Up: AtlasMichiganMezzCard (board docs) * MezzNgMicrocontroller (programming)

[[Image(http://ohm.bu.edu/~hazen/ATLAS/MichiganMezz/Breakout/front_wired_sm.jpg)]]

We developed a small breakout board to simplify bench test of the new mezzanine board.
This board provides a convenient way to power the board, program the microcontroller
and access the configuration interface.

The board requires 5V power.  Connect the AVdd_in and DVdd_in together to +5V and
AGND and DGND (jumpered already) to the supply GND terminal.

Use a Sparkfun FTDI serial breakout (like [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13746 this one] or 
[https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9873 this other one]) to connect to a computer.
Use a terminal emulator (minicom works well in Linux) set to 9600 baud, 8 bits, no parity,
no handshaking.

Connect the mezz card to the board using a ribbon cable.

Power up the board, and you should see the microcontroller announce itself:

{{{
  MezzNg V1.0
  $
}}}

See MezzNgMicrocontroller for details on the protocol.

=== Design Files ===

* Board Photos:
 * [http://ohm.bu.edu/~hazen/ATLAS/MichiganMezz/Breakout/Front.jpg Front]
* PDF design files:
 * [http://ohm.bu.edu/~hazen/ATLAS/MichiganMezz/Breakout/MezzBB_sch.pdf MezzBB_sch.pdf]
 * [http://ohm.bu.edu/~hazen/ATLAS/MichiganMezz/Breakout/MezzBB_pcb.pdf MezzBB_pcb.pdf]
* ExpressPCB CAD files:  
 * [http://ohm.bu.edu/~hazen/ATLAS/MichiganMezz/Breakout/MezzBB.sch MezzBB.sch]
 * [http://ohm.bu.edu/~hazen/ATLAS/MichiganMezz/Breakout/MezzBB.pcb MezzBB.pcb]