
starter kit for the first time. The RL78G14 microcontroller flash memory on the board is supplied preprogrammed with the motor control demonstration project. Please check the contents of the kit using the
supplied package contents list and notify your supplier if anything is missing
Note: PLEASE DO NOT CONNECT THE BOARD TO THE HOST PC BEFORE INSTRUCTED
2.0 Board Layout
BLDC
Demonstration
Motor
JPUP1-4: RL78/G14
IO Pinout
JP1 / JP2
J1: USB
Interface &
Power
Isolation
Barrier
P6: RL78/G14
Reset
P5 USB
reset
5A Fuse
J3-J4: Ext.
Power supply
connectors
Int. Power
supplies
J5 – E1
Connector
J7: Motor
Connector
Internal
inverter
J8: Hall
Sensor
Connector
J10-J19:
Inverter
selection
jumpers
J10: Ext.
inverter
and power
interface
J9: Encoder
connector
P4: Demo
start/stop
P1-P3: User
programmable
For further details, please refer to chapter 2 of the YRMCKITRL78G14 Motor Control Starter Kit user manual.
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3.0 Stand-alone Demonstration Mode
The RL78G14 motor control starter kit is supplied pre-configured with the embedded motor control program
and to operate in a stand-alone demonstration mode that does not require the installation of the GUI. To use
this mode, all that is required is to connect the demonstration motor and connect the USB cable to your PC to
power the board. Before connecting the USB cable to the PC and the YRMCKITRL78G14 board please follow
the setup procedure below
1. To connect the demonstration BLDC motor place the connector in the motor connector on the PCB and
connect the three wires to the as follows (the green connector is pre-fitted).
a. Red Motor wire to “U” connection
b. Black motor wire to the “V” connection
c. Green motor wire to the “W” connection
Note: The Hall sensor wires do not need to be connected
2. Check that the jumpers JP1 and JP2 are both connected between pins 2 and 3:
Check that the jumpers are connected as shown below.
JP3 pins 2 – 3 JP10 fitted
JP4 pins 2 – 3 JP11 fitted
JP5 pins 2 – 3 JP12 fitted
JP6 pins 2 - 3 JP13 fitted
JP7 pins 2 – 3 JP14 fitted
JP15 fitted JP16 fitted
JP17 fitted JP18 fitted
JP19 fitted Jumpers JP8 and JP9 can be either connected or open
3. Connect the USB cable to your PC and connect the to the USB connector on the board.
The following LEDs should be lit:-
The orange LED DL1 should blink at approximately ½ second intervals
The orange LED DL4 should be on
The green power supply LEDs (DL5 and DL6) and DL7 (USB connection) should be on
4. If all is correct then press the push button switch P4 and the motor demonstration should start.
The demonstration should follow the following sequence:-
The motor will accelerate up to a set speed
The motor should then run in a steady state for approx 10 seconds
The Motor direction will be reversed
(This will stop the motor and accelerate to the same speed but in the opposite direction)
The motor should then run in a steady state for approx. 10 seconds and then stop.
5. Once completed, the demonstration can be restarted by pressing the button (P4) again
6. When the demo is completed, the USB lead can be removed and proceed to install the GUI, software and
documentation (See section 4).
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4.0 Installation
Insert the Software CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. The CD should start the installation automatically.
If the installer does not start, browse to the CD root folder and double click on the “setup.exe” file.
Windows™ Vista and 7 users may see “User Account Control” dialog box. If applicable, enter the administrator
password and click <OK>. It is recommended that the user has sufficient administration rights to install the
software on the CD. The following shall be installed:
a. The Motor Control GUI
b. The IAR Embedded Workbench (Kick Start Evaluation version)
c. Renesas Flash Programmer
d. The motor control IAR project
e. The RL78 IEC self test code and test harness project
f. All necessary documentation
g. Virtual UART USB drivers
h. Manual Navigator
Please note that the IAR Embedded Workbench will require license registration. Please follow the instructions
during installation and ensure no other instance of the IAR Embedded Workbench is open.
The documentation will be copied and is designed to be viewed with the Manual Navigator, which is installed
with this kit. It is recommended that a USB port or hub is used that does not have any other peripheral devices
connected.
The virtual UART drivers are included separately with the CD_ROM and are also included in the IAR installation
The correct driver needs to be installed before using the GUI RFP or IAR Workbench.
To install the virtual UART drives:-
1. Connect the USB cable to the board and the PC
2. When the Host PC detects the new hardware, locate the Renesas Virtual UART driver appropriate to the
Windows operating system (i.e. 32/64bit OS) and follow the windows installation directions.
3. For 32-bit Windows OS
a. If using the YRMCKITRL78G14 installation:-
32-bit USB drivers should be used (i.e. Windows XP, Vista and W7) and are located here
C:\Program Files\Renesas\YRMCKITRL78G14\Virtual UART\32bit
b. If using the IAR installation:-
C:\Program Files\IAR Systems\Embedded Workbench 6.0\rl78\drivers\renesas\VirtualCOM\32bit
4. For 64-bit Windows OS
a. If using the YRMCKITRL78G14 installation:-
64-bit USB drivers (i.e. Windows Vista and W7) and are located here:
C:\Program Files\Renesas\YRMCKITRL78G14\Virtual UART\64bit
b. If the IAR installation:-
C:\Program Files\IAR Systems\Embedded Workbench 6.0\rl78\drivers\renesas\VirtualCOM\64bit
On completion the driver installation should be set to “Renesas Starter Kit Virtual UART”. This can be verified
in the Device Manager and note the “com” port assigned.
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5.0 Using the Graphical User Interface (GUI)
5.1 Demonstration using the GUI
The GUI is installed during the installation process. To start the GUI click on the Motor Control Demonstration
ICON in the start menu.
Please note that for Windows Vista and Windows 7 users, it is necessary to run the GUI as “Run as
administrator”.
It is suggested that the USB cable should be connected to the PC and the board before opening the GUI as this
makes the connection process easier. The GUI can be opened without the board being connected.
It is also recommended that that there are no other peripheral devices connected to the port or hub being
used for the motor control kit.
Once the GUI is open use the following procedure to connect the GUI to the YRMCKITRL78G14 board.
If more than one “setup” file is in the GUI installation directory (C:\MCDEMO\..) then the user has to
select the appropriate “setup” file from the “Select Board Setup” drop down menu bar in the
Communication Settings box, located in top left hand corner of the GUI panel. Otherwise the default
“setup” file is selected by automatically.
Select the “setup” file (or alternative setup file name as required)
Select the “serial Port” drop down box and select the communications port that the YRMCKITRL78G14
board is connected to
Click on the “connect” button
5.2 The GUI should now be connected to the board
To start the demonstration, press the “DEMO” button in the GUI.
The board should follow the same sequence as described for the stand alone operation. (Section 3)
5.3 Manual Control of the motor
The GUI can also be used to control the motor manually using the Speed Control window.
Click the “Speed Control” button to open this window.
Here the user can start, stop and set direction and speed of the motor.
5.4 Motor parameter Monitoring
The motor operation can be monitored with the Property monitor and the three run time graph displays.
The parameter window can be used to dynamically set many of the operating parameters for the motor
control algorithm and aid in the tuning of new or different motors.
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5.5 Saving monitor data
It is possible to save the run time data to an excel file. This can be started by clicking the “save data to file”
button in the Property Monitor window. The data will start to be saved once the file has been selected. All the
data shown in the Property Monitor window is saved at each update of the GUI as a new entry in the excel file.
5.6 System Status
The system state can be monitored using the “System Monitor” window. This shows an overview of the
RL78G14 internal configuration, the results of the internal self tests and the indication of the motor alarm
function.
5.7 Algorithm Selection
The algorithm selection shows the available options together with the board jumper settings for each selection.
The jumper settings for operation of the board can be displayed by clicking on the “Verify Jumper Settings”
button when the algorithm window is open. This shows all the jumper settings for the different modes of
operation as described in the user manual.
The GUI can be closed by either clicking on the “Exit” button in the bottom left hand corner or the usual
windows close button.
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6.0 RL78/G14 Programming
The RL78/G14 can be programmed in two ways
1. Using the Renesas Flash Programmer and the E1 module (Not included in this kit).
It is generally not required to change the jumper settings on the YRMCKITRL78G14 board when using the
E1 programmer. Please refer to the user manuals included in the documentation for this kit for the correct
operation of the E1 programmer and the RFP.
2. Using the main USB interface
Please note that it is not possible to connect both the GUI and the RFP at the same time via the USB
interface. To use the RFP directly with the USB interface please set jumpers to the following the settings:
JP3, JP4, JP5, JP6 and JP7 to Pins 1 – 2
The RFP should be configured to use the Serial port connection.
Please refer to the RFP user manual for the correct operation and settings
Note: the YRMCKITRL78G14 board can be programmed with an isolated USB interface when using an
external power supply and non-isolated when board is powered only by the USB interface.
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7.0 RL78/G14 Debugging
As part of the installation process the IAR Embedded Workbench (Kick Start version) is installed. This allows
some additional development and testing of the motor control operation
Code development for the RL78/G14 can be made and debugged in two ways
1. Using the IAR Embedded Workbench and the E1 unit in On Chip Debug (OCD) mode.
As the E1 is not included in this kit it usage details are not included with this guide.
Please refer to E1 documentation included on the software CD and the YRMCKITRL78G14 Motor
Control Starter Kit user manual. It is possible to use the E1 debugger together with the motor control
GUI although limitations exist.
2. Using the IAR Embedded Workbench in direct mode (TK)
The IAR debugger can be used directly with the board using the “TK” setting in the Debugger options.
This utilises the same serial port and virtual UART configuration as the RFP.
Note: the IAR debugger cannot be used together with either the motor control GUI or RFP.
To use the IAR debugger set the Jumpers as follows:
JP3, JP4, JP5, JP6 and JP7 to Pins 1 – 2
When the IAR CSPY debugger is activated it will connect and download (program) the built program
open in the workbench IDE. The same debugging functions are available for this mode as for the E1
OCD module.
This mode of debugging can be used with or without an external power supply as the operation of the
interface can operate as both isolated and non-isolated.
The full operation of the IAR Embedded Workbench is beyond the scope of this guide. Please refer to
the IAR documentation included with the IAR installation and the YRMCKITRL78G14 Motor Control
Starter Kit user manual.
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8.0 Next Steps
After you have completed this quick start procedure, please review documentation that came with the kit. The
sample code project contains all you need to get started developing your own projects. The software tools
provided are Evaluation versions and may have limitations that are described in the documentation. To
purchase fully functional versions, please contact your usual Renesas supplier.
9.0 Support
Online technical support and information is available at the following locations
Technical Contact Details
America: techsupport.america@renesas.com
Europe: www.renesas.com/motor
Japan: csc@renesas.com
Websites:
America: www.am.renesas.com/motor
Europe: www.renesas.eu/motor
Japan: www.renesas.com
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