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PN76 family evaluation board quick start guide
1.2 System overview
There are multiple setups to get started with the development board. You can choose any of them. Whatever fits
your purpose, way of working and hardware at hand the best.
1.2.1 PN76 and OpenSDA
Following figure shall explain how an evaluation setup with PNEV7642A and the onboard OpenSDA can look
like and how to connect it.
Figure 1. PN76 and OpenSDA
PNEV7642A connections:
• J5 "Top USB-C" connected with a USB-C cable to the developers PC for communication (for example, VCOM
for NFC Cockpit).
• J9 "Power Jack" connected to a proper power supply to supply the PNEV7642A board.
• J27 "Bottom USB-C" connected for the OpenSDA debug probe.
What Why
PNEV7642A Board The PNEV7642A is the evaluation board of the PN7642 chipset. This whole document describes how
to configure and program it.
Personal Computer
(Host)
A Windows, Linux, or MacOS computer is necessary to run the IDE for developing applications for the
PN7640 chip. Currently only Windows is fully supported and described within this application note.
Table 1. Boards and utility overview
For more information about OpenSDA, see [1].
1.2.2 PN76 and external debugger
Following figure shall indicate how an evaluation setup with PNEV7642A and an external programmer can look
like.
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