Quick Start Guide
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RZ/N1D Group
CONNECT IT! ETHERNET RZ/N1D-DB
Introduction
RZ/N1 is a family of scalable ARM® based industrial Ethernet switches. Due to the integrated performant
ARM® Cortex®-A7 CPU, they are ideal choice for building products such as Programmable Logic Controllers
(PLC), complex remote-IO slaves, industrial switches, gateways or operator terminals.
RZ/N1 Family consists of three devices, out of which the RZ/N1D, is an industrial ethernet communication
System on Chip with 5-ports, in a 400BGA package.
This guide shall assist you to quickly start with your evaluation of the RZ/N1D device on the related Solution
Kit board(s) and the Solution Kit software and documentation. It represents a short guide for the first time users
with the instructions for the first startup of the board.
In addition to this document, please be aware of the extensive documentation on RZ/N1 devices, evaluation
boards and software that you may find in the Solution Kit Documentation directory.
The Solution Kit boards can solely be used for evaluation purposes. It is not allowed to use the boards for
commercial purposes.
List of reference documents
User’s Manual: System Introduction, Multiplexing, Electrical and Mechanical Information
User’s Manual: System Control and Peripheral
User’s Manual: Peripherals
User’s Manual: R-IN Engine and Ethernet Peripherals
User’s Manual: Generic Open Abstraction Layer
RZ/N1D Development Board Schematic
RZ/N1D Development Board Setup Notes
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List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Application Programming Interface
Device Level Ring Protocol
EtherCAT Network Protocol
EtherNet/IP Network Protocol
Ethernet POWERLINK Network Protocol
Process Field Network Protocol
Generic OS Abstraction Layer, Communication Framework on RZ/N1x
Link Layer Discovery Protocol
Application Programming Interface
High-Availability Seamless Redundancy Protocol
Parallel Redundancy Protocol
I/O Buffer Information Specification for pin signal simulation
EtherCAT is registered trademark and patented technology, licensed by Beckhoff Automation GmbH, Germany.
Sercos is a registered trademark of Sercos International e.V.
Ethernet POWERLINK is the registered trademark of Ethernet POWERLINK Standardization Group (EPSG).
CAN(Controller Area Network):An automotive network specification developed by Robert Bosch GmbH of Germany
ARM is a registered trademark of ARM Limited (or its subsidiaries) in the EU and/or elsewhere. All rights reserved.
All registered trademarks or trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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1. Overview
The following chapters will help you setup the hardware and software environment and run a sample
application on your RZ/N1L evaluation board.
• The Solution Kit is being actively updated and new versions of it are iteratively released
• Current version of Solution Kit is providing a snapshot of the latest software and documentation
versions at the release time
The CONNECT IT! ETHERNET RZ/N1D Solution Kit is based on the RZ/N1D, a 5-port, industrial Ethernet
communication SoC in a 400BGA package. The device features two independent blocks integrated in a single
package – a communication block based on the proven multi-protocol R-IN Engine, as well as an application
block with a dual ARM® Cortex®-A7 and a variety of peripherals, including a DDR memory interface required
for rich operating systems like Linux. Along this external memory the RZ/N1D additionally includes 2 MB
internal SRAM. The RZ/N1D Solution Kit contains everything you need for fast evaluation and rapid prototyping
of multiple industrial Ethernet protocols.
The RZ/N1D Solution Kit contains
• RZ/N1D CPU Development Board
• IAR I-jet Lite debugger (incl. 20pin flat ribbon and USB-micro/A cable)
• USB Cable Micro / Type-A
• DVD RZ/N1x-DB Solution Kit for all RZ/N1x devices / boards
Additionally, one can order the RZ/N1-EB Expansion Board separately, that provides the user with the
possibility to use an expanded range of functionalities and RZ/N1D interfaces. RZ/N1-EB kit contains:
• RZ/N1-EB Expansion Board
• Power Supply 24V/750mA
• Power Supply Primary Adapters Euro/UK/JPN-US
The expansion board has no stand-alone capability and requires an RZ/N1D or RZ/N1S CPU board.
Figure 1-1: RZ/N1D Functional and HW overview
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2. Hardware Setup
2.1 CPU Demo Board Setup
To get started quickly with the board, please identify the connectors on the RZ/N1D-DB CPU Board.
Figure 2-1: Board connectors overview
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1. Switches and Jumpers
Please take care that the following switches are set according to the tables below.
Table 1: RZ/N1D GPIO Multiplexer DIP-Switch SW2
Table 2: RZ/N1D Config DIP-Switch
Table 3: Jumper Settings RZ/N1D-DB
USB Power
SRESET from Debugger to RZ/N1D
RZ/N1D is connected with the
SRESET from the Debugger
Debugger cannot reset the CPU
MRESETOUT is connected to
the Debugger
Debugger cannot detect any
internal CPU reset
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Table 4: Boot config dip switches
The single dip switches are used to select the power on setup.
Boot Mode
On Setting (white bar) (default)
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On Setting (white bar) (default)
LCD [145:127,73:62] pull up
LCD [145:127,73:62] pull down
On Setting (white bar) (default)
LCD [111:105,59:36] pull up
LCD [111:105,59:36] pull down
Table 5: Ethernet RX Clock
ETH4: RX_CLK
On Setting (white bar) (default)
On Setting (white bar) (default)
Instead of QSPI it is possible to boot from USB, if SW5 is pressed down during the RESET.
Table 6: Push buttons
SW5:
Boot Mode Select
Table 7: Reset and NMI switches
SW3:
Power On Clear
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If you are using the expansion board together with RZ/N1D CPU Board, please remove the jumper
CN6.
1. JTAG Debug Connector
This connection is required for software development purposes, to be able to run and debug the
software on the target. The IAR Debugger cable has one unused key pin, therefore pin 7 of the J2
connector should be cut or bent, as shown below. After this step, you can attach your I-jet debugger
to the board via JTAG cable to the PC via USB.
Figure 2-2: Connector J2 with removed pin 7
Figure 2-3: I-Jet Debugger Connector
2. Power connector and serial-over-USB
The board is powered via USB connector CN10, if not attached to the expansion board. If you use
the CPU board standalone, please make sure that the jumper CN6 is ON, otherwise OFF. Please
connect the board to your PC via USB cable to the connector CN10. The same interface is used for
serial UART communication with the board, so if you have a windows PC, after connecting the
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board via USB, you should be able to see a new device registered 4 new USB Serial COM ports.
You may use any of the terminal emulator on your PC to open a serial port connection to the board.
The board uses the 3rd port for UART output at 115200,8,n,1. On Linux PCs, if you have no other
serial-over-USB devices attached, this is accessed using /dev/ttyUSB2, provided you do not have
any other USB devices attached.
Figure 2-4: Power connector and serial over USB
If the board is not recognized by Windows, please install the FTDI driver that you may find under
…\YCONNECT-IT-RZN_V1.x\Tools\FTDI.
You can perform a soft-reset of the board by pressing SW4.
3. Ethernet Interface
The Ethernet connection to the PC or a PLC can be prepared using one of the two RJ-45 connectors
CN4 or CN1 (for an overview of connectors please check Figure 2-1). For running any Ethernet
fieldbus sample program, you can use any of the two connectors. There are two PHY Micrel chips
connected to these RJ-45 connectors.
If you are using the expansion board, Ports J23 and J24 can be used of real-time Ethernet and port
J22 is reserved for Linux. You can connect J22 to a dedicated Network Interface Card (NIC) on your
PC to open a secure shell to Linux. Linux accesses GMAC1 on the RZ/N1 device.
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2.2 Expansion Board Setup
If you are using the expansion board together with your RZ/N1D CPU Board, here you may find some setup
notes for it. The expansion board comes with an external power supply to drive the expansion board and the
RZ/N1x CPU board plugged onto the connectors J1 and J2. Please note the position of the power supply
selection jumper below and ensure that the 12…24V position is chosen. This board expands the RZ/N1D or
RZ/N1S CPU boards with 3 Gbit PHY ports, an SD-Card slot, a USB Host as well as CAN, RS232, RS485,
PMODs, LCD display interface with integrated touch screen, etc.
Figure 2-5: RZ/N1-EB Expansion Board Overview