NXP Semiconductors FRDMGD3160XM3EVM, User Manual

Page 1: ...on board XM3 GD3160 Abstract The FRDMGD3160XM3EVM is a functional power module half bridge kit This kit can be used as a foundation on which to develop and analyze the GD3160 gate driver for ASIL D co...

Page 2: ...lf bridge evaluation board Revision Date Description 1 20210610 initial version Revision history UM11620 All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers NXP B V 2021 All righ...

Page 3: ...dependent on proper printed circuit board layout and heat sinking design as well as attention to supply filtering transient suppression and I O signal quality The goods provided may not be complete in...

Page 4: ...160XM3EVM half bridge evaluation board 2 FRDMGD3160XM3EVM Figure 1 FRDMGD3160XM3EVM UM11620 All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers NXP B V 2021 All rights reserved U...

Page 5: ...the FRDMGD3160XM3EVM 1 Go to http www nxp com FRDMGD3160XM3EVM 2 On the Overview tab locate the Jump To navigation feature on the left side of the window 3 Select the Get Started link review each ent...

Page 6: ...al interface SPI registers on the GD3160 gate drive devices in either daisy chain or standalone configuration The KITGD3160TREVB translator board is used to translate 3 3 V signals to 5 0 V signals be...

Page 7: ...and sink Interrupt pin for fast response to faults Compatible with negative gate supply Compatible with 200 V to 1700 V IGBT and SiC MOSFET power range 125 kW Table 1 Device features 4 4 Board descrip...

Page 8: ...omain is 15 V VSUP domain that interfaces with the MCU and GD3160 control registers through the 24 pin connector interface Low side driver and high side driver domains are driver control interfaces to...

Page 9: ...modulation PWM input low side 6 INTBL interrupt bar low side 7 MOSIL master out slave in low side 8 SCLK serial clock input 9 MISOL master in slave out low side 10 EN_PS MCU control of flyback power...

Page 10: ...nd low side 20 AOUTH duty cycle encoded signal high side 21 PWMH PWM input high side 22 FSSTATEH fail safe state high side 23 GND ground 24 INTBH interrupt bar high side Table 2 Low voltage domain 24...

Page 11: ...test point VEEL negative voltage supply test point for low side driver gate of IGBT or SiC module CLMPL active clamping low side test point VDC DC link voltage test point at voltage divider COLL coll...

Page 12: ...t testing open VCCREG controls gate voltage VCCH and VCCL R25 and R46 closed VCC and VCCREG are tied together open internally regulated supply derived from VSUP VDDH and VDDL R28 and R47 closed VSUP V...

Page 13: ...ion socket Description NTC NTC connection to module for monitoring temperature V high side drain connection G1 high side gate connection G2 low side gate connection Table 5 Power module connections UM...

Page 14: ...gate low resistor in series with the GL pin at the output of the GD3160 gate low driver and XM3 module gate that controls the turn off current for SiC MOSFET gate RAMC series resistor between XM3 modu...

Page 15: ...icating reported fault status when on active LOW High side INTB connected to the INTB interrupt output pin of high side driver indicating reported fault status when on active LOW Low voltage power ind...

Page 16: ...he Freedom KL25Z is an ultra low cost development platform for Kinetis L series MCU built on Arm Cortex M0 processor Figure 9 Freedom development platform UM11620 All information provided in this docu...

Page 17: ...e VCCSEL J3 2 3 selects 3 3 V for 3 3 V compatible gate drive 1 2 selects PWM high side control from KL25Z MCU PWMH_SEL J4 2 3 selects PWM high side control from fiber optic receiver inputs 1 2 select...

Page 18: ...ple rate digital oscilloscope with probes DC link capacitor compatible with XM3 module IGBT or SiC MOSFET XM3 module Windows based PC High voltage DC power supply for DC link voltage Low voltage DC po...

Page 19: ...tall this software as a backup or to help debugging 6 1 Installing FlexGUI on your computer The latest version of FlexGUI supports the GD3100 and GD3160 It is designed to run on any Windows 10 or Wind...

Page 20: ...1 To clear the memory and place the board in boot loader mode hold down the reset button while plugging a USB cable into the OpenSDA USB port 2 Verify that the board appears as a BOOTLOADER device an...

Page 21: ...data associated with a single unplug event 6 3 Using the FlexGUI The FlexGUI is available from http www nxp com FlexGUI as an evaluation tool demonstrating GD31xx specific functionality configuration...

Page 22: ...gure 14 Kit selection FlexGUI settings Access settings by selecting Settings from the File menu Figure 15 GUI settings menu UM11620 All information provided in this document is subject to legal discla...

Page 23: ...luation board The Loader and Logs settings are shown below Figure 16 Loader settings Figure 17 Logs settings UM11620 All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers NXP B V 2...

Page 24: ...lecting Settings from the File menu The Register Map and Tabs settings are shown below Figure 18 Register map settings Figure 19 Tabs settings UM11620 All information provided in this document is subj...

Page 25: ...board Command Log window The Command Log area informs the user about application events Figure 20 Command Log area UM11620 All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers NX...

Page 26: ...hown Read and automatically poll INTB pins INTA pins are added for GD3160 Control pins set values to a default to a functional state FSENB enable disable fail safe enable EN_PS enables flyback supply...

Page 27: ...r all faults and automatically poll status registers Figure 23 Status tab functionality Analog tab functionality Read and poll ADC values from the high voltage domain Displays raw ADC and converted va...

Page 28: ...using the W button Copy button to copy the read values to the write line can be set to copy automatically Reset button to undo the changes on the write line and reset to the previous value Global regi...

Page 29: ...All settings are automatically synchronized with the register controls Figure 26 Gate drive tab Current Sense tab Allows setting of parameters related to current sense Provides a more intuitive visual...

Page 30: ...lated to desat and segmented drive Provides a more intuitive visual way to set parameters All settings are automatically synchronized with the register controls Figure 28 Desat and segmented drive tab...

Page 31: ...chronized with the register controls Figure 29 Overtemperature tab Undervoltage threshold tab Allows setting of parameters related to undervoltage threshold Provides a more intuitive visual way to set...

Page 32: ...on board Measurements tab Allows monitoring and graphing of ADC and temperature values Figure 31 Measurements tab UM11620 All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers NXP...

Page 33: ...mask registers can be modified when in configuration mode Figure 32 Status tab Pulse tab Used for double pulse short circuit and PWM testing Select desired T1 T2 and T3 timings for each test type sel...

Page 34: ...ister Dead time is enforced but fault indicates that PWM controls signals are in violation Clear DTFLT fault bit STATUS2 Check PWMALTL J9 and PWMALTH J10 are configured to bypass dead time faults Cons...

Page 35: ...er diode in power supply circuit for proper value in setting VEE level Clear VCCOV bit STATUS1 to continue VCCOV fault reported on startup Check VCC GNDISO potential PWM is disabled during a VCC overv...

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Page 37: ...elopment platform 16 Fig 10 Translator board 17 Fig 11 Evaluation board and system setup 18 Fig 12 XM3 module dimensions 19 Fig 13 FRDM KL25Z setup and interface 20 Fig 14 Kit selection 22 Fig 15 GUI...

Page 38: ...cators 15 4 5 Kinetis KL25Z Freedom board 16 4 6 3 3 V to 5 0 V translator board 17 5 Configuring the hardware 18 6 Installation and use of software tools 19 6 1 Installing FlexGUI on your computer 19...