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Hydra-X is development platform which is feature rich, scalable
and easy to use. Based on the Power Application Controller™
(PAC™) family of ICs, Hydra-X gives you the ability to execute
your own code on a 32-bit ARM Cortex Core, paralleled with
analog resources such as multi-mode power manager (for DC-
DC power management), configurable Analog frontend (AFE),
Data converters (1MHz 10-bit ADC, 2 Precision DACs), 52V, 70V,
600V gate drivers, open drain drivers, to name a few.
With up to 14 PWM timing functions, you will find it hard to run
out of timing resources. Fully configurable into PWM, input
capture or output compare, these timers are expanded by a
dead time generator block; extremely useful when driving external FETs in a half H-Bridge configuration and a dead time
needs to be imposed in order to protect the design from shoot-through.
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Hydra-X Product Selection Tables
Hydra-X Body Boards
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TYPE DESCRIPTION INPUT
VOLTAGE
SYSTEM
VOLTAGE
RAILS
GPIO PWM
CHANNEL
INTERFACE STATUS
EP-HYDRA-
X10-1
Hydra-X10 Body
Board
PAC5210 based HYDRA-X Platform
Evaluation Kit
12V to 52V 12V, 5V,
3.3V,
1.8V
36 14 GPIO SPI
I C
UART
SWD
In
Production
EP-HYDRA-
X20-1
Hydra-X20 Body
Board
PAC5220 based HYDRA-X Platform
Evaluation Kit
12V to 52V 12V, 5V,
3.3V,
1.8V
28 6 GD
6 GPIO
SPI
I C
UART
SWD
In
Production
EP-HYDRA-
X23-1
Hydra-X23 Body
Board
PAC5223 based HYDRA-X Platform
Evaluation Kit
(Buck Configuration)
8V to 52V 12V, 5V,
3.3V,
1.8V
23 6 GD
4 GPIO
SPI
I C
UART
SWD
In
Production
EP-HYDRA-
X23S-1
Hydra-X23S Body
Board
PAC5223 based HYDRA-X Platform
Evaluation Kit
(SEPIC Mode)
8V to 52V 12V, 5V,
3.3V,
1.8V
23 6 GD
4 GPIO
SPI
I C
UART
SWD
In
Production
2
2
2
2
EP-HYDRA-X10-1 EP-HYDRA-X20-1 EP-HYDRA-X23-1 EP-HYDRA-X23S-1
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One of the items that makes the PAC52xx device so fascinating is its level of integration. Anybody designing an application
revolving around a microcontroller will remember the process of selecting voltage regulators to power up the different
blocks. With PAC52xx, this step can be omitted as all voltage regulation needs have been taken care of. Simply apply your
input voltage, and the internal Multi Mode Power block will generate all the internal voltages to power up the core, as well as
the GPIO resources.
Hydra-X platform offers a USB-to-UART chip which allows the connection of the development board to your computer. This
Hydra-X Heads
ORDER PART # TYPE DESCRIPTION STATUS
EH-FOC1-1 FOC Motor Control Head EVK HYDRA-X Head board for FOC Motor solution (Sensored and Sensorless) In Production
EH-BLDCM1-1 BLDC Motor Control Head EVK HYDRA-X Head board for BLDC Back-EMF Motor solution (Sensored and Sensorless) In Production
EH-PROTOS-1 Hydra-X Proto Board HYDRA-X Head board for Prototyping - Small Size Blank Board In Production
EH-PROTOM-1 Hydra-X Proto Board HYDRA-X Head board for Prototyping - Medium Size Blank Board In Production
EH-PROTOL-1 Hydra-X Proto Board HYDRA-X Head board for Prototyping - Large Size Blank Board In Production
EH-FOC1-1 EH-BLDCM1-1 EH-PROTOS-1
EH-PROTOM-1
EH-PROTOL-1
Hydra-X10 Board PAC52xx Family Diagram
Hydra-X EVK Features and Benefits:
Features Active-Semi PAC™ Family ICs
Multi-mode Power Manager (AC-DC, DC-DC switchers, LDOs)
14 channels of Analog to Digital conversion
Configurable AFE with single-ended & differential amplifiers, comparators
Open drain drivers
Up to 14 PWM timing functions
On chip temperature sensor
UART, SPI or I C Serial Communication
Up to 36 GPIOs
32-bit ARM® Cortex Core
On Board Debugger
Single Unit Debugger/Compiler/Programmer
2
link is advantageous as many applications can benefit from serial communications as seen from an external Graphical User
Interface piece of software on your main computer.
Hydra-X also has an on-board debugger (versus a simple boot loader). This allows you to burn your code into FLASH with a
simple press of a button. This debugger also gives you the ability to debug your code in real time which is quite priceless for
faster development! You can observe memory contents such as variables, register values, etc, as well as stepping through
code in hopes of finding that pesky bug.
Hydra-X platform is supported with the hardware kits for PAC5210 and PAC5220 ICs, and comes with supply supported
software development kit (SDK) for IAR and CooCox IDEs, documentation, example code and reference designs.
Take advantage of fellow developers by participating in the Hydra-X community and keep up-to-date with Hydra-X news by
subscribing to the Hydra-X Blog.
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