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AMC

Test Procedure

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0 iCubFacility J.Losi 30/07/2025 First Emission

1 Document Scope

Info

This procedure shows how to test AMC electronic boards and applies to the following IIT code:

  • 15070.E AMC, IIT - Electronic board, Advance Motor Control, Ethernet and power driver for 1 brushless motor, CAN-FD interface

2 Requirements

2.1 Hardware Requirements

  • AMCX-JIG - AMC setup Electronics: materials for production validation [cod.IIT 18655.0.0] includes the following codes:
    • AMCX-JIG - Jig for AMC family boards [cod.IIT 17799.A]
    • ESD USB-CAN with USB power supply cable. [cod.IIT 1014]
    • DBGADP, IIT - Electronic Board, DebugAdapter board for AMCx cards [cod.IIT 16447]
    • ST-LINK/V3 - Programmer/Debugger, STLINK-V3SEGT, modular, in-circuit, for MCU STM8, STM32 [cod.IIT 16461]
    • AMC, IIT - Electronic board, Advance Motor Control, Ethernet and power driver for 1 brushless motor, CAN-FD interface (GOLDENBOARD) [cod.IIT 15070.E]
  • AMCX-JIG - AMC setup Harness: wiring materials for production validation [cod.IIT 17894.0.0]
  • PC's HUB is optional. To be used if there are not enough USB ports available. Not provided

2.2 Software Requirements

  • PC with Windows 10
  • IPTS Test suite (minimum version for testing AMC-BLDC boards is v1.6.0)

3 Test Procedure

Warning

Handle the test setup carefully to avoid breaking thin wires and connectors

3.1 Installing IPTS Test Suite

  • Double-click on “IPTS-Setup.exe” from the release you desire and follow the wizard. This will install the test suite and other software required for the test (refer to the user manual for further information).

3.2 Setup Connections

  • Connect the setup referring to Fig.1

  • Connect ESD CAN-USB (3) and ST-Link/V3 (5) to the PC’s USB

  • Connect ESD CAN-USB (3) to the AMCX-JIG J11 connector (4)
  • Connect ST-Link/V3 (5) to the J3 connector of the DBGADP (6)
  • Connect the flying connector of the DBGADP to the J16 connector of the AMC (7)

Figure 1 - Test Setup

Note

All the specific steps for preparing the setup are fully described in the test procedure

3.3 Test Procedure

  • Run iCubProductionTestSuite.exe with Administrator privileges (default path is C:\Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia\IPTS\bin\Release\iCubProductionTestSuite.exe)
  • Follow the instructions given by the software

Figure 2 - IPTS GUI for AMC testing

3.4 Test Report

Info

Access test reports by clicking File->Open Test Reports folder in the IPTS GUI.