The E-Marker Write Board is a 2 type-C port Program Richtek's E-Marker IC Write Board. It supports Richtek's E-marker ICs, and provides LED to indicate system status. The Richtek E-Marker Write Board supports selection of PD protocol 2.0 & 3.0 version and passive or active cable, and saves the setting to Vendor Information File (VIF file). The production can be managed from cable setting to quality control with the software tools. With the QC tools, users can quickly read information on the E-Mark IC.
l E-Marker write board can program E-Marker IC along with Richtek's future products
l E-Marker write board provides LED to indicate system status
4Please refer to the appendix for more information
l The production can be managed from cable setting to quality control with the software tools
l PD protocol version support
4PD2 passive
4PD2 active cable
4PD3 passive
4PD3 active cable (PD3 Version 1.1, where Cable VDO version = 1.2)
s Without supporting VbusCurrent = USB Type-C Default Current
2.1 Overview
l Read the E-Marker IC data from cable
l Write the E-Marker IC data with
4 Cable VDM data setting
4 Writer board setting
l Save / Load all setting into / from binary file
l Save / Load setting to writer board
4 For the standalone mode
l Set vendor production information
4 Customer id (can be defined by the customer)
4 Date and time
4 Cable serial number
l Execute VDM command to check the correctness
l Save the setting to Vendor Information File (VIF file)
4 The file can be open with “USB Vendor Info File Generator” provided by USB-IF
l Write the cable automatically when the writer board is powered by DC
4 This mode will not be entered when the writer board is connected to PC
4 The data written is from the command “Save Writer Board Setting” in Engineer Tool
4 Notice that there is no production record saved with this mode
l LED
Code
Meaning
LED Status
Description
Status LED : (Left / right 2 LED for left / right port)
eLED_DETECTING
Detecting
Red and green LED flash staggered
No cable detected
eLED_DETECTED
Detected
Green LED flash
Cable detected
eLED_OK
Burn Success
Green LED keep on
Burn / read command succeed
eLED_NG
Burn Fail
Red LED keep on
Burn / read command failed
eLED_UNEXPECTED
Unexpected
Device detected
Red LED flash
Unexpected device detected or cable CC pin damaged
More Information
For more information, please find the related datasheet or application notes from Richtek website http://www.richtek.com.
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