SI514-PROG-EVB

Evaluation and Demonstration Boards and Kits

Evaluation and demonstration boards and kits provide a great way for engineers to prototype electronic products and circuits with fewer resources and time. The SI514-PROG-EVB is one example of a useful tool for test and measurement in applications such as development, troubleshooting, system design and debugging. This board offers powerful features for evaluation and demonstration of devices, enabling engineers to plug and play, quickly and easily.

Application Field and Working Principle

The SI514-PROG-EVB evaluation board is intended for evaluation and demonstration of the Silicon Labs’ Si514 series of crystals, oscillators and mulit-band PLLs for import and export applications. This board can be used in a host of applications such as communications, industrial automation, medical, security, industrial wearables, and personal electronics. The board incorporates the SI514 oscillator, allowing users to program their own configuration into the device for evaluating and optimizing the card’s specifications.

The SI514-PROG-EVB boards offer users the ability to customize and evaluate various parameters of the Si514 oscillator. The board has an on-board regulator, general purpose input/output (GPIO) lines, electronic mezzanine compatible interfaces, primary address lines, crystal loading options, as well as separate programming ports than can be used with low-cost tools. Using the USB port, users can evaluate different Si514 devices without the need for extra test equipment.

The overall working principles of the SI514-PROG-EVB are as follows: users will first configure the board with the desired parameters, then connect the board to the programming tool using the USB port. Once the board is connected, the user can take advantage of the on-board programming tools to customize the oscillator’s parameters and to evaluate the device in various conditions. With the help of the on-board I2C port, users can easily make adjustments to the controller.

Once the configuration is complete, users can use the board to evaluate the device through a series of tests. This board offers users a great flexibility to configure their experiments involving Si514 oscillators and other devices that they might be working on. The board also offers various features such as LED indicators, power supply monitors, voltage regulators and jump wires that all help in debugging and troubleshooting various applications in a cost effective and time efficient way.

The SI514-PROG-EVB board is a great choice for evaluation and demonstration purposes, especially in cases where users need full flexibility to customize their experiments with the help of the on-board programming tools. The board\'s ease of use, programming ports, extensive input/output interfaces, and address lines are all great features for testing and tuning a variety of Si514 oscillators and other devices.