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EVSE-SIG-BRD using LPC5536/LPC55S36 for electric vehicle chargers

• The EVSE-SIG-BRD is an add-on development board that supports electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) platform development.
• The board also supports the proximity pilot, ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI), and relay drive features.
• The main host of the system is on a separate processor development board, for example, NXP i.MX RT1060 EVK, i.MX 8M Nano EVK, or S32G-VNP-RDB3.
• The ISO 15118 protocol stack and communication software run on the host processor.
• The power-line communication (PLC) path is via the onboard HomePlug Green PHY (HPGP) transceiver (Lumissil IS32CG5317).

Boards: EVSE-SIG-BRD1X or EVSE-SIG-BRD2X

Categories: Security, Low Power, Industrial, Safety

Toolchains: MCUXpresso IDE V11.9.0 or later.

Table of Contents

1. Software
2. Hardware
3. Setup
4. Support

1. Software

• This software demonstrates the usage of EVSE-SIG-BRD firmware for EVSE application.
• To build the EVSE-SIG-BRD EVSE sample projects, the following SDK is required: LPC5536 EVK MCUXpresso SDK v2.14.0.
• The SDK is available for download at MCUXpresso SDK Builder.

EVSE-SIG-BRD software block diagram.

2. Hardware

For this demo, you will need the following hardware. EVSE-SIG-BRD1X OR EVSE-SIG-BRD2X.

EVSE-SIG-BRD top-side view.

3. Setup

3.1 User need to download/clone the code from the repository.

3.2 To build EVSE simulation software, perform the following steps:

3.2.1 Step 1

• Click Import project(s) from the File Menu and select Import Project of MCUXpresso IDE.

3.2.2 Step 2

• Select Existing Project into Workspace and then either select root directory or archive of the project dm-lpc5536-evse-sigbrd.

3.2.3 Step 3

• As per the selected option either provide the root directory or the *.zip file path.

3.2.3 Step 3

• Click the Finish button.

3.2.4 Step 4

• Click the Build button on the top-left side of the IDE and start building the project. The build should be done without errors.

3.2.5 Step 5

• Click the Start Debugging button on the top-left side of the IDE and start programming the board with the project binary. Once the programming is completed, it breaks at a breakpoint at the main() function of the code.

3.2.5 Step 6

• To resume the operation, click the Run button.

3.3 If KM is used as an external AFE, use binary that enables KM as an AFE feature. KM binaries are provided in release tab. External AFE feature over SPI works only with EVSE-SIG-BRD2X.

4. Support

Questions regarding the content/correctness of this example can be entered as Issues within this GitHub repository.

Warning: For more general technical questions regarding NXP Microcontrollers and the difference in expected funcionality, enter your questions on the NXP Community Forum