EVM Setup

Table of Contents

• EVM Overview
  • AM263X-CC
  • AM263X-LP
• Cable Connections
  • AM263X-CC
  • AM263X-LP
• Setup UART Terminal
  • AM263X-CC
  • AM263X-LP
• Additional Details
  • BOOT MODE
    • QSPI BOOT MODE
      • AM263X-CC
      • AM263X-LP
    • UART BOOT MODE
      • AM263X-CC
      • AM263X-LP
    • DEVBOOT MODE
      • AM263X-CC
      • AM263X-LP

EVM Overview

AM263X-CC

• EVM (Part Number: TMDSCNCD263)

AM263X-CC

• Major Components and Features

AM263X-CC Components and Features

• What is not included with EVM
  • USB Type-C AC/DC Supply, 5V/3A. Power options available from typical distributors
  • TMDSHSECDOCK - TI Control Card debug breakout

Note

Refer to EVM page for more details, https://www.ti.com/tool/TMDSCNCD263

AM263X-LP

AM263X-LP

• Major Components and Features

AM263X-LP Components and Features

Note

Refer to EVM page for more details, https://www.ti.com/tool/LP-AM263

Cable Connections

Important cable connections, ports and switches.

AM263X-CC

• System Power On/Off
  • 5V power through Type-C 5V/3A
  • HSEC 5V power is available only if Type-C is unavailable
  • No mechanical on/off switch on this EVM

AM263X-CC Power

• JTAG Switch selection

AM263X-CC JTAG selection

• Bootmode selection

AM263X-CC bootmode

AM263X-LP

AM263X-LP Power

• Bootmode selection

AM263X-LP bootmode

Setup UART Terminal

AM263X-CC

• Many examples use a standard UART terminal to log the output from the examples. You can use any UART terminal program for the same. Below steps show how to setup the UART terminal from CCS.
• First identify the UART port as enumerated on the host machine.
  • Make sure that the EVM and UART cable connected as shown in Cable Connections
  • In windows, you can use the "Device Manager" to see the detected UART ports
    • Search "Device Manager" in Windows Search Box in the Windows taskbar.
  • If dont see any USB serial ports listed in "Device Manager" under "Ports (COM & LPT)", then make sure you have installed the UART to USB driver from FTDI, https://www.ftdichip.com/FTDrivers.htm.

Identify UART Port in Windows Device Manager

• In CCS, goto "View > Terminal"

UART Terminal Menu

• Open a new UART terminal

Open New UART Terminal

• Select the UART port, keep other options to default, i.e 115200 baud rate - 8 data bits - No parity - 1 stop bit,
  • We use this serial port, as seen in the device manager, for below in the SDK
    • Flashing application via UART
    • Booting application via UART
    • Console output for examples

Connect to UART port

• In this screenshot this happens to be COM5/COM11 however on your machine this could be different. One tip to make sure there is no mistake in identifying the UART port is to disconnect all other UART to USB devices other than this EVM before checking in device manager.

AM263X-LP

• Many examples use a standard UART terminal to log the output from the examples. You can use any UART terminal program for the same. Below steps show how to setup the UART terminal from CCS.
• First identify the UART port as enumerated on the host machine.
  • Make sure that the EVM and UART cable connected as shown in Cable Connections
  • In windows, you can use the "Device Manager" to see the detected UART ports
    • Search "Device Manager" in Windows Search Box in the Windows taskbar.
  • If dont see any USB serial ports listed in "Device Manager" under "Ports (COM & LPT)", then make sure you have installed the UART to USB driver from FTDI, https://www.ftdichip.com/FTDrivers.htm.

Identify UART Port in Windows Device Manager

• In CCS, goto "View > Terminal"

UART Terminal Menu

• Open a new UART terminal

Open New UART Terminal

• Select the UART port, keep other options to default, i.e 115200 baud rate - 8 data bits - No parity - 1 stop bit,
  • We use this serial port, as seen in the device manager, for below in the SDK
    • Flashing application via UART
    • Booting application via UART
    • Console output for examples

Connect to UART port

• In this screenshot this happens to be COM5/COM11 however on your machine this could be different. One tip to make sure there is no mistake in identifying the UART port is to disconnect all other UART to USB devices other than this EVM before checking in device manager.

Additional Details

Note

This section has more details on AM263X-CC and AM263X-LP. This is mainly for reference and can be skiped unless referred to by other pages in this user guide.

Make sure boot mode switch is setup to DEVBOOT mode to use with CCS Scripting. please refer SOC Initialization Using CCS Scripting

BOOT MODE

QSPI BOOT MODE

AM263X-CC

This mode is used to boot flashed applications via EVM flash like QSPI flash

BOOTMODE [ 1 : 4 ] (SW3) = 0010

QSPI BOOT MODE

AM263X-LP

This mode is used to boot flashed applications via EVM flash like QSPI flash

QSPI BOOT MODE

UART BOOT MODE

AM263X-CC

This mode is used to flash files to the EVM flash via UART. It can also be used to boot applications via UART.

\code
BOOTMODE [ 1 : 4 ] (SW3) = 1000
\endcode

UART BOOT MODE

AM263X-LP

This mode is used to flash files to the EVM flash via UART. It can also be used to boot applications via UART.

UART BOOT MODE

DEVBOOT MODE

AM263X-CC

This mode is used in CCS.

BOOTMODE [ 1 : 4 ] (SW3) = 1101

DEVBOOT MODE

AM263X-LP

This mode is used in CCS.

DEVBOOT MODE