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Restrictions:
The ZMD AG RBic
laboratory setup and module development only.
™ Development Kit hardware and software are designed for RBic
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production test setups. ZMD AG shall not be liable for any damages arising out of defects resulting from (i)
delivered hard and software (ii) non-observance of instructions contained in this manual, or (iii) misuse,
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2 USB DRIVER INSTALLATION ...............................................................................................................................................................5
3 DEVELOPMENT BOARD .......................................................................................................................................................................8
4 RBIC
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ..................................................................................................................................................................5
INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS XP PRO OR XP HOME OPERATING SYSTEMS ..........................................................................5
Installing the Basic USB Driver...........................................................................................................................................................5
Installing the Virtual Com Port USB Driver.........................................................................................................................................6
Checking USB Port Operation............................................................................................................................................................7
3.1 INSTALLING THE COMMUNICATIONS AND CALIBRATION SOFTWARE...........................................................................8
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CONNECTIONS TO RBIC
POWER SUPPLY TO THE BOARD ......................................................................................................................................................9
WHAT ARE THE JUMPERS FOR? .....................................................................................................................................................10
COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4 Radio Button and Status Windows .....................................................................................................12
Bridge and Temperature Display......................................................................................................................................................13
Data Logging Section .......................................................................................................................................................................13
Start NOM Button .............................................................................................................................................................................14
Get Analog Function.........................................................................................................................................................................14
Adjustment of the Analog Pre-Amp Gain and the Analog ADC Offset Modes .................................................................................15
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5 DRY RUN CALIBRATION.....................................................................................................................................................................23
7 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND KNOWN DEVELOPMENT KIT PROBLEMS ...................................................................28
8 RELATED DOCUMENTS .....................................................................................................................................................................29
2 SUMMARY TABLE OF COMMANDS (LEAD BYTES) TO THE LCB/ZMD31010DK (FIRMWARE REV.3.1 OR HIGHER) ................31
3 SUMMARY TABLE OF PREPENDED BYTES FROM LCB/ ZMD31010DK (FIRMWARE REV.3.1 OR HIGHER) TO HOST PC.......33
4 DETAILS OF EEP_FIELD (RBICDLITETM (ZMD 31015) NOT RBICLITETM (ZMD 31010)) COMMAND:.........................................34
5 DETAILS OF GET_RAW COMMAND: .................................................................................................................................................36
APPENDIX C: CALIBRATING THE ON BOARD A2D..................................................................................................................................37
3 STEPS TO CALIBRATE THE 31010DK A2D. ......................................................................................................................................38
APPENDIX D: DRIVER INSTALLATION ON WINDOWS 2000 OPERATING SYSTEMS ...........................................................................39
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Step 1 – Assigning a Unique Identification (ASIC ID Section)..........................................................................................................18
Step 2 – Data Collection...................................................................................................................................................................18
Current EEPROM Settings Section..................................................................................................................................................21
Save # Field......................................................................................................................................................................................21
Save Button......................................................................................................................................................................................21
X128 Board Support Section............................................................................................................................................................21
# ICs Field and Set Button................................................................................................................................................................21
Current IC Field and Select Button...................................................................................................................................................22
Save All Button.................................................................................................................................................................................22
Write All Button.................................................................................................................................................................................22
STEPS TO THE DRY RUN CALIBRATION.........................................................................................................................................23
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DEVELOPMENT BOARD /REMOTE BOARD ..............................................................................30
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1 Kit Contents
a) CD ROM of the RBic
b) RBic
c) RBic
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Development Board (Translator Board)
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Remote Board
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d) USB Cable
e) 7ft RJ-11 (4-conductor phone line) cable
Remote
Board
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(Tester/Calibration) Software
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Development
Board
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Development Kit
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The RBic
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Development Kit contains the software and hardware needed for communication and
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calibration of an RBic
Figure 1.1 – RBic
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sensor signal conditioning IC. A PC can communicate with the Development Board
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(also referred to as the “Translator Board”) via a USB connection. The software should run on any Windows
98/ME/XP/NT system after the installation of an USB driver.
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2 USB Driver Installation
System Requirements
The USB version of the ZMD31015 RBic
required driver files are in the “USB_Driver” folder on the Development Kit CD-ROM.
These two drivers will make your USB port appear as a virtual com port (typically COM3 or COM4 on most
computers). The software provided with the Development Kit accesses the Development Board as if it were a
COM (RS232) port. These drivers will in no way affect the operation of any other USB peripherals.
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• 5x86-compatible PC
• 32 MB RAM
• Hard drive with 20MB free space
• USB port
• Microsoft W98/ME/2000/XP
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Development Kit requires installation of two drivers. All the
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Driver installation is very similar for Windows XP or Windows 2000 installations; however, there are slight
differences in the appearance of the dialog boxes. The steps for the Windows 2000 installation (given in the
Appendix A in this document) are similar to the following XP installation.
Installation for Windows XP Pro or XP Home Operating Systems
Installing the Basic USB Driver
Important: System administrator rights are required to install the USB driver on your PC.
Use the USB cable to connect the Development Board to an available USB port on your PC. The “Found New
Hardware” wizard launches and brings up the following dialog box. Complete the following steps.
Step 1: Select “No, not this time,” and click
“Next.”
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Step 2: Select “Install from a list or specific
location (Advanced).” Click “Next.”
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Step 3: Select “Search removable media
(floppy, CD-ROM),” and click “Next.”
Step 4: When the warning about failing logo
testing appears, click “Continue Anyway”
because this concern is not applicable.
Step 5: Finish the driver installation by
clicking “Finish.”
Installing the Virtual Com Port USB Driver
The second required USB driver causes the USB device to appear to the system as a virtual COM port.
Follow the same steps as outlined under Installing the Basic USB Driver above to complete this second driver
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Checking USB Port Operation
Verify that the new hardware is operating properly
before continuing. Access the control panel by clicking
Start Î Settings Î Control Panel. Double click the
“System” icon. The adjacent dialog box appears.
Click on the “Hardware” tab, and then on “Device
Manager.” This brings up the dialog box shown below:
If the USB is operating properly, “USB Serial Port
(COMx)” appears under “Ports (COM & LPT). Typically, the “x” is 3 or 4. Remember this virtual COM port
number. It is the COM port to select when using the
software provided with the Development Kit.
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3 Development Board
Overview
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Potentiometer to adjust VDD
to DUT (2.9V to 5.5V)
On-board 12-bit ADC
for acquiring digitized
version of the output
signal
RESET push button
Measure DUT current
across this jumper.
Artificial bridge
stimulus through
software (on-board
12-bit DAC coupled
with on-board singleto-diff. block)
USB connector
Remove these two jumpers to
drive the bridge externally.
RJ-11 connector to
Remote Board
Programming header
for PIC (not intended
for customer use)
Optional socket for beta
CDIP samples
SOP-8 socket with
RBic
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indicates pin 1)
Test points to measure/
drive bridge stimulus
Two-conductor terminal block
(enables in-system calibration
in customer systems)
Figure 3.1– Development Board Overview
The main purpose of the Development Board is to perform communication between the PC and the RBic
chip. The PC sends commands and data via the USB (virtual COM port). The μController on the Development
Board interprets these commands and relays them to the RBic
μController will also forward any data bytes from the RBic
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chip in the ZACwireTM format. The
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chip back to the PC via the USB connection
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as RS232 packets. These bytes can be bridge and temperature readings to be displayed by the PC software
or raw ADC readings used during calibration or EEPROM content bytes.
3.1 Installing the Communications and Calibration Software
Install the RBic
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Development Kit CD-ROM in the PC hard drive. Locate the setup.exe file in the root
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directory of the CD-ROM, and double click on it. The software completes the installation.
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Connections to RBic
The Development Board has two socket locations for inserting the RBic
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. One is an SOP-8 socket and the
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other is an optional socket location for a ceramic dip sample (only used for beta samples; might be removed
on future boards).
The RJ-11 connector can be used to connect to a remote board using the 4-conductor phone line provided
with the kit. This remote board can contain the bridge to be calibrated and an RBic
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IC. The remote board
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can then be placed in a chamber that controls the parameter (e.g., pressure) that the bridge measures.
A third connection option is provided by the 2-wire terminal block. The two signals provided here are a power
control signal and the ZACwire
the user’s calibration fixture. The user must provide some hooks in their calibration fixture to enable this.
Please see ZMD31010 RBicNOTE: Only one connection option can be used at a time. For instance, do not install an RBic
SOP socket on the Development Board while another RBic
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signal. These can be used for in-circuit programming of the RBic
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Application Notes – In-Circuit Programming for further information.
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is installed on a remote board connected
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in the
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through the RJ-11 connection. They will conflict with each other and cause unpredictable behavior.
Power Supply to the Board
The USB cable provides the power supply to the board. The board contains a DC/DC switcher followed by an
adjustable regulator to condition the supply. The large blue 15-turn potentiometer can be used to adjust the
supply voltage in the 2.9V to 5.5V range. VDD can be measured referenced to ground via the two mini-test
points provided on the board (red test point labeled VDD and black test point labeled GND). All components
on the board are supplied with this VDD supply. All functions of the board are operative down to lowest
adjustable voltage. The board has a green LED labeled PWR which lights if the board has power.
3.2 Reset Switch
The μController contains an on-chip power-on reset circuit that resets the state of the controller during power
up of the board. The manual reset switch is not normally needed; however, if your board is unresponsive and
seems to have lost communication with the PC, a manual reset can sometimes be the solution. When reset,
the μController sends a “50% value” to the digital-to-analog converter (DAC) used for artificial bridge input
generation. This could make your artificial bridge input control out of synch with the actual value. Push the
reset button again to ensure the artificial bridge value driven matches the software control.
On-Board Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC)
The board contains a 12-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC, A2D) that can convert the analog value on the
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(ZACwire™) pin if the RBic
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Analog” button that sends a command to the board requesting a conversion of the SIG
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is configured in an analog output mode. The software contains a “Get
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pin. The result of the
conversion will be displayed both as a voltage and as a percent of VDD. The ADC used is ratiometric, so the
voltage readout is only accurate if the VDD of the board is set to exactly 5.00V when measured between the
mini-test points labeled VDD (red) and GND black).
Artificial Bridge Stimulus
The board contains a 12-bit DAC and a fully differential op amp circuit used to attenuate the DAC output and
convert it to differential. This DAC can be written to via the software. The full range is approximately –10mV/V
to +10mV/V. If the board VDD is at 5V, the artificial bridge stimulus can range from approximately –50mV to
about +50mV over the full code range (0x000 to 0xFFF) of the DAC.
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This feature can be useful for dry run calibrations and testing purposes. The differential artificial bridge
stimulus can only be applied to the RBic
work with a remotely connected RBic
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if the chip is socketed on the Development Board. It does not
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The differential stimulus is driven through the two jumpers inline with the Bn/Bp test points (Bn=white=bridge
negative, Bp=orange=bridge positive). These jumpers must be in place if using the DAC generated artificial
bridge stimulus. When using an external bridge stimulus, remove these jumpers and apply the external
stimulus directly to the Bn/Bp mini-test points.
What are the Jumpers For?
J1 Bn / J2 Bp
(See the “Artificial Bridge Stimulus” section.)
Jumpers are required when using DAC as
bridge stimulus.
J3 Imeas
This jumper can be removed and a current
meter installed in its place to measure the
current consumption of the RBic
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IC. When
using a remote board with a bridge, the measurement is the current consumption of the
bridge and the RBic
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. Note: The RBic
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has very low current consumption at lower
update rates (sub 200μA) average; however,
the current consumption comes in bursts, so a
standard DMM could give inaccurate readings.
Figure 3.2– Jumpers on the Development Board
J5 Ext S. E. Bridge
The factory-default position for the Ext S.E. Bridge jumper connects the single-ended-to-differential artificial
bridge stimulus circuit to the DAC. If this jumper is moved to the next position, the single-ended-to-differential
attenuator circuit is instead connected to the mini-test point. This allows connecting a function generator to
this test pin to drive in arbitrary waveforms. These waveforms are then attenuated 50:1 and converted to a
differential waveform to be driven into the bridge inputs. For example, if the user moves the jumper to this
position and drives a 20Hz 5V
waveform on the “Ext S.E. Bridge” test point, then a 20Hz 100mVPP
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differential waveform is driven to the bridge inputs (Bn/Bp).
Remote Board
The RBic
Remote Board with an RBic
Remote Board allows the user to calibrate/test a bridge/IC pair in a controlled environment. The
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and a bridge can be placed in a control chamber set to a given condition
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(pressure/temperature for instance). This allows calibration of the device without placing the entire
Development Board in a chamber, which is not recommended.
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Remote Board
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in an SOP-8 package. At
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Figure 3.3 shows the RBic
Figure 3.3 – The RBic
Remote Board, which has a footprint for an RBic
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the left, there is also a SOP-8 footprint that only breaks out to vias, which can be used for a user’s sensor in
an SOP-8 package. To use this footprint, wire the Bridge Supply, Bridge Sink, Brdg+, and Brdg- to VDD,
Bsink, Bp, and Bn respectively. There is also a footprint (MPAK) available for a MPXM2010 gauge pressure
sensor. There is also a 0.1 grid field to connect other types of bridge sensors.
The remote board can connect to the Development Board via the 4-conductor phone style modular cable.
One cable is provided with the Development Kit.
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4 RBic
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Tester Software
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Overview
The software ZMD provides with this Development Kit is intended for demonstration purposes and calibration
of single units. ZMD can provide the user with algorithms and assistance in developing their full production
calibration software. The Appendix B gives information about the protocol in detail.
COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4 Radio Button and Status Windows
Select the COM port to use for the PC ⇔ Development Board communication via USB. If the correct setting
is unknown, a “trial and error method” can be used. If the COM port setting is incorrect, the Status window
shows an error message.
Figure 4.1 – Bridge and Temperature Display and Data Logging
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Bridge and Temperature Display
The software displays two large readout windows for temperature and bridge values. The temperature
reading is the RBic
of the % reading to the value the bridge is measuring. The RBic
bridge conditioner, but for the following calibration example, assume it is connected to a pressure bridge. If
the unit is calibrated to read pressure with 50kPa reading as 100% and 10kPa reading as 0%, then the span
of pressure readings would be 40kPa. Half that span (20kPa) plus the set zero point (10kPa) should be the
50% point. After calibration, if the chamber is set to 30kPa, the RBic
These readout windows only display temperature and bridge readings if the RBic
digital output configuration. There are two digital output configurations:
• Transmission of bridge readings and temperature
• Transmission of only bridge readings (no temperature)
Temperature is not displayed unless the RBic
Digital Mode.
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temperature in oC. The bridge reading is in %. Calibration determines the relationship
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is configured to transmit both bridge and temperature in
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is designed to be a generic resistive
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should give a 50% reading.
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is programmed in
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Data Logging Section
Bridge and temperature readings can be logged to a PC file. This feature is in the “Data Logging” section. Use
the “Browse” button to select the directory where the file is stored. Then click “Open.” The “Sample Rate” field
sets how often the data is collected. If the sample rate is 0sec, then an entry is written for each transmission
from the RBic
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. The resulting file is a space-delimited ASCII file and can be imported into Microsoft
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ZACwire™ Baud Rate
The default nominal baud rate for ZACwire™ transmissions from the Development Board to the RBic
22kHz. The RBic
ZMD31010 RBic
™ oscillator is trimmed at the factory and has a nominal baud rate of 32kHz. See
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Application Notes – In-Circuit Programming Boards for more information.
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EEPROM Section
The “EEPROM” section contains all of the fields of the RBic
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EEPROM (non-volatile memory). The value
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of each individual field is displayed in this section when “Read” is clicked.
Command Interface Section
This section allows issuing commands to the RBic
“START CM” command button (Start Command Mode) before sending any commands to the RBic
puts the RBic
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into Command Mode, and the output values in black display fields do not update.
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including any valid RBic
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command. Click the
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Response Field
If the RBic
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successfully enters Command Mode, it sends a 0xA5 response, which is displayed in the
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“Response” field.
Command/Subcommand/Data Fields
To send a command to the RBic
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, click on its text description in the “Command” section. If the command
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has a sub-command component, then also click the selected sub-command in the “Sub-Command” section.
Some commands also require one or more hex digits of data. Enter these in the “Data” field.
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