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titleSlide switch S3 settings overview ( power rails 1.2 V and 2.5 V only)

S3 position

Default position

Effect on 1.2 V and 2.5 V power rails

FX2 PON (on, closed) 

(tick)

1.2 V and 2.5 V rails controlled by USB FX2 microcontroller (signal FX2_PS_EN)

PS_EN = FX2_PS_EN = 1 or 0

PON (off, open)

(error)

1.2 V and 2.5 V rails always enabled (PS_EN = 1)

PS_ENFX_PS_EN = 1 or 0

 Signal FX2_PS_EN

To command signal FX2_PS_EN, read the reference firmware code.
IOD = 0x03; // Enable PS_EN and disable PROG_B
OED = 0x03; // Configure PS_EN and PROG as outputs

 

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PD.7:0FD[15:8]

IFCFG1 = 1 and

any WORDWIIDE bit = 1
Slave FIFOs chapter 9 on page 99

Table from EZ-USB(R) Technical Reference Manual (EZ-USB_TRM.pdf).

Signal PS_EN

  • Signal PS_EN enables (1) or disables (0)  power rails 1.2 V and 2.5 V.

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  • Power-rail 3.3V is not controlled by signal PS_EN and is unconditionally enabled.
    The power-rail 3.3 V though is out of the control of the USB-microcontroller and is supplied down-converting the power supply 5 V provided by either the USB-bus or the B2B receptacle connector. In this case, signals that are applied to the 3.3 V I/O banks do not need to be disconnected when power-rails are disabled by the USB microcontroller. 

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VCCIO0 assembly options

According to the corresponding assembly option, power rail VCCCIO0 can depend or not on the power rail 2.5V.

Voltage VccIO for bank B0 shall span from 1.2 V to 3.3 V. VccIO can be supplied either externally or internally to the micromodule.

Warning
Warning! Spartan-3 I/Os are not 5 V tolerant. Applying more than the recommended operating voltages at any pin, results in a damaged FPGA (see Xilinx Answer AR#19146).

Externally Supplied VCCIO

 VccIO can be externally supplied over the B2B connector J4. If bank B0 is not used, then VccIO can be left open.

Internally Supplied VCCIO

If VccIO is not externally supplied, it can be internally supplied by one of the internal power rails of 2.5 V and 3.3 V. This is possible by short-circuiting one of the two pad pairs placed on the right of connector J4 at the top right corner of the bottom side of the micromodule.

Two suitable ways of shirt-circuiting the paid pair are by means of a zero-ohm 0603 (1608 metric) chip resistor or a solder blob.

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titleS3 on position FX2 PON (PS_EN = FX2_PS_EN = 1 or 0 ).

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  1. Dynamic full power operation (PS_EN = 1): when the EZ-USB FX2LP USB FX2 microcontroller sets signal PS_EN = FX2_PS_EN = 1, power rails 1.2 V and 2.5 V are enabled.
    This setting can be useful for .
  2. Dynamic low power operation (PS_EN = 0): when the EZ-USB FX2LP USB FX2 microcontroller resets signal PS_EN = FX2_PS_EN = 0, the following components are switched off:

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Full power operation (PS_EN = 1): when slide switch S3 is in the right position (PON = power rails unconditionally on), signal PS_EN is set to power rail 3.3V. Thus power rails 1.2 V and 2.5 V are unconditionally enabled.

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Summary table

The table below summarizes all switching options implied by slide switch S3 and firmware signal FX2_PS_EN (under the standard assembly option).

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S3= PON
(PS_EN = 1)

(PS_EN ≠ FX2_PS_EN)
(Full power)

S3 = FX2 PON and
PS_EN = FX2_PS_EN = 1

(Dynamic full power)

S3 = FX2 PON and
PS_EN = FX2_PS_EN = 0

(Dynamic low power)

1.2V

on

on

off

2.5V

on

on

off

VCCCIO0 (= 2.5V)
R102+R103- assembly (1)

on

on

off

VCCCIO0 (= 3.3V)
R102-R103+ assembly (2)

on

on

on

(1) R102 populated / R103 unpopulated

(2) R102 unpopulated / R103 populated