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1. Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the Silicon Laboratories, Inc. Si47xx Evaluation Board (EVB). The EVB and associated
software have been designed to speed up the overall development process. We look forward to working with you,
and have posted support articles, answers to frequently asked questions, and application notes at
www.mysilabs.com.
Table 1 describes all of the available products and features in the Si47xx family.
Table 1. Product Family Function
High Performance RDS
Embedded FM antenna
AEC-Q100 Qualified
Package Size (mm)
4x4
4x4
3x3
2
SW/LW Receiver
FM Transmitter
RDS
General Description
Si4700
Si4701
Si4702
Si4703
Si4704
Si4705
Si4706
1
Si4707
1
Si4708
Si4709
Si4710
Si4711
Si4712
Si4713
Si4720
Si4721
Si4730
Si4731
FM Receiver
FM Receiver with RDS
FM Receiver
FM Receiver with RDS
FM Receiver
FM Receiver with RDS
High Performance RDS Receiver
WB Receiver with SAME
FM Receiver
FM Receiver with RDS
FM Transmitter
FM Transmitter with RDS
FM Transmitter with RPS
FM Transmitter with RDS & RPS
FM Transceiver
FM Transceiver with RDS
AM/FM Receiver
AM/FM Receiver with RDS
2
RPS
Part
Number
Digital Output
WB Receiver
AM Receiver
FM Receiver
Digital Input
SAME
3x3
3x3
3x3
3x3
3x3
2.5x2.5
2.5x2.5
3x3
3x3
3x3
3x3
3x3
3x3
3x3
3x3
Notes:
1.
Si4706, Si4707, and Si474x are covered under NDA.
2.
High Performance RDS is available in Si4705/31/35/85-D50 and later.
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Table 1. Product Family Function (Continued)
High Performance RDS
Embedded FM antenna
AEC-Q100 Qualified
2
Package Size (mm)
3x3
2
3x3
3x3
3x3
3x3
3x3
4x4
4x4
4x4
4x4
4x4
4x4
4x4
3x3
3x3
SW/LW Receiver
FM Transmitter
RDS
General Description
Si4734
Si4735
Si4736
Si4737
Si4738
Si4739
Si4740
1
Si4741
1
Si4742
1
Si4743
1
Si4744
1
Si4745
1
Si4749
1
Si4784
Si4785
AM/SW/LW/FM Receiver
AM/SW/LW/FM Receiver with RDS
AM/FM/WB Receiver
AM/FM/WB Receiver with RDS
FM/WB Receiver
FM/WB Receiver with RDS
AM/FM Receiver
AM/FM Receiver with RDS
AM/LW/SW/FM/WB Receiver
AM/LW/SW/FM/WB Receiver with
RDS
AM/LW/SW/FM Receiver
AM/LW/SW/FM Receiver with RDS
High-Performance RDS Receiver
FM Receiver
FM Receiver with RDS
Notes:
1.
Si4706, Si4707, and Si474x are covered under NDA.
2.
High Performance RDS is available in Si4705/31/35/85-D50 and later.
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RPS
Part
Number
Digital Output
WB Receiver
AM Receiver
FM Receiver
Digital Input
SAME
Si47xx-EVB
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1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
2. Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
2.1. Si47xx Baseboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
2.2. Si47xx Daughtercards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3. Recommended Hardware Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.1. Hardware Setup for FM Transmitter Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.2. Hardware Setup for FM or Weather Band Receiver Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
3.3. Hardware Setup for AM Receiver Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
4. Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.1. Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.2. Board Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
4.3. Switching Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4.4. State Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
4.5. Disconnecting the EVB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5. FM Transmitter GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
5.1. Configuring the Si47xx as an FM Transmitter Using Analog Audio Input . . . . . . . . . 40
5.2. Configuring the Si47xx as an FM Transmitter Using Digital Audio with
Analog Audio Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
5.3. Configuring the Si47xx as an FM Transmitter Using Digital Audio with
SPDIF Digital Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
5.4. FM Transmitter Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
5.5. FM Transmitter Settings (Analog Mode) Property Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
5.6. FM Transmitter Settings (Digital Mode) Property Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
5.7. CODEC Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
5.8. SPDIF Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
5.9. FM Transmitter Receive Power Scan Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
5.10. FM Transmitter Radio Data Service (RDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
5.11. FM Transmitter Register Map Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
6. FM Receiver GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.1. Configuring the Si47xx as an FM Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.2. FM Receiver Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
6.3. FM Receiver Settings Property Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
6.4. CODEC and SPDIF Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
6.5. FM Receiver RDS Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
6.6. FM Receiver RDS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
6.7. FM UI Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
6.8. FM Receiver RSSI/SNR Graph Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
6.9. FM Receiver Register Map Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
6.10. FM Receiver Logging Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
6.11. FM Receiver Configuration Helper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7. Weather Band GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
7.1. WB Receiver Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
7.2. Weather Band Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
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7.3. Weather Band Settings Property Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
7.4. Weather Band Receiver RSSI/SNR Graph Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
7.5. Weather Band Receiver Register Map Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
7.6. Weather Band Receiver SAME Event Data (Si4707 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
8. AM Receiver GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
8.1. AM Receiver Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
8.2. AM Receiver Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
8.3. AM Receiver Property Settings Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
8.4. AM Receiver RSSI/SNR Graph Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
8.5. AM Receiver Register Map Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
8.6. AM Receiver Logging Tools Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
8.7. AM Receiver Configuration Helper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
9. Using the EVB with a 9 V Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
10. Debugging Guidelines for Si47xx EVB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
11. Bill of Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
12. Schematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
12.1. Si47xx-EVB Baseboard Rev 1.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
12.2. Si471x/2x-EVB Daughtercard Rev 1.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
12.3. Si473x-EVB Daughtercard Rev. 1.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
12.4. Si474x–EVB Daughtercard Rev 1.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
12.5. Si4749-EVB Daughtercard Rev 1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
12.6. Antenna Card Schematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
13. Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
13.1. Si47xx-EVB Baseboard Rev 1.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
13.2. Si471x/2x-EVB Daughtercard Rev 1.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
13.3. Si473x-EVB Daughtercard Rev 1.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
13.4. Si474x-EVB Daughtercard Rev 1.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
13.5. Si4749-EVB Daughtercard Rev 1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
13.6. Antenna Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Documentation Change List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
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This user's guide contains information related to only the Si47xx EVBs itemized in Table 2. Table 2 serves as a
quick reference guide for the sections of interest for your EVB. Sections 1, 4, 9, and 10 of the document apply to all
EVBs.
Table 2. Quick Reference Guide
Part
Si4704/05/
06/84/85
Si4707
Si4710/11/
12/13
Si4720/21
Si4730/31
Description
Sections 2.1.,
2.2.1., and
2.2.6.
Section 2.2.2.,
2.2.5., 2.2.6.
Sections 2.1.,
2.2.1., 2.2.6.
Sections 2.1.,
2.2.1., 2.2.6.
Sections 2.1.,
2.2.2., 2.2.5.,
2.2.6
Sections 2.1.,
2.2.2., 2.2.5.,
2.2.6.
Sections 2.1.,
2.2.2., 2.2.5.,
2.2.6.
Sections 2.1.,
2.2.2., 2.2.5.,
2.2.6.
Recommended
HW Setup
Section 3.2.
GUI
Section 6.
Bill of Materials
Schematics
Layout
Section 11. Tables Sections 12.1., Sections
29 and 30
12.2.
13.1., 13.2.
Section 11.,
Tables 29 and 31
Section 12.1.,
12.3.
Section
13.1., 13.3.
Section 3.2.
Section 3.1.
Sections 3.1.
and 3.2.
Sections 3.2.
and 3.3.
Section 7.
Section 5.
Sections 5.
and 6.
Sections 6.
and 8.
Section 11. Tables Sections 12.1., Sections
29 and 30
12.2.
13.1., 13.2.
Section 11. Tables Sections 12.1., Sections
29 and 30
12.2.
13.1., 13.2.
Section 11. Tables Sections 12.1., Sections
29, 31, 34, 35, and 12.3., 12.6.1., 13.1., 13.3.,
36
12.6.2.
13.6.1.,
13.6.2.
Section 11. Tables Sections 12.1., Sections
29 and 37
12.3., 12.6.3.
13.1., 13.3.,
13.6.3.
Section 11. Tables Sections 12.1., Sections
29 and 37
12.3., 12.6.3.
13.1., 13.3.,
13.6.3.
Section 11. Tables Sections 12.1., Sections
29 and 37
12.3., 12.6.3.
13.1., 13.3.,
13.6.3.,
Section 11., Table Sections 12.1., Sections
29, 32, 37
12.4., 12.6.4.
13.1.,
13.4.,13.6.4.
Section 11. Tables Sections 12.1., Section
29 and 33
12.5.
13.1., 13.5.
Si4734/35
Sections 3.2.
and 3.3.
Sections 6.
and 8.
Si4736/37
Sections 3.2.
and 3.3.
Sections 6.,
7., and 8.
Si4738/39
Sections 3.2.
and 3.3.
Sections 6.,
and 7.
Si4740/41/
Section 2.1.,
42/43/44/45
2.2.3., 2.2.5.,
2.2.6.
Si4749
Sections 2.1.,
2.2.4. , 2.2.6.
Sections 3.2.
and 3.3.
Section 3.2.
Sections 7.
and 8.
Section 6.
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