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FRC-EP170 

Automotive Platform 

 
 

 

 
 

 

Summary of Contents for FRC-EP170

Page 1: ...Hardware Manual FRC EP170 Automotive Platform ...

Page 2: ...nic distribution of this document is only allowed with explicit permission of HMS Technology Center Ravensburg GmbH HMS Technology Center Ravensburg GmbH reserves the right to change technical data without prior announcement The general business conditions and the regulations of the license agreement do apply All rights are reserved Registered trademarks All trademarks mentioned in this document a...

Page 3: ...Connector X1 D SUB HD15 male 10 2 9 Connector X2 D SUB HD15 female 10 2 10Connector X1 2 Signal Details 11 2 10 1 FlexRay 11 2 10 2 CAN Hi Lo Speed 11 2 10 3 LIN 11 2 10 4 K LINE 11 2 10 5 Digital I O 11 2 10 6 VBat 12 3 Software 13 3 1 Automotive Configuration Tool 13 3 2 Installation 13 3 3 Working with the ACT 13 3 4 Basic data logging configuration 13 4 Accessories 16 5 Appendix 17 5 1 Technic...

Page 4: ... platform Up to two FlexRay interfaces Up to four high speed CAN interfaces Up to one low speed CAN interfaces One LIN interface One K Line interface Up to four digital inputs outputs 5 V TTL Level One USB 2 0 device interface One USB 2 0 host interface One 10 100 Base T Ethernet interface One RS232 interface Eight LEDs of which 7 are freely configurable Real time clock SDHC card slot Up to 32 Gby...

Page 5: ... following connectors Figure 2 1 Front of the FRC EP170 2 1 Power plug 6 36 VDC The unit is supplied with a DC voltage from 6 V to 36 V The power supply input is protected against polarity reversal and against overvoltage Pin Signal Description 1 VDC Power supply voltage 2 GND Power supply ground 3 KL15 Digital input clamp 15 Table 2 1 Pinouts of the 6 36 VDC power plug Please use the power supply...

Page 6: ...is also used when the system is turned on or booted to inform the software whether a software update procedure should be carried out A software command can cause the FRC EP 170 to switch from normal mode into hibernate mode If KL15 is activated in hibernate mode that is a voltage of over 6 V is applied then the device is waked up the system reboots and it is then ready for operation Before the com...

Page 7: ...g the PC to the FRC EP170 via USB Otherwise a compensation current can flow between the test object and the PC through the USB connection which under some circumstances can damage the PC 2 4 USB host connector USB A The USB connector is used to connect USB devices to the FRC EP170 It is implemented as a standard USB A type 2 5 SD card slot The SD card slot can work with all current SD and SDHC car...

Page 8: ...re and are therefore application dependent Please see their functionality in the specific software manual or the software s online help 2 7 Remote debug interface REMOTE The function of the remote debug interface depends on the application executing In general however there are three application options If the software application in use supports remote control the remote control provided by IXXAT...

Page 9: ...from PC 4 REM3 REMOTE3 digital output 5 WKUP Wake up option through remote 6 GND 7 Not used Table 2 4 Pinouts of the REMOTE connector The type of connector on the FRC EP 170 is a 7 pin Binder female panel mount connector 710 series 09 9478 00 07 The type of connector on the cable is a 7 pin Binder male cable connector 710 series 99 9475 10x 07 The back of the device is equipped with the following ...

Page 10: ...d are using the same CAN Controller and thus the both interfaces can t be used at the same time 2 9 Connector X2 D SUB HD15 female Pin Nr Signal Kommentar 1 FR1A BP FlexRay channel 1 A bus plus 6 FR1A BM FlexRay channel 1 A bus minus 2 FR1B BP FR2A BP Switchable via multiplexer 7 FR1B BM FR2A BM Switchable via multiplexer 3 GND Common Ground 4 CAN3 HS H Hi Speed CAN 3 Hi Signal 9 CAN3 HS L Hi Spee...

Page 11: ...Suitable CAN measurement lines are available from IXXAT as accessories The ISO 11898 3 low speed CAN coupling is connected through two integrated termination resistors of 2 kOhms each RTH RTL 2 10 3 LIN The interfaces can be used either as masters or slaves In master mode a 1 kOhm resistor is used on VBAT for LIN In slave mode this resistor is not connected 2 10 4 K LINE For the K Line interface t...

Page 12: ...logy Center Ravensburg GmbH 12 FRC EP170 Manual Version 1 3 2 10 6 VBat At VBat the voltage of the power supply connected to VDC of the power plug refer to chapter 2 1 is provided i e the power supply can also be supplied via this pin ...

Page 13: ... activated Therefore it is as an example also possible to create residual bus simulations A detailed list of the corresponding function contents can also be found on the homepage 3 2 Installation After the download the ACT tool is available as a ZIP container In a first step this container should be unpacked in a user defined folder on a local drive Within the ZIP container a executable installati...

Page 14: ...wer up your device 2 Connect it via USB to the PC 3 Start the IxAdmin tool 4 Select menu item File Connect New Device 5 Now choose your specific device type out of the list and select USB 6 Pressing OK will establish the connection to the device Figure 3 1 IxAdmin example device connect dialog ...

Page 15: ...y c Users Public Documents IXXAT ACT Projects BasicLogger DeviceConfig Figure 3 2 IxAdmin example application download dialog 9 By pressing the button Download Start the application will be loaded to the device and started For more information about the possibilities to change the CAN baudrate to start stop the logger and to upload the logged data please refer to the online help of the IxAdmin ...

Page 16: ...for RS232 for connection to a PC 1 04 0089 00301 X1 Cable with D SUB 15 HD female and open ends 1 5m 1 04 0089 00100 X1 Cable with D SUB 15 HD female and open ends 0 5m 1 04 0089 00103 X1 Breakout box with D SUB 15 HD female and five D SUB 9 0 5m 1 01 0081 00200 X2 FlexRay 1A cable with D SUB 15 HD and one D SUB 9 1 5m 1 04 0089 00102 X2 D SUB 15 HD male gender changer to adapt the X1 accessories ...

Page 17: ...ondensation Power supply 6 36 V DC Current consumption Typically at 12 V 320 mA Host system Power PC 256 MByte RAM 256 MByte Flash Ethernet 10 100 MBit s RJ45 USB 2 0 High Speed Device USB B USB 2 0 High Speed Host USB A FlexRay Communication Controller 2 x Freescale MFR 4310 FlexRay transceiver NXP TJA1080 CAN transceiver high speed Texas Instruments SN65HVD251 CAN transceiver low speed NXP TJA10...

Page 18: ...from device connector X2 to a standard D SUB 9 connector The FlexRay termination resistor is integrated into the connector housing on the device side Bild 5 2 FlexRay A Cable 5 3 Breakout box for X1 2 Connector X1 2 do provide several interfaces To make each of these interfaces available on a single connector there is a breakout box order number 1 01 0081 0020 available with a cable length of 50cm...

Page 19: ... Y1 Y3 K Line LIN 2 LIN 7 K Line 3 6 GND Y4 Provisioning Y5 CAN 1 LS 1 CAN L 2 CAN H 4 VBat 6 GND Table 5 3 X1 breakout box connector pinouts Connector Interface Pinouts on D Sub 9 Pin Signal Y1 FlexRay 1A 2 FR BM 7 FR BP 3 6 GND Y2 FlexRay 1B 2A Like Y1 Y3 CAN 3 2 CAN L 7 CAN H 3 6 GND Y4 CAN 4 Like Y3 Y5 Digital I O 1 2 3 4 DIG_IO1 4 6 GNDIO Table 5 3 X2 breakout box connector pinouts ...

Page 20: ...e any of several interfaces For the simple manufacture of specific adapters breakout cables order number 1 04 0089 00100 00103 are available in different lengths Figure 5 4 X5 breakout cable Pin Color Pin Color 1 WT 9 PK 2 GN 10 RD 3 SW 11 GY PK 4 GY 12 RD BU 5 BU 13 WT YE 6 BN 14 WH GN 7 YE 15 BN GN 8 VT Table 5 4 X1 2 breakout cable pinouts ...

Page 21: ...nstructions on this form 5 7 Disposing of old equipment This product is covered by ElektoG WEEE and has to be disposed according to ElektoG WEEE separately Products of HMS which are covered by ElektoG are exclusively for commercial use and marked with the symbol of the crossed out garbage can According to the B2B regulations the disposal in accordance with 10 para 2 clause 3 Electrical and Electro...

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