C2000 Delfino MCU F28379D Dual-Core LaunchPad

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About This RoadTest

The LAUNCHXL-F28379D is a C2000 Delfino MCU F28379D LaunchPad development kit. It is an inexpensive evaluation platform that provides designers with a low cost development kit for high performance digital control applications. This tool provides a great starting point for development of many high end digital control applications This LaunchPad development kit is based on the Delfino TMS320F28379D MCU which provides 800MIPS of total system performance between dual 200MHz C28x CPUs and dual 200MHz real time control co-processors (CLA). This powerful microcontroller contains 1MB of onboard flash and includes highly differentiated peripherals such as 16bit/12bit ADCs, comparators, 12bit DACs, delta sigma sinc filters, HRPWMs, eCAPs, eQEPs, CANs and more. The LaunchPad development kit supports 12bit ADC mode through the header pins and 16bit mode can be driven with external differential signals.

 

  • Integrated isolated XDS100v2 JTAG emulator for easy programming and debugging
  • Compatible with the various BoosterPack plug-in modules in the ecosystem
  • Dual 40 pin headers making it possible to plug up to two BoosterPack plug-in modules simultaneously
  • Power LEDs, two user LEDs and device reset pushbutton
  • Easily accessible device pins for debugging purposes or as sockets for adding extension boards
  • Dual 5V quadrature encoder interfaces
  • CAN interface with integrated transceiver
  • Boot selection switches
  • Sigma delta demodulator inputs brought to the BP headers

 

Technical Brief:

The TMS320F2837xD Architecture: Achieving a New Level of High Performance

 

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LAUNCHXL-F28379D C2000 Delfino MCUs F28379D LaunchPad Development Kit Board

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RoadTesters

Thanks for everyone who applied to this RoadTest.

 

We selected the following people as RoadTesters:

 

Terms and Conditions

C2000 Delfino MCU F28379D Dual-Core LaunchPad – RoadTest

Terms and Conditions

These are the terms and conditions which govern the C2000 Delfino MCU F28379D Dual-Core LaunchPad RoadTest contest. This Contest requires participants to submit an application indicating their previous experience with this type of equipment/component, information on what they would do to test the equipment/component, and the applicant’s desire to post a thorough review of their experience with images, photos, or other supplemental materials. Participants will be required to meet the Conditions for Participation.  The winners of this RoadTest will receive the item(s) listed below. RoadTest Reviews are due no later than 60 days after the receipt of the item(s). No other prizes are offered.

The Principal terms of the Competition:

The following words and phrases are used in these terms and conditions and have the meanings given to them below.

RoadTest: C2000 Delfino MCU F28379D Dual-Core LaunchPad (RoadTest or Contest)

Key dates:

Applications Close: midnight (GMT) on 18 October 2016

Announcement of Winner (estimated): 2 December 2016

PrizeC2000 Delfino MCU F28379D Dual-Core LaunchPad

Additional Prizes: none

Competition Site: https://www.element14.com/community/groups/roadtest?ICID=menubar_resources_roadtest

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Judges: members of the element14 community team chosen at the Organiser’s discretion.

Judging Criteria, All of the following which will have equal weighting:

· Demonstrated competence with the technologies including links or descriptions of past projects

· Qualifications as indicated by current job role and/or schooling/vocational training;

· A thorough description of how the prize would be tested;

· Likelihood that the Applicant will blog about the prize and provide a review on element14.com;

· Originality;

· Innovation.

Organiser: Premier Farnell plc (registered in England and Wales under company number 876412) whose registered office is at Farnell House, Forge Lane, Leeds, UK

Conditions for Qualification: in addition to meeting the requirements of these terms, all persons applying to take part in the Contest (each one an Applicant) must:

· Provide a RoadTest application describing what he/she would do if awarded the Prize including similar previous projects, product experience and qualifications

Terms: these terms and conditions which govern the Competition and to which the Organiser reserves the right to make changes from time to time and the latest version of these Terms from time to time will be posted to the Site.

  1. Eligibility
  2. Applications:
  3. Selecting Winners:   
  4. Liability:
  5. General:

1.1 Save as set out in these Terms, the Contest is open to any natural or legal person, firm or company or group of natural persons or unincorporated body.

1.2 All Applicants must be aged at least 18 at the time of their application.

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The Organiser reserves the right to disqualify any Application made in breach of these Terms and to reject any Application which it reasonably believes may be or become in breach. The Organiser reserves the right to require evidence in such form as the Organiser may reasonably require of any Applicant’s compliance with any of these Terms and to disqualify any Applicant or Participant who cannot provide such evidence reasonably promptly. 

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2.3.2 The proposed application must be reasonably achievable by the within the time constraints of the Contest; 

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5.2 The RoadTest may be terminated at any time if there are, in the sole opinion of the Organiser, an insufficient number of entries, or if the Applications are not of an appropriate standard for a competition of this nature. The Organiser has the right to cancel or suspend the RoadTest at any time due to circumstances outside its reasonable control.

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Comment List
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  • Shame I didn't find this the other day when I was placing an order for only 3 items.

    I've been looking for something I could review on my own that:

    a) Is something that would be road tested.

    b) is cheap enough

    c) I would definitely use for my own project.

    Another C2000 board would have done that, oh well.

  • Hello najath, sorry for the late reply.

     

    The board was being used with isolation of course, jumpers removed. It features very small gaps between input and output (due to the 0805 resistors).

     

    @rest

    Unfortunately after keeping the inverter in the trunk of the car for two weeks and possibly some wires moving my board died with MCU dead short.

    The project moved on to the less expensive TMS320F28069M board and with the wiring problem resolved by redesign of the inverter to have headers like launchpads.

    I also tried with the TMS320F28027 and noticed much lower performance if doing calculations on the fly (lack of FPU , Viterbi etc).

     

    The F28379D board was very capable being dual core. math accelerators, 2 coprocessors, could easily even drive two inverters with complex motor control Algorithms.

    I am just using a simple SAPWM control scheme with V/Hz compensation. Application controlled by labview. Virtually any board is capable of doing this.

     

    If you have any more questions I can answer here.

     

  • That is unfortunate. , What gives?

  • Unfortunately, what we have is probably all we will get. We have contacted them numerous times to no avail.

     

    Randall

  • While trying to use the isolated JTAG and emulated COM port, did you remove jumpers JP1, JP2 and JP3?

  • Are the reviews for this board up? I am looking to use this one in an application and was looking for some user feedback.

     

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  • I look forward to seeing your road test.

    You have clearly put a lot of effort into the project.

     

    DAB

  • Sorry for the large delay, my review will be up and running, i'm very close.

     

    For the rest of the readers (Mr. Randall knows about the project)

    I am trying to use it as a smart 3 phase inverter, configurable by usb, and with data acquisition.

    The app talks with Labview and currently reads ADC:

    - Bus voltage

    - Rectified one phase current (Relatively useless)

    - Total bus current draw (high low current noise caused by hall sensor +/- 15.5A)

    - Inverter module temperature

      And with the 3d printed encoder it can read the speed of the motor.

     

    It can also change the inverter frequency in 2hz increment (currently supported by the serial protocol implemented) from 5 to 100hz

    The inverter automatically measures the bus voltage and modifies the "PWM duty" to obtain the right output voltage. (V/Hz + VBus compensation).

    Turning on and off the charge relay and contactor is done through labview, automation is possible of course.

     

    It is not visible but the Isolated JTAG is not used. Emulated com-port is slower and the isolation is "bullshit", who puts 0805 resistors under a isolation IC between input and output....

    It was disconnecting usually when going live (large Contactor on). Now with a simple usb-serial+TTL Isolation IC it's perfect.

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  • 4 out of 5 are newcomers it seems

  • There is a great disturbance in the Force.

     

    I cannot believe that we have gone 0 for 5 on this road test.

     

    DAB