SPI-POTX2

Features

• Dual Digital potentiometer
  • MCP4231 Dual Digital Pot
  • 7-bit: 128 Resistors (129 Steps)
  • Zero Scale to Full Scale Wiper operation
  • 10K
    • Other resistances optional: 5K, 50K, 100K
  • Power on reset to half wiper value
  • SPI Interface
    • SPI Serial Interface (10 MHz, modes 0,0 & 1,1)
    • High-Speed Read/Writes to wiper register
    • 10 MHz (max SPI speed)
• 2.7V to 5.5V
• Daisy-chain SPI connector
  • Slave Select (SS) should be star connected
• 49x49mm form factor
• (4) #4-40 mounting holes

Connectors

J1, J3 - SPI connector

1. MISO
2. +V
3. SCK
4. MOSI
5. SS
6. GND

J2 - SPI Connector

• Matches Arduino SPI connector pinout

1. MISO
2. +V
3. SCK
4. MOSI
5. SS
6. GND

POT0, POT1

1. GND
2. B SIDE
3. WIPER
4. A SIDE
5. +V

Driver Software

• SPI-POT-X2 GitHub Arduino Example Code
  • Creates triangle wave output on both outputs

Factory Test Procedure

• Test SPI-POTX2 card on RPI_PSOC5 Test Station

Hardware Setup

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• RPI_PSOC5
  • Raspberry Pi CPU Clone
• RPI_SPI8
  • 8-channel SPI multiplexer

SPI Cable

RPI_SPI8 (Marking)	RPI_SPI8 Pin	SPI-POTX2 Pin	SPI-POTX2 Marking
Chip En (CE)	1	5	SS
MOSI (MO)	2	4	MOSI
MISO (MI)	3	1	MISO
SPICK (CK)	4	3	SCK
Vcc (+V)	5	2	+V
GND	6	6	GND

Run Tests

• Run puTTY
  • Find COM Port in Device Manager
  • 115,200 baud
  • RTS/CTS flow control

• Hit ENTER to see menu

Land Boards, LLC - RPi Card Test Station
1 - Select RPP-UIO-16 Card
2 - Select RPPSOC Card
3 - Select RASPI-PLUS-GVS-CFG Card
4 - Select RASPI-GVS Card
5 - Select RASPI-PLUS-GVS Card
6 - Select RPI-I2C-HUB Card
7 - Select RPI-SPI8 Card
R - Read EEPROM
W - Write EEPROM
B - Bounce LED across Card GPIOs
T - Test Card
D - Debug Card
? - Print this menu

• Select RPI-SPI8 Card by entering 7[ENTER]

7
Selected RPI-SPI8 card

Create Sawtooth Output

• Enter B[ENTER] - Create ramped output

B
Blinking the RPI-SPI8 Card LEDs, please wait

• Bounces LEDs off across the LEDs
  • 8 CE signals go low one at a time
  • MOSI, MISO, SCK cycles one on at time
  • Ramped output

Test Software

• Runs on RPI_PSOC5
• GitHub repo
  • Test_RPI_SPI8.c - Bounce LED across LED-TEST-2 card

• Runs on RPI_PSOC5
• Uses RPI_SPI8
• GitHub repo
  • Test_RPI_SPI8.c - Test with SPI-POTX2 card

Assembly Sheet

• SPI-POTX2 Assembly Sheet