This document describes the board level operations of the RM48 Hercules™ Development Kit (HDK). The
HDK is based on the Texas Instruments RM48L952 Microcontroller. The RM48 HDK is a table top card
that allows engineers and software developers to evaluate certain characteristics of the RM48L952
microcontroller to determine if the microcontroller meets the designer’s application requirements as well as
begin early application development. Evaluators can create software to execute on board or expand the
system in a variety of ways.
Notational Conventions
This document uses the following conventions.
The RM48 HDK will sometimes be referred to as the HDK.
Program listings, program examples, and interactive displays are shown in a special italic typeface. Here
is a sample program listing:
•equations
•!rd = !strobe&rw
Preface
SPNU508C–September 2011–Revised November 2018
Read This First
Information About Cautions
This book may contain cautions.
This is an example of a caution statement.
A caution statement describes a situation that could potentially damage your software, or hardware, or
other equipment. The information in a caution is provided for your protection. Please read each caution
carefully.
Related Documentation From Texas Instruments
Information regarding this device can be found at the following Texas Instruments website:
http://www.ti.com/rm4
(1)
Hercules, Code Composer Studio are trademarks of Texas Instruments.
(2)
ARM is a registered trademark of ARM Limited.
(3)
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
This development kit provides a product-ready hardware and software platform for evaluating the
functionality of the Texas Instruments RM48 microcontroller family. Schematics, list of materials, and PCB
layout are available to ease hardware development and reduce time to market.
1.1Scope of Document
This user's guide lists the contents of the development kit, points out the features of the major
components, and provides the instructions necessary to verify your development kit is in working order.
Any additional usage instructions or details fall outside the scope of this document. Additional resources
will be listed at the end of this user's guide.
1.2RM48 HERCULES Development Kit (HDK) Features
The HDK comes with a full complement of on board devices that suit a wide variety of application
environments. Key features include:
•A Hercules RM48L952 337-pin BGA microcontroller
•Integrated USB JTAG Emulator (XDS100v2)
•External JTAG Headers (ARM®20 pin and TI Compact 20-pin CTI)
•10/100 Mbps Ethernet interface
•One USB host connector and one USB device connector
•Two CAN transceivers (SN65HVDA541Q1) and screw terminal blocks
•One ambient light sensor
•One ambient temperature sensor
•Microcontroller’s serial communication interface (SCI) universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
(UART) accessible through a USB virtual COM port
•One 8MB SDRAM
•Eight user programmable white LEDs around the MCU silicon
•One user programmable pushbutton
•Three expansion connectors for hardware prototyping
•Reset pushbuttons (nPORRST and nRST)
•One SD card slot (SPI mode)
•Embedded trace macrocell (ETM) debug interface via MIPI connector
•Configurable pin mux options
•5 V and 3.3 V analog-to-digital converter (ADC) option jumper
•Current measurement capability for 3.3 V IO, 1.2 V core, 1.2 V core, 1.2 V PLL, 3.3 V or 5 V ADC, and
3.3 V V
•Accepts an external power supply between +5V and +12V
•QAWA-24-12-US01
– 12-V output, 2-A max output current
– Positive center
– Barrel plug (2.1-mm x 5.5-mm)
– Output Protection: Short Circuit, Overvoltage, Overcurrent
– Safety approvals: CB, CE, UL, FCC, PSE, LPS, BSMI, RCM, and CCC
•SMI24-12-V-P5
– 12-V output, 2-A max output current
– Positive center
– Barrel plug (2.1-mm x 5.5-mm)
– Output Protection: Short Circuit, Overvoltage, Overcurrent
– Safety approvals: UL/cUL, CCC, RCM, and PSE
1.5HDK Specifications
•Board supply voltage: 5 V–12 V Vdc
•Board supply current: 130 mA typ (fully active, CPU at 220 MHz)
•Dimensions: 4.90” x 4.30” x 0.85” (LxWxH)
1.6Basic Operation
The HDK is designed to work with TI’s Code Composer Studio and other third party ARM IDEs. The IDE
communicates with the board through the embedded emulator or an external JTAG emulator. To start,
follow the instructions in the Quick Start Guide to install Hercules-specific software. This process will install
all of the necessary development tools, documentation and drivers.
HDK Specifications
1.7Memory Map
The RM48 family of MCUs have a large byte addressable address space. Table 1-1 shows the address
space of a RM48L952 microcontroller on the left with specific details of how each region is used by the
HDK on the right. By default, the internal memory sits at the beginning of the address space.
The SDRAM is mapped into CS0 space on the EMIF. CS[4:2] are used for synchronous memory for
example SRAM, NOR Flash, NAND Flash, and so forth.
1.8Power Supply
The HDK board operates from a single +12 V external power supply connected to the main power input
(P1), a 2.5 mm, barrel-type plug. Internally, the +12 V input is converted into +1.2 V, +3.3 V and +5.0 V
using Texas Instruments swift voltage regulators and PTH power module. The +1.2 V supply is used for
the MCU core while the +3.3 V supply is used for the MCU's I/O buffers and other module on the board.
The +5.0 V supply is used for ADC power (second option) and USB VBUS.
There are multiple power test points on the HDK board. The three main test point pairs provide a
convenient mechanism to check the HDK’s current for each supply. Table 1-2 shows the voltages for each
test point and what the supply is used for.
Table 1-2. Power Test Points
Test Point PairVoltageVoltage Use
TP14 and TP151.2 VMCU core
TP16 and TP173.3 VMCU IO and logic
TP18 and TP191.2 VMCU PLL
TP20 and TP213.3 VMCU Flash pump
TP22 and TP233.3 V or 5.0 V
This section describes the physical layout of the RM48 HDK board and its interfaces.
2.1Board Layout
The RM48 HDK board is a 4.9 x 4.3 inch (125 x 109 mm) eight layer printed circuit board that is powered
by an external +5 V to approximately +12 V only power supply. Figure 2-1 shows the layout of the RM48
HDK board.
J933x2, 2mmExp P1, SPI1, SPI5, ADC
J1033x2, 2mmEXP P2, SPI2, EMIF, ECLK
J1140x2, 2mmEXP P3, SPI3, GIO, NHET, DCAN, LIN
J1219x2, mictorDMM
J15SD card
J164pin, Type BUSB Device
J174pin, Type ANot Populated
J184pin, Type AUSB Host
J1930x2, MIPIETM MIPI Header
P12.5mm+12 V In
2.2.1 20-Pin ARM JTAG Header
In addition to on board XDS100V2 JTAG, one 20-pin ARM JTAG header is added for using external
emulator. This is the standard interface used by JTAG emulators to interface to ARM microcontrollers. The
pinout for the connector is shown in Table 2-2.
Connectors
2.2.2 Ethernet Interface
The RM48L952 integrates an MII/RMII Ethernet MAC on chip. This interface is routed to the on board
PHY via CBT switches. The board uses a DP83640 PHY. The interface is isolated and brought out to a
RJ-45 connector with integrated magnetics, J1. The pinmux control DIP S2 is used to control the CBT FET
switch for RMII, MII or other functions.
The J1 connector is used to provide a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet interface. This is a standard RJ-45
connector. The cable end pinout for the J1 connector is shown in Table 2-3.
Two LEDs are embedded into the connector to report link status (green LED) and transmit and receive
status of the PHY (yellow LED).
2.2.3 CAN Interface
The RM48L952 has up to three DCAN interfaces that provide a high-speed serial interface. Two 3-pin
screw terminal blocks, J2, J3, are used to interface to the DCAN bus. The pinouts for this connector are
shown in Figure 2-3. H means CAN High (CAN H), and L means CAN Low (CAN L).
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Table 2-3. J1, Ethernet Interface
Pin NumberSignalPin NumberSignal
1D0+2D03D1-4D2+
5D2-6D17D3+8D3-
Figure 2-3. J2, J3 CAN Bus Interface (Screw Terminal)
2.2.4 J19, MIPI ETM Connector
Figure 2-4 and Table 2-4 show the 60 pin MIPI header.
The USB connector J7 is used to connect to the host development system that is running the software
development IDE, Code Composer Studio. The signals on this connector are shown in Table 2-5.
Before the board is shipped, the XDS100V2 port1 is configured as JTAG, and port2 is configured as SCI.
The CPLD on the board is also programmed to route the JTAG signals to the MCU.
There is a circuitry to detect the external JTAG emulator. If a device is plugged onto the header J4 and
J19, the DS1 LED will be turned on, and XDS100V2 JTAG is disabled.
2.2.6 P1, +5 V to +12 V Input
Connector P1 is the input power connector. This connector brings in +5 V to +12 V to the HDK board. This
is a 2.5 mm jack. Figure 2-5 shows this connector as viewed from the card edge.
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Figure 2-5. +12 V Input Jack
2.2.7 J18, USB Host Connector
Connector J18 is a type-A USB host connector. The RM48L952 device supports two OHCI ports. OHCI0
signals are pinmuxed with SPI, NHET, and GIO, and so forth. To use OHCI0, the channel 1 of dip switch
S2 has to be set to “ON”. OHCI provides 5 V VBUS through power switch U12.
The second USB host connector is not populated. Its footprint is overlapped with J16.
2.2.8 J16, USB Device Connector
The RM48L952 device has one W2FC module for USB device. Connector J16 is a type-B USB device
connector. To use W2FC, the channel 3 of dip switch S2 has to be set to “ON”. Two different connectors
can be mounted at location J16. The default connector is USB host.
2.2.9 SCI Interface
The internal SCI on the RM48L952 device is connected to the second port of the XDS100V2. The
XDS100V2 USB driver makes the FT2232H second channel appear as a virtual COM port (VCP). This
allows the user to communicate with the USB interface via a standard PC serial emulation port.
2.2.10 Daughter Card Interface
The HDK provides expansion connectors that can be used to accept plug-in daughter cards. The daughter
card allows users to build on their EVM platform to extend its capabilities and provide customer and
application specific I/O. The expansion connectors are for all major interfaces including asynchronous
memory, peripherals, and A/D expansion.
There are three daughter card interfaces: J9, J10, J11. These connectors are described in Table 2-6.
The RM48 HDK board has 19 LEDs. Eight of these LEDs (shown in Table 2-9) are under user control.
Those LEDs are controlled and programmed by NHET signals.
LEDs DS2, DS3, DS4, and DS5 indicate the presence of the power (+1.2 V, +5 V, 3.3 V, and 12 V) s on
the board. The LED functions are summarized in Table 2-9 and Table 2-10.
There is one 4-position DIP switches located on the left-bottom corner at reference designator S2. By
default, all of the switches are set to the “OFF” position and should remain in that position when
completing the steps in this user's guide.
The S2 DIP switch is reserved for user application general purpose. Table 2-11 describes the function of
each channel on S2.
(1)
S2:1 indicates slide 1 on the S2 DIP switch, S2:2 indicates slide 2 on the S2 DIP switch, and so on.
(2)
S2:2 and S2:3 cannot be enabled at the same time since those two ports have pinmux.
(3)
To use Ethernet, S2:4 should be enabled and all other have to be disabled.
2.5Jumpers
The HDK board has two jumpers that are used to enable and disable the on-board SDRAM and select 5 V
or 3.3 V ADC.
Table 2-11. S2 DIP Switch Functions
SwitchOFF PositionON Position
(1)
S2:1
S2:2
S2:3
S2:4
(2)
(2)
(3)
USB Host0 DisabledUSB Host0 Enabled
USB Host1 DisabledUSB Host1 Enabled
USB Device DisabledUSB Device Enabled
Ethernet DisabledEthernet Enabled
Table 2-12. Jumpers
Jumper NumberOFFON
J85 V ADC3.3 V ADC
J13SDRAM onSDRAM Off
Jumpers
2.6S4, Power On Reset Switch
RM48 MCU has two resets: warm reset (nRST) and power-on reset (nPORRST). Switch S4 is a
momentary switch that asserts power on reset to the RM48L952 device. The nPORRST condition is
intended to reset all logic on the device including the test and emulation circuitry.
2.7S3, System Reset Switch
Switch S3 is used to assert a warm reset the RM48L952 device. Warm reset does not reset any test or
emulation logic. The reset signal from window watchdog will also assert a warm reset to the MCU. The
warm reset can be invoked by pushing nRST button, or by RESET signals from XDS100 CPLD, ARM
JTAG SREST.
The user assumes all responsibility and liability for proper and safe handling of the boards. It is the user's
responsibility to take any and all appropriate precautions with regard to electrostatic discharge.
•For additional information regarding the embedded emulation, see the XDS100 USB wiki on the TI web
site at the following URL: http://tiexpressdsp.com/index.php?title=XDS100
•Code Composer Studio support is available via a forum at: http://community.ti.com/forums/138.aspx
•Hercules MCU support is available via a forum at: http://www.ti.com/hercules-support
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