The following list details the procedure for board bring-up and testing:
- Remove all the connections from the board. Apply
a minimum 3.6-V DC to the 5-V DC terminal of the connector J1. Set the current
limit to around 200 mA for the DC power supply.
- Check the 3.3 V at any 3V3 node in the board (for
example: at capacitor C4).
- Check the PWM frequency at the output of the
TIMER (at R15) or from the MCU. The board is tuned
to work at 250 kHz and 34% duty cycle. The board
uses the onboard PWM from the TIMER, and so
external PWM signal is not needed. However
if an external PWM signal (for example from an
external microcontroller) is to be used, then the
PWM signal can be connected to J3 with R26
populated and remove R15.
- Check the voltage at the output of flyback at
10V_ISO node (in the schematic, the 12V_ISO node).
The expected readings are listed in Table 3-1. The LED D5 will light up on the
availability of 10V_ISO. The voltage at the node
10V_ISO is expected to be more than 6.5 V at full
load (all channels ON).
- Check the availability of 5-V isolated power at
the node 5V_ISO.
- For testing the relay coils, switch off the
supply at J1. Connect 24–41 VDC supply at J4
(between RC and C with any polarity) and set a
current limit based on the expected relay current
(for ex: 1 A)
- Connect the relay coils between the Sx (S1 to
S10) pin to the pin marked “C”, as shown in Figure 3-1.
- The ON/OFF signals can be given to the board at
J2 and J3 at the pins marked IN1 to IN10, from an external controller or
function generator. The logic voltage applied at IN1–IN10 pins must be less than
3.3 V.
- Turn on the low-voltage supply at J1 and the 24V
- 41 VDC supply at J4. Observe the relay switching
according to the signal at INx.
- Repeat the test (steps 7–9) with 24 - 41 VDC
supply polarity reversed.
- Repeat the test (steps 7–9) with 24-V AC supply
connected at J4. Make sure that a properly-rated external fuse is used in series
with the 24-VAC supply to avoid transformer saturation and further heating, if
any unexpected short circuit occurs.