NPCX4M8F_EVB

Overview

The NPCX4M8F_EVB kit is a development platform to evaluate the Nuvoton NPCX4 series microcontrollers. This board needs to be mated with part number NPCX498F.

Hardware

  • ARM Cortex-M4F Processor

  • 512 KB RAM and 64 KB boot ROM

  • ADC & GPIO headers

  • UART0 and UART1

  • FAN PWM interface

  • Jtag interface

  • Intel Modular Embedded Controller Card (MECC) headers

Supported Features

The npcx4m8f_evb board supports the hardware features listed below.

on-chip / on-board
Feature integrated in the SoC / present on the board.
2 / 2
Number of instances that are enabled / disabled.
Click on the label to see the first instance of this feature in the board/SoC DTS files.
vnd,foo
Compatible string for the Devicetree binding matching the feature.
Click on the link to view the binding documentation.

Connections and IOs

Nuvoton to provide the schematic for this board.

System Clock

The NPCX4M8F MCU is configured to use the 120Mhz internal oscillator with the on-chip PLL to generate a resulting EC clock rate of 15 MHz. See Processor clock control register (chapter 4 in user manual)

Serial Port

UART1 is configured for serial logs.

Programming and Debugging

The npcx4m8f_evb board supports the runners and associated west commands listed below.

flash debug

This board comes with a Cortex ETM port which facilitates tracing and debugging using a single physical connection. In addition, it comes with sockets for JTAG-only sessions.

Flashing

If the correct headers are installed, this board supports both J-TAG and also the ChromiumOS servo.

To flash using Servo V2, μServo, or Servo V4 (CCD), see the Chromium EC Flashing Documentation [1] for more information.

To flash with J-TAG, install the drivers for your programmer, for example: SEGGER J-link’s drivers are at https://www.segger.com/downloads/jlink/

The openocd from Zephyr SDK 0.16.1 doesn’t include npcx4 support, so build openocd from source.:

sudo apt-get install libftdi-dev libusb-1.0.0-dev
git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/openocd/code ~/openocd
cd ~/openocd
./bootstrap
./configure --enable-jlink --enable-ftdi
make clean
make
sudo make install

Build and flash the blinky sample.:

west build -t clean && \
  west build -c -p auto -b npcx4m8f_evb samples/basic/blinky && \
  west flash --openocd /usr/local/bin/openocd

Debugging

Use JTAG/SWD with a J-Link

References