MR10Q010-EVAL1
Everspin Quad SPI MRAM Evaluation Board User Guide
MR10Q010-EVAL1 MRAM Evaluation Board
The MR10Q010-EVAL1 MRAM evaluation board from Everspin is an acces-
sory board that is designed to work with the NUCLEO-L476RG MCU evalua-
tion board from ST Microelectronics.
The Evaluation Board
The MR10Q010-EVAL1 is populated with an Everspin 1Mbit Quad SPI
MRAM suitable for evaluating any of the following Everspin Ordering Part
Numbers:
Everspin OPN
MR10Q010SC
MR10Q010CSC
MR10Q010MB
MR10Q010CMB
Density
1 Mbit
1 Mbit
1 Mbit
1 Mbit
Temperature Grades
Commercial (0 - 70°C)
Industrial (-40 - 85°C)
Commercial (0 - 70°C)
Industrial (-40 - 85°C)
Package
16-SOIC
16-SOIC
24-BGA
24-BGA
Host Board Support
The MR10Q010-EVAL1 Quad SPI MRAM Evaluation board is designed to connect to the MORPHO connec-
tors on the NUCLEO-L476RG evaluation board from ST. The NUCLEO-L476RG uses an STM32L476RGT6 ARM
Cortex-M4 CPU that includes a flexible Quad SPI peripheral connected to the MORPHO connector pins.
The MR10Q010-EVAL1 board includes a high speed bi directional level translator (TXB0106PWR) in order to
shift the I/O level from 3.3V used by the STM32L476RGT6 to the 1.8V required by the MR10Q010. See
Ap-
pendix A – MR10Q010-EVAL1 Schematic and Layout
for more details.
Host Board Supplier
ST Micro
MCU
STM32F476RGT6
Host Board
NUCLEO-L476RG
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SETUP: MR10Q010 - EVAL1 MRAM EVALUATION BOARD
Besides the ST Micro MCU host board and the Everspin MR10Q010 Quad SPI Evaluation board, you will need:
•
A computer with Internet access and a USB port.
•
A USB cable, with standard A to mini B connectors.
Step 1:
Download and Install the ST-LINK/V2 Driver
Host Board
NUCLEO-L476RG
Link to Driver Download Page
Link
Step 2:
Plug in the Quad SPI Evaluation board and connect it to your computer via the USB
port.
First, plug the SPI Evaluation board into your MCU host board, then connect the
host board to your PC using the USB cable. The MCU host board will enumerate
as a composite USB device that includes a built in debugger, storage device and
a virtual com port.
A new drive will be created on your computer with a drive name as assigned by
the host board.
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Step 3:
Log in to
ARM mbed
and create a Workspace on your computer.
1. Log in to
developer.mbed.org
. (If you do not already have an
mbed
account, you will need to cre-
ate one.)
2. After logging in, click on the
Compiler
button on the upper right section of the screen.
3. The
mbed
compiler will bring up the
Workspace Management
screen.
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Step 4:
Load the platform for the host board you are using
1. The button on the upper right of the Workspace Management screen will read
No device selected
or, if you have previously loaded a platform, the name of the host board for that platform will appear,
as in the
NUCLEO-L476RG
case shown.
2. In either case, click on the button to open the available compiler platforms screen. Select the host
board platform you wish to load or, if it is not present, then select
Add.
3. Adding a platform to your Workspace.
If you selected
Add,
mbed
will display a scrolling list of avail-
able platforms. Find the MCU host board you are using and click on the image.
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4. mbed
will open a new window as an information page for that host platform, such as the NUCLEO-
L476RG example here. To add this platform to your workspace, click on the
Add to your mbed
Compiler
button.
5. The platform will be added to your registered platforms list.
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