AEKD-USBTYPEC1 kit software package for automotive USB Type-C™ and Power Delivery dual port applications

Description

The STSW-USB2TYPEC1 software package for the AEKD-USBTYPEC1 kit contains all the software layers required to run and customize the firmware for the ASIL-B automotive grade SPC58 Chorus Power Architecture® microcontroller (4MB flash,32-bit) on the kit discovery board (SPC58EC-DISP). The firmware was built with the SPC5-Studio user-friendly environment based on Eclipse. SPC5-Studio generates hardware abstraction layer for the SPC5 microcontroller series and allows hardware configuration with intuitive GUIs.

To access the source code and the dedicated SPC5-Studio plugin, it is necessary to perform the two following main steps:

1) Request access credentials by writing to credentials@spc5studio.com

2) Follow SPC5-Studio  plugin installation

Below is reported the detailed explanation of the procedure.

How to download the USB Power Delivery Library

· If not done, request access credentials by sending an email to credentials@spc5studio.com specifying your company name, your project, run-rate and target date.

· Next step is to download and install the SPC5-Studio tool.

· Once the authentication credentials are received, run SPC5-Studio and follow the procedure below:

o Open the [Help] menu and select [Install new Software]

o Select [Add] and enter “USBPD” in the name field and “http://usbpd.spc5studio.com/” in the location field. After confirming, you will be prompted for your username and password.

o Insert the credentials received by email.

o Wait for the download process to complete the plugin installation.

Hardware configuration of the AEKD-USBTYPEC1 kit