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Ultrasonic-Flow-Converter Data Sheet GP30-DEV-KIT Development System for TDC-GP30 Ultrasonic Flow Converter March 18, 2015 Document-No: DB_GP30-DEV_en Version 0.1 Ultrasonic-Flow-Converter GP30-DEV-KIT acam-messelectronic gmbh is now a member of ams group Copyrights & Disclaimer Copyright acam-messelectronic gmbh, Friedrich-List-Str. 4, 76297 Stutensee, Germany-Europe. Trademarks Registered. All rights reserved. The material herein may not be reproduced, adapted, merged, translated, stored, or used without the prior written consent of the copyright owner. Devices sold by acam-messelectronic gmbh are covered by the warranty and patent indemnification provisions appearing in its General Terms of Trade. acam -messelectronic gmbh makes no warranty, express, statutory, implied, or by description regarding the information set forth herein. acam messelectronic gmbh reserves the right to change specifications and prices at any time and without notice. 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Support / Contact For direct sales, distributor and sales representative contacts, visit the acam web site at: For technical support you can contact the acam support team : support@acam.de or by phone +49-7244-74190. support@acam.de or by phone +49-7244-74190 GP30-DEV-KIT Content ............................................................................................................................... 2 ............................................................................................................................... 2 ............................................................................................................ 2 .................................................................................................................. 3 ........................................................................................................................ 3 ..................................................................................................... 3 ................................................................................................................... 4 ..................................................................................................... 5 ...................................................................................................................... 5 ........................................................................................... 8 ....................................................................................... 9 ................................................................................................................. 10 .......................................................................................................................... 11 .................................................................................................. 12 ......................................................................................................................... 13 ................................................................................................................................... 13 ................................................................................................................................ 13 .......................................................................................................................... 16 ........................................................................................................................ 19 ................................................................................................................................. 19 ......................................................................................... 21 ........................................................................................................... 21 .................................................................................................................. 23 ........................................................................................................................... 24 ................................................................................................................ 24 ..................................................................................................................... 24 DB_GP30Y-DEV_en.doc V0.1 www.acam.de www.ams.com 1 Ultrasonic-Flow-Converter 1 GP30-DEV-KIT Introduction 1.1 General The GP30-DEV-KIT is designed as a platform for a quick and easy start-up and evaluation of the TDCGP30 Ultrasonic Flow Converter. The development kit offers user-friendly configuration and extensive testing of the TDC-GP30, but also the complete assembler environment for programming the device. For a proper use of the evaluation system, we strongly recommend to refer to the latest TDC-GP30 datasheets. Please request them from acam. 1.2 System Components The GP30-DEV-KIT includes the following components:     GP30-DEMO--PCB: Small demo board with TDC-GP30, assembled with DSUB15 cable PICOPROG V3.0: USB-to-SPI/UART communication interface USB cable: For connecting the PICOPROG communication Interface to the local PC CD-ROM: Contains software, drivers, examples and technical documentation The GP30-DEMO-PCB is connected to the PC via the PICOPROG SPI-to-USB converter. Figure 1 GP30-DEMO TDC-GP22 USB Connection to PC 2 PICOPROG V3.0 www.acam.de www.ams.com DSUB15-cable for SPI / UART interface and power DB_GP30Y-DEV_en.doc V0.1 GP30-DEV-KIT 2 Hardware Description 2.1 Introduction The GP30-DEMO-PCB, shown in figure Figure 2 2.1, represents the complete front-end Piezo D U for a water or heat meter. The PT1000 C H transducers and temperature sensors can be connected directly to this board. It comes with a 32,768 kHz quartz (X2) and Pulse Interface INTN MISO / TXD SCK / RXD MOSI SSN VCC_LEVEL a 4 MHz ceramic oscillator (X1). GND VCC 2.2 Communication Interface The PICOPROG device is acam’s standard USB-to-SPI converter box that interfaces all acam evaluation systems. With version 3.0, the PICOPROG also supports the USB-to-UART conversion of GP30. The PICOPROG is registered by operating system initially as “picoprog v 3.0 unprogrammed”. As soon as the GP30 evaluation software is started, a special firmware is written into the PICOPROG to make the SPI or UART communication with the GP30. For SPI communication only, PICOPROG version 2.0 is sufficient. Figure 2.2 shows the connection between the PICOPROG and the GP30 board. The flat connector includes the power lines and the SPI or UART communication lines. On demo board the communication interface is initially selected to SPI (by solder bridge LJ2). VCC_LEVEL is the voltage feedback for the PICOPROG level shifters. Figure 2.2 5 15 10 1 13 8 12 11 6 14 INTN MISO / TXD SCK / RXD MOSI SSN VCC_LEVEL 3 15 GND VCC GP30 DEMO 11 6 DB_GP30Y-DEV_en.doc V0.1 www.acam.de www.ams.com 3 Ultrasonic-Flow-Converter 3 GP30-DEV-KIT Software Installation The GP30 evaluation software described here is an early version for use with the TDC -GP30. It is continuously under evaluation and subject to on-going improvement. Please hold contact with acam to be informed about latest revisions. The description herein is based on software version 1.2.7 Figure 3 To install the software, go to folder GP30y_Software\acam GP30 Installer v1_2_7\ Volume and run setup.exe. Follow the instructions. After starting the software the PICOPROG is listed under devices and printers as “UNIPROG”. If not, go to the drivers folder , e.g. GP30_Confidential\drivers\Win7_8 and install the driver for your operating system manually. In case of an upgrade of the software to a newer version please make sure that the software uses the latest driver. The driver is located in C:\Program Files (x86)\acammesselectronic\GP30\data. Therefore open the USB communications window and check the firmware version of the PICOPROG. It should be version PicoProg_GP30_v21.hex or higher: Figure 4 4 www.acam.de www.ams.com DB_GP30Y-DEV_en.doc V0.1 GP30-DEV-KIT 4 Software Tabs in Main Window 4.1 Measurement When started, the software comes up with the main window, showing the “Measurement” tab. Figure 5 Main window 4.1.1 First step with measurement control elements A good first step is to load a working configuration and make measurement s in frontend mode (without using the internal 32-Bit µP). acam provides some sample configuration files the software which are working well. Please use those for a first measurement  Load configuration file: File menu  Open Config  choose appropriate config file  Next step: Press “System Reset” button. Now the PicoProg FW version field should get green and the appropriate version should be displayed (20 or higher). Also “Comm GP30 OK?” should get green to show that communication with GP30 works.  Next step: If watchdog is not disabled by “System Reset” button  press “Disable Watchdog” button.  Next step: Press “Write Config” button. Now the configuration settings are downloaded to GP30 and written to register area of GP30.  Next step: Press “Start measurement” button. Now the chip starts to measure and the results are displayed in the tables of different measurements. DB_GP30Y-DEV_en.doc V0.1 www.acam.de www.ams.com 5 Ultrasonic-Flow-Converter GP30-DEV-KIT Now, this configuration can be modified to fit the user’s needs. In the end the user can store his own configuration files. 4.1.2 Time of Flight Measurement Results GP30 stores the first 8 hits of every TOF direction separately and also the sum of all measured hits. For both directions these 9 results are displayed. The evaluation software additionally calculates the difference between up and downstream, DIFF-TOF. In total, all 27 results are displayed in the “Results” column. In the “Average” column the user can set the sample size for the averaging (