SD387EVK: LMH0387 Evaluation Board User Guide
SD387EVK: LMH0387 Evaluation Board User Guide
Overview
The SD387 Evaluation Kit (EVK) enables evaluation of the LMH0387 3G/HD/SD SDI Configurable I/O Adaptive
Cable Equalizer / Cable Driver. A graphical user interface allows managing the SPI registers for the input mode
(equalizer), and can also be used to control the device’s I/O mode.
Inputs and Outputs: BNC_IO Input/Output, SDI Input, and SDO Output
The bidirectional I/O (J1) is a 75Ω BNC connector. When the LMH0387 is configured as an input, the input signal
on the BNC_IO pin should conform to the SMPTE 424M, SMPTE 292M, or SMPTE 259M standards. When the
LMH0387 is configured as an output, the BNC_IO pin will drive SMPTE SDI signal levels (800 mVP-P into 75Ω).
The SDI input connectors (J2 and J3) are 50Ω SMA connectors. This cable driver input includes a 100Ω differential
termination resistor (R5) at the LMH0387 device and is optimized for 100Ω differential input.
The SDO output connectors (J4 and J5) are 50Ω SMA connectors. When using only one side of this equalizer
output pair, the other side should be terminated with a 50Ω SMA termination. For example, when only using the
SDO output, ¯¯¯¯
              SDO should be terminated with a 50Ω SMA termination.
JP2 Controls
¯¯¯
CD
JP2 allows monitoring of the Carrier Detect (¯¯¯
                                             CD ) at the BNC_IO pin while in the input mode (equalizer). ¯¯¯
                                                                                                         CD is
asserted low when an input signal is detected at the BNC_IO pin, and high when no input signal is present.
TX_EN
JP2 allows control of the TX_EN pin to enable or disable the cable driver. The LMH0387 TX_EN pin has an
internal pullup to enable the cable driver by default, so this pin may be left unconnected when using the LMH0387
in the output mode. To disable the cable driver, place a jumper to tie TX_EN to GND. When using the LMH0387 in
the input mode, the cable driver must be disabled by tying TX_EN low. TX_EN may optionally be controlled via the
GUI using the SPA dongle as described below.
   ¯¯¯
SD/HD
JP2 allows control of the SD/¯¯¯
                             HD pin for setting the slew rate for the BNC_IO pin while the LMH0387 is in the output
mode (cable driver). This pin may be connected to GND for the faster HD/3G slew rate or connected to VCC for the
slower SD slew rate. The LMH0387 SD/HD  ¯¯¯ pin has an internal pulldown to enable the HD/3G slew rate by default.
Figure 3 shows the connection between the SD387 and the SPA dongle. For proper operation, the SPI pins must
be connected between the SD387 JP1 and the SPA dongle JP7. Optionally, a single wire may be connected
between the SD387 TX_EN pin (JP2) and the SPA dongle PA0 (J7) to enable software control of the LMH0387
cable driver enable functionality, and allow the GUI to fully control the LMH0387 I/O Mode as described on page 8.
If this connection is not used, then the TX_EN can be controlled manually with a jumper.
Installation
Download the latest software from the LMH0387 Evaluation Board page. Extract the ALPF_monthdayyear_major
version_minor version.exe” (ex. ALPF_04062010_128_0002.exe) file to a temporary location that can be deleted
later.
Make sure the SPA dongle is not connected to the PC. The following installation instructions are for the Windows
XP Operating System.
There are 7 steps to the installation once the setup wizard is started:
   1. Select the “Next” button.
   2. Select “I accept the agreement” and then select the “Next” button.
   3. Select the location to install the ALP software and then select the “Next” button.
   4. Select the location for the start menu shortcut and then select the “Next” button.
   5. There will then be a screen that allows the creation of a desktop and Quick Launch icon. After selecting
       the desired choices select the “Next” button.
   6. Select the “Install” button, and the software will then be installed to the selected location.
   7. Uncheck “Launch Analog LaunchPAD” and select the “Finish” button. The ALP software will start if
       “Launch Analog LaunchPAD” is checked, but it will not be useful until the USB driver is installed.
Connect JP1 of the SD387 evaluation board to JP7 of the SPA dongle via the 6-pin parallel cable as shown in
Table 1. Power on the SD387 evaluation board with a 3.3 VDC power supply. Connect the SPA dongle to the PC
with the USB cable. The “Found New Hardware Wizard” will open on the PC. Proceed to the next section to install
the USB driver.
The software installation is complete. The ALP software may now be launched, as described in the next section.
The application should come up in the state shown in Figure 4 below. If it does not, see “Trouble Shooting” at the
end of this document. Click on “LMH0387 – Nano” to select the device and open up the device profile and its
associated tabs.
Information Tab
The Information tab is shown in Figure 5.
Functional Tab
The Functional tab is the main tab of the GUI and presents a high level view of the LMH0387 equalizer, as shown
in Figure 6.
The default LMH0387 I/O Mode setting is the Input (Rx) Mode, or equalizer mode. This default setting allows full
control of the LMH0387 equalizer. The three I/O modes are described below.
Input (Rx) Mode: Configures the LMH0387 for the input mode (equalizer enabled and cable driver disabled). This
is the default setting. The LMH0387 equalizer is set to auto sleep, and if TX_EN is connected to PA0, then PA0 will
drive TX_EN low to disable the LMH0387 cable driver. If this TX_EN Æ PA0 connection is not made, then the
LMH0387 cable driver should be manually disabled by setting a jumper to tie TX_EN to GND.
Output (Tx) Mode: Configures the LMH0387 for the output mode (cable driver enabled and equalizer disabled).
The LMH0387 equalizer is forced to sleep. If TX_EN is connected to PA0, then PA0 will drive TX_EN high to
enable the LMH0387 cable driver. If this TX_EN Æ PA0 connection is not made, then the LMH0387 cable driver
should be manually enabled by pulling the jumper between TX_EN and GND (TX_EN should be open).
The Cable Driver TX_EN indicator shows the current status of the TX_EN control (only if TX_EN is connected to
PA0). It is GREEN to indicate TX_EN is driven high and the LMH0387 cable driver is enabled, or OFF to indicate
TX_EN is driven low and the LMH0387 cable driver is disabled.
The Equalizer Sleep Status indicator shows the current sleep status of the equalizer. It is GREEN to indicate
sleeping or OFF to indicate not sleeping.
The Carrier Detect shows the status of the BNC_IO input carrier detect. It is GREEN to indicate the input signal is
present or OFF to indicate the input signal is absent.
                              The Equalizer Input Launch Level Control is useful to compensate for attenuation of
                              the input signal prior to the equalizer due to a passive splitter or non-ideal input
                              termination network.
                              The Coarse Amplitude control shows the current setting of the Coarse Control register
                              and may be used to set the input for either 0 dB (default) or 6 dB of input attenuation.
                              At the default setting of 0 dB, the equalizer operates normally and expects a launch
                              amplitude of 800 mVP-P. With the Coarse Amplitude set to -6 dB, the equalizer is
                              optimized for input signals with 6 dB of input attenuation (400 mVP-P).
                             The Launch Amplitude Fine Tuning may be used to further fine tune the equalizer
                             input compensation, from -0.2 dB to 4.1 dB. The Launch Amplitude Fine Tuning may
                             be set either by clicking on the “+” or “-” buttons, or by grabbing and spinning the
“handle” on the knob for a quick adjustment.
Each register can be examined in detail by either double clicking on the desired registers fold bar (with the address
and the register name, e.g. 0x00 – General Control) or by single clicking the icon at the right of the fold bar (two
inverted carats).
The Refresh button will re-read the currently selected register and the Refresh All will read all registers in the
device. Changes may be made to the registers by checking or un-checking the individual register bits or typing in a
new register value in the Value field. After setting the appropriate register value, the Apply button must be pressed
to apply the changes. The detailed view of the General Control register is shown in Figure 8 with Verbose
Descriptions checked and Figure 9 with Verbose Descriptions un-checked.
The Load and Save buttons provide a handy mechanism for restoring or saving the register set external to the
evaluation board.
It may also be that the USB driver is not installed. Check the device manager. There should be an ”NSC ALP
Nano Atmel” device under the “Universal Serial Bus Controllers” as shown in Figure 15.
The software should start with only “LMH0387 - Nano” in the “Devices” pull down menu. If there are more devices
then the software is most likely in demo mode. When the ALP is operating in demo mode there is a “(Demo Mode)”
indication in the lower left of the application status bar as shown in Figure 16.
Disable the demo mode by selecting the “Preferences” pull down menu and un-checking “Enable Demo Mode”.
After demo mode is disabled, the ALP software will poll the ALP hardware. The ALP software will update and have
only “LMH0387- Nano” under the “Devices” pull down menu.
SD387 Schematic
                                                                                                                                       GND
                                                                                                                                           SDHD
                                                                                                                                                            MOSI
                                                                                                                                                            SCK
                                                                                                                                                                                      VCC
                                                                                                 C2
                                                                                                         Z75_3                                                                                                                                                     C4                            SDI-
                                                                                                                                                   GND                  GND     R1                                                                  ZDIFF100N_1            Z50_1            J2
                                                                                           R2    4.7uF                                                                          715                                                                                                         SMA_R_EDGE
                                                                                           75                                                                              U1
                                                                                                                                                                                              VCC                                                                  4.7uF
                                                                                                                                 48
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                                                                                                                                                                           LMH0387
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        R5
                                                                                                             VCC                                                                      RREF                              100
                                                                                                                                      RSVD
                                                                                                                                      RSVD
                                                                                                                                      RSVD
SD/HD
RSVD
                                                                                                                                     TX_EN
                                                                                                                                     VCCTX
                                                                                                                                      MOSI
                                                                                                                                   TERM_TX
VEE
                                                                                                                                       SCK
                                                                                                                                       VEE
                                                                                                                                                                                                          C14
                                                                                      GND                                                                                                                 0.1uF                                                    C5                            SDI+
                                                                                                 C12                 1                                                           36                                                                 ZDIFF100P_1            Z50_2            J3
                                                                                                                           RSVD                                          RREF                                                                                                               SMA_R_EDGE
                                                                                                 0.1uF               2                                                           35                 GND
B                                                                                                                          VCCTX                                          VEE                                                                                                                                                                                                     B
                                                                                                                     3                                                           34                                                                                4.7uF
                                                                                                                           VCCTX                                           SDI
                                                                                                       GND           4                                                           33
                                                                                                                           RSVD                                            SDI
                                    I/O                                                                              5                                                           32                                                                                                          GND
                                                                                                                           RSVD                                           VEE
                                                                                                                     6                                                           31
                                           J1                                                                              RSVD                                           VEE
                                                                           C1                                        7                                                           30
                                                                                                                           RSVD                                         VCCRX
                                                Z75_1                              Z75_2                             8                                                           29                 MISO
                                                                                                                           BNC_IO                                        MISO
                                                                                                                     9                                                           28
                                                                                                                           RSVD                                           SDO
                                           BNC_EDGE                        4.7uF                                    10                                                           27
                                                                                                                           RSVD                                           SDO
                                                                                                                    11                                                           26                 SSb                                                            C6                            SDO+
                                                                                                                                   CDTHRESH
                                                                                                                           RSVD    TERM_RX                                  SS                                                                                                              J4
                                                                                                                    12                                                           25                                                                  ZDIFF100P_2           Z50_3
                                                                                                                           RSVD                                           VEE                                                                                                               SMA_R_EDGE
                                                                                                                                   SPI_EN
                              GND
                                                                                                                                   RSVD
                                                                                                                                   RSVD
                                                                                                                                   RSVD
                                                                                                                                   RSVD
                                                                                                                                   AEC+
                                                                                                                                   AEC-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   4.7uF
VEE
                                                                                                                                   VEE
                                                                                                                                   CD
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                                                                                                 C3                                                                                                                                                                C7                            SDO-
                                                                                                         Z75_4                                                                                                                                      ZDIFF100N_2            Z50_4            J5
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            SMA_R_EDGE
                                                                                                 1uF                                                                    R7                                                                                         4.7uF
                                                                                           R3                                                                           OPEN
                                                                                           220                                                                                                                                                                                               GND
                                                                                                                            R6         GND          C11                               GND
                                                                                                                            Zero                                                                                  VCC
C                                                                                                                   VCC                                                                                                       JP2                                                                                                                                                 C
                                                                                      GND                                                           1uF                                           VCC
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               1    2
                                                                                                                                                                                                  SD/HD    SDHD
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               3    4
                                                                                                                                                                                                  TX ENABLETX_ENABLE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               5    6
                                                                                                                                                                                                  CD       CDb
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               7    8
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              HDR_4X2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              GND
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        GND
                                                                                                                                                                                                   VCC
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             LAYOUT NOTE:
                                                                                                                                                                                             CD                                                                                              Z50_n: W=40MIL, ZO=50+-5%
                                                                                                                          SPI HEADER                                                                        D1
                                                                                                                            JP1                                                                             LED-GREEN
                                          LAYOUT NOTE:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       LAYOUT NOTE:
                                                                                                                             1       GND
                                                                                                         SCK
                                          Z75_n: W=20MIL, ZO=75+/-5%                                                         2       SCK                                              R4                                                                                                     ZDIFF100P_n, ZDIFF100N_n: DIFFERENTIAL 100OHM IMPEDANCE
                                                                                                         MOSI
                                                                                                                             3       MOSI
                                                                                                         MISO                                                                         300
                                                                                                                             4       MISO
                                                                                                         SSb
                                                                                                                             5       SS
                                                                                                                             6       GND
                                                                                                                           HDR_6
                                                                                                              GND
D                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 D
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Title:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            SD387 Evaluation Board for the LMH0387
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Sheet: 1 of 1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Size: B                                  Rev: A
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Date: 4/19/2010
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   File: SD387.SchDoc                                          http://www.national.com
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SPA Dongle Bill of Materials
Reference Designator     Qty   Description                               Manufacturer             Manufacturer Part No.
CR2,CR1                   2    SUPPRESSOR ESD 24VDC 0603 SMD             Littelfuse Inc           PGB1010603MR
C1,C2,C3,C4,C5,C6,C100    7    CAP CER .1UF 50V 10% X7R 0603             Murata                   GRM188R71H104KA93D
C7                        1    CAPACITOR TANT 1.0UF 16V 10% SMD          Kemet                    T491A105K016AT
C8,C9                     2    CAP CER .22UF 50V Y5V 0603                TDK Corporation          C1608Y5V1H224Z
C10,C11                   2    CAP CERAMIC 12PF 50V NP0 0603             Kemet                    C0603C120J5GACTU
C14                       1    CAPACITOR TANT 4.7UF 16V 10% SMD          Kemet                    T491A475K016AT
C15                       1    CAP CERM 33000PF 5% 50V X7R 0603          AVX Corporation          06035C333JAT2A
                                                                         Osram Opto               LS M670-H2L1-1-0-10-
D1                       1     LED TOPLED 628NM SUP RED CLR SMD          Semiconductors           R18-Z
                                                                         Osram Opto               LSG T670-JL-1-0+JL-1-0-
D5,D2                    2     LED TOPLED 628/570 RED/GRN 4PLCC          Semiconductors           10-R18-Z
                                                                         Fairchild
D3                       1     DIODE HI CONDUCTANCE 100V LL-34           Semiconductor            FDLL4148
JP1,JP2,JP3              3     CONN HEADER VERT .100 3POS 15AU           AMP/Tyco                 87224-3
JP6,JP7                  2     CONN HEADER VERT .100 6POS 15AU           AMP/Tyco                 87224-6
JP8                      1     CONN HEADER VERT .100 4POS 15AU           AMP/Tyco                 87224-4
J3                       1     CONN RECEPT MINI USB2.0 5POS.             Hirose                   UX60-MB-5ST
J7                       1     HEADER, 5x2, 0.1”                         3M/ESD                   929836-02-05-RK
R1,R4,R5,R16,R20,R100    6     RES ZERO OHM 1/10W 5% 0603 SMD            Panasonic                ERJ-3GEY0R00V
R2,R3                    2     RES 22 OHM 1/16W 3300PPM 5% 0603          Panasonic                ERA-V33J220V
R6,R7,R101,R102,R103     5     RES 47K OHM 1/16W .1% 0603 SMD            Panasonic                ERA-3AEB473V
R13,R14,R17,R22,R23      5     RES 1.0K OHM 1/16W .1% 0603 SMD           Panasonic                ERA-3AEB102V
R18,R15                  2     RES 100K OHM 1/16W .1% 0603 SMD           Panasonic                ERA-3AEB104V
R19                      1     RES 120K OHM 1/16W .1% 0603 SMD           Panasonic                ERA-3AEB124V
SW1,SW2                  2     SWITCH TACT                               APEM Components          ADTSM31NV
U1                       1     IC AVR MCU 128K 64QFN                     Atmel                    AT90USB1287-16MU
U4                       1     IC REG LDO 300MA ADJ 8MSOP                National Semiconductor   LP3982IMM-ADJ/NOPB
Y1                       1     CRYSTAL 8.00MHZ 8PF FUND SMD              NDK                      NX5032GA 8MHZ AT-W
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1              2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             PA7                        PA6
                                                                                                           of U1                                                                                                                                                    3              4
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      2
                     LAYOUT NOTE:                                                                                                                                                                                                                            PA5    5              6    PA4
                                                                                                                                                                    AREF
                                                                                                                                                                      PF0
                                                                                                                                                                      PF1
                                                                                                                                                                      PF2
                                                                                                                                                                      PF3
                                                                                                                                                                      PF4
                                                                                                                                                                      PF5
                                                                                                                                                                      PF6
                                                                                                                                                                      PF7
                                                                                                                                                                     PA0
                                                                                                                                                                     PA1
                                                                                                                                                                     PA2
                                                                                                                                                                    AVCC
                                                                                                                                                                     GND
                                                                                                                                                                     GND
                                                                                                                                                                     VCC
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1
                                                                                                                                                1     PE6                                                                    PA3      48
                                                                                                                   UVCON PE7                    2                                                                                     47    PA4                     PA[7..0]
                        9
                                  1                                                                                                             3     UVcc                                                                   PA5      46
3
                                                                                                           R2 22_ohm 0603 D-                    4                                                                                     45    PA6                                                                                       1Kohm                                                                                                                 3
                                  2                                                                        R3 22_ohm 0603 D+                          D-                                                                     PA6            PA7                                                                                       0603
                                  3                                                                                                             5     D+                                                                     PA7      44                         VCC J5
                                                                                                                         GND                                                                                                                PE2
                                                                                                     UCAP CAPACITOR
                                  4
                                        ID                                                                                                      6     UGnd                                                                   PE2      43
                                                                                                     close to the MCU
                                                                                                                         UCAP                                                                                                               PC7
                                                                                                     LAYOUT NOTES:
                                  5                                                                                                             7     UCap                                                                   PC7      42                            1              2
                                                                                                                         VBUS                   8                                     AT90 AVR® 8-Bit                                 41    PC6           PC7       3              4    PC6
                                                                                                                                                      VBus                                                                   PC6
                        6
                                                                                                                                               11     PB1                                                                    PC3      38                            9              10
                                                                                                                 + C7    PB2                   12                                                                                     37    PC2
                                                                                                                         PB3                          PB2                                                                    PC2            PC1                    2x5 pin Jumper_open
                                                                                                                                               13     PB3                                                                    PC1      36                                                                                                                                                                               VCC3
                                                                                                                1uF      PB4                   14                                                                                     35    PC0
                                                                                                                         PB5                          PB4                                                                    PC0            PE1                     PC[7..0]
                                                                                                                                               15     PB5                                                                    PE1      34
                                                                                                R4    0603               PB6                                                                                                                PE0
                                                                                                   2
                                                                                                                                               16     PB6                                                                    PE0      33
                                                                                                  0ohm                   PB7                                                                                                                          PC[7..0]                                                                                U4                                                        R18                R16 0603    UCAP      VCC
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        PC[7..0]                                  D3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1                         8                                   100Kohm              0ohm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               OUT         /FAULT
                                                                                                                                                                    RESETB
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       VBUS                    5V
                                                                                                                 GND
                                                                                                                                                                    PD0
                                                                                                                                                                    PD1
                                                                                                                                                                    PD2
                                                                                                                                                                    PD3
                                                                                                                                                                    PD4
                                                                                                                                                                    PD5
                                                                                                                                                                    PD6
                                                                                                                                                                    PD7
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               GND             CC
                                                                                                                                                                    PB7
                                                                                                                                                                    PE4
                                                                                                                                                                    PE5
                     LAYOUT NOTE:                                                                                                                                                                                                                         PD3       7              8    PD2                                                                                       120Kohm                              !!! DO NOT LOAD R21 !!!
                     Resistor close                                                                                                                                                                                                                       PD1       9              10   PD0                                                                               0.033uF 0603
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       U4 OUT = 1.25*(1+(R15+R18)/R19)
                                                                                                                                                                                               PD0
                                                                                                                                                                                               PD1
                                                                                                                                                                                               PD2
                                                                                                                                                                                               PD3
                                                                                                                                                                                               PD4
                                                                                                                                                                                               PD5
                                                                                                                                                                                               PD6
                                                                                                                                                                                               PD7
                                                                                                                                                                     PE4
                                                                                                                                                                     PE5
2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          PD[7..0]                                                                                                                                                                                                         2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    PD[7..0]                                                                                                                                           DO NOT MOUNT U4
                                                                  JP7
                                                                                                                                             VCC                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       This will allow use of
                                                                                                                            JP6
                                                                        1                              GND                   1                 GND                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     3.3V from U1 internal
    JP8                                                                                      PB1       MCK - SPI                      PD7      TDI - JTAG                                                  Y1                                                                                                                                                                                                          reguator
                                                                        2                                                    2
                    1                 GND                               3                    PB2       MOSI - SPI            3        PD6      TDO - JTAG            C6
                            PB4                                                              PB3                                      PD5
                                                                                                                                                                                      VCC
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