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Implementation of photo voltaic inverter using C2000 solar explorer kit

kishan subhash
Prodigy 100 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: CONTROLSUITE

Hi Guys,

I have got a C2000 Microcontroller  TMDSCSOLAREXPKIT kit and I am planning to implement the photo voltaic inverter using it. I lost the USB drive which comes along with the kit and this is making really hard for me to connect the Microcontroller with computer. I have tried to follow the quick start guide for the solar inverter system in the control suite software and was not even able to find the proper GUI for the photo voltaic inverter system. so if someone could walk me through using the C2000 Microcontroller system with out the help of the USB drive I would be really greatfull. Thanks  

  • 0
    Guru 192875 points
    Hi Kishan,

    You should be able to use the resources and GUI present here: C:\ti\controlSUITE\development_kits\SolarExplorer_v1.0
    Note: Use GUI and resources meant for your device.

    Regards,
    Gautam
  • 0 in reply to Gautam Iyer
    Prodigy 100 points

    Thanks for the support guys. I found the GUI and I was not able to connect the device with computer there seems to be a some sort of connection problem. I am attaching the image with thread. Please help me out. Thank you

  • 0 in reply to kishan subhash
    TI__Mastermind 43730 points
    Do you see the red led's flashing on the control card.. looks like the code is not running,

    Can you verify all the HW setup is correct as to how it is mentioned in the QSG
  • 0 in reply to Manish Bhardwaj
    Prodigy 100 points

    Thanks for the support guys. I went through the QSG and made sure everything is connected properly but the red light is still blinking and I am  not able to connect the kit with computer. Can you guys please tell me how to fix this issue?. Also is there any way that I can live chat with you or call you so that I can fix this easily. Thank you

  • 0 in reply to kishan subhash
    Guru 192875 points
    Kishan, a quick check on the voltages around the board would give us some info. Can you compare the voltage levels on the board with schematics? Esp. towards mcu.

    Regards,
    Gautam
  • 0 in reply to Gautam Iyer
    Prodigy 100 points
    I am not able to connect the device with the computer then how am I supposed to measure the voltage. Please also let me know where to get the schematics from. Thanks
  • 0 in reply to kishan subhash
    Guru 192875 points
    I'm not talking about the power board voltages but about the control voltages (3.3V logic) around mcu by just turning ON the power supply/USB.
    You can find the schematics here: C:\ti\controlSUITE\development_kits\SolarExplorer_v1.0\~SolarExplorer-HWdevPkg\R5

    Regards,
    Gautam
  • 0 in reply to kishan subhash
    TI__Mastermind 43730 points

    Kishan,

    1. Can you verify you are able to connect through CCS to the board? This will help eliminate any issues related to the Hardware.

    For this please use the

    C:\ti\controlSUITE\development_kits\SolarExplorer\SolarExplorer_PVInverter_F2803x\~Docs

    Make sure you have HW settings as specified in 3.1 , and are able to load the code on the controller (Incremental Build Level 1).

    If you are able to establish JTAG connection , we can looks at other options.

    2. Once you have verofied you have JTAG connection, i will suggest running the below installer. This will install at the following location by default

    C:\ti\controlSUITE\development_kits\SolarExplorer_v1.1

    browse to this folder and follow the steps below to get the GUI running (this is based on GUI composer, the older GUI is crosshairs based, which is no longer supported third party of TI)

    Running a GUI Project

    1)      Browse to the location of your GUI project which will be a .zip file and extract.

    2)      Browse to the location of your GUI Composer Runtime Install v5.5 (if you do not have it installed install it from http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Category:GUI_Composer), this will install at C:\ti\guicomposer\ by default.

    3)      Copy the extracted project folder PVI_GUI into the {guicomposer}/webapps directory

    4)      Now go to {guicomposer}/webapps /PVI_GUI/ and double click on launcher.exe

    5)      This will load the correct out file and establish connection to the board. 

    setup_5_12.zip

  • 0 in reply to Manish Bhardwaj
    Prodigy 100 points

    Hey guys, I tried to connect board using CCS and it didn't work. I am attaching the image of this board with this thread, can you guys please mark the points where I need to take the voltage measurements from? Thanks .  

  • 0 in reply to kishan subhash
    TI__Mastermind 43730 points
    Please see section 3.1 of the user's guide located at

    C:\ti\controlSUITE\development_kits\SolarExplorer\SolarExplorer_PVInverter_F2803x\~Docs

    Can you confirm you confirmed all the jumper settings to be correct? If you are not able to connect through JTAG please ensure

    [Main]-J4 jumper is connected, as that will be the most likely cause of it