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The NXP analog product development boards provide an easy-to-use platform for evaluating NXP products. The boards support a range of analog, mixed-signal and power solutions. They incorporate monolithic integrated circuits and system-in-package devices that use proven high-volume technology. NXP products offer longer battery life, a smaller form factor, reduced component counts, lower cost and improved performance in powering state-of-the-art systems.
This page will guide you through the process of setting up and using the FRDMGD31RPEVM board.
The FRDMGD31RPEVM contents include:
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In addition to the kit contents, the following hardware is necessary or beneficial when working with this kit.
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The kit requires the following to function properly with the software.
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AMUXIN
and AOUT
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The FRDMGD31RPEVM is a half-bridge evaluation board populated with two GD3160 single channel IGBT or SiC gate drive devices. The board supports connection to an FRDM-KL25Z microcontroller for SPI communication configuration programming and monitoring. The board includes DESAT circuitry for short-circuit detection and implementation of GD3160 shutdown protection capabilities.
The evaluation board is designed to connect to a RoadPak SiC metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) for evaluation of the GD3160 performance and capabilities.
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KITGD3160TREVB translator enables level shifting of signals from MCU 3.3 V to 5.0 V SPI communication.
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The Freedom KL25Z is an ultra low-cost development platform for Kinetis L series MCU built on Arm Cortex-M0+ processor.
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Overview of the FRDMGD31RPEVM half-bridge evaluation board.
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The FRDMGD31RPEVM is connected to a compatible SiC MOSFET RoadPak module with a DC link capacitor. Double pulse and short-circuit testing can be conducted using a Windows based PC with FlexGUI software.
Suggested equipment needed for test:
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Software for FRDMGD31RPEVM is distributed with the FlexGUI tool (available on NXP.com). Necessary firmware comes preinstalled on the FRDM-KL25Z with the kit.
Even if the user intends to test with other software or PWM, it is recommended to install this software as a backup or to help debugging.
The latest version of FlexGUI supports the GD3100 and GD3160. It is designed to run on any Windows 10 or Windows 8 based operating system. To install the software, do the following:
C:\flexgui-app-des-gd31xx.exe
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By default, the FRDM-KL25Z delivered with this kit is preprogrammed with the current and most up-to-date firmware available for the kit.
A way to quickly check that the microcode is programmed and the board is functioning properly, is to plug the KL25Z into the computer, open FlexGUI and verify that the software version at the bottom is 6.4 or later.
If a loss of functionality following a board reset, reprogramming or a corrupted data issue, the microcode may be rewritten per the following steps:
MDS-DEBUG-FRDM-KL25Z_Pemicro_v***.SDA
and copy/drag-and-drop into the "Bootloader" deviceflexgui- app-des-gd31xx\bin
folder and is named in the form flexgui-fw- KL25Z_usb_hid_gd31xxC_v0.3.0.bin
All uploaded firmware is stored in non-volatile memory until the reset button is hit on the FRDM-KL25Z. There is no need to repeat this process upon every power up, and there is no loss of data associated with a single unplug event.
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Start your embedded application development.
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In addition to our GD3160: Advanced single-channel gate driver for insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) page, you may also want to visit:
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