Figure 4-4 shows the TPS6521907 variant powering the AM243x microcontroller on a system with 5 V input supply and DDR4 memory. The 5 V coming from the pre-regulator is connected to the main input supply for reference system (VSYS) and to the power input of the buck converters (PVIN_Bx). Buck1, Buck2 and Buck3 are used to supply VDD_CORE at 0.85 V, 3.3 V VDDSHVx IO and DDR IO respectively. Since Buck2 (3.3 V PMIC rail) is programmed to ramp up first in the power-up sequence, it can be used as the input supply for some of the LDOs to minimize power dissipation. LDO3 supports the 1.8 V analog domain and LDO4 supports the 2.5 V VPP for the DDR4 memory. This power solution requires an external discrete buck regulator to supply the 1.8 V VDDSHV IO domain. This external discrete can be enabled using the GPO1 of the PMIC. TPS6521901 comes pre-programmed to enable GPO1 in the second slot of the power-up sequence with a duration of 10 ms. The external discrete must ramp up and reach a stable output voltage within the 10 ms duration of the second slot (before the PMIC starts the 3rd slot of the power-up sequence).

LDO1 and LDO2 are free power resources that can be used for external peripherals, such as 3.3-V rail required for I/Os. LDO1, configured as bypass, allows dynamic changes between 3.3 V and 1.8 V. This voltage change on LDO1 can be triggered by I2C or by setting the VSEL_SD pin high (LDO1=3.3 V) or low (LDO1=1.8 V). The remaining two general purpose pins (GPIO and GPO2) are free digital resources that are disabled by default but can be enabled through I2C after the PMIC completes the power-up sequence. TPS6521907 comes pre-programmed, but maintains user-programmable functionality as a NVM device that allows full customization of the output voltages, sequencing, GPIO control, and more to best meet system needs. Figure 4-5 and Figure 4-6 shows the power-up and power-down sequence programmed on TPS6521907.

Figure 4-4 TPS6521907 Powering AM243x

Figure 4-5 TPS6521907 Power-Up Sequence

Figure 4-6 TPS6521907 Power-Down Sequence