《ti_hardware_design_checklist》.pdf

Hardware Design Checklist 1 Hardware Design Checklist As you are creating the schematics for your project here are a few things to consider. Before you begin Documentation Make sure you have the latest version of documentation, especially the data sheet and silicon errata. TIP: Try searching the documentation for words such as: must, require, do not, shall, note:, etc. Important criteria for the device will typically contain one or more of these words. This is an easy way to make sure you have not missed anything important. TIP: - on each device product folder there is a button Alert me about changes to this product. Registration here will enable proactive automatic notification of device errata. Pin out • Have you verified that your pin labels correspond to the correct pin numbers? • Have you verified that the power pins are connected to the correct supply rails? • Pullups/Pulldowns: If opposing an internal resistor use 1k resistor. To complement use weaker value such as 4.7k resistor. Critical Connections Decoupling Capacitors Voltages from traces on a printed circuit board can couple to each other in places where it is not desired, (like power supply planes). To decouple the traces, we add capacitors to absorb some of the voltage and help reduce this effect. For more information on how to correctly place decoupling caps, see the data sheet section for power-supply decoupling. PLL and some analog supplies benefit from filters or ferrite beads to keep the noise from causing clock jitter. The minimum recommendation is a ferrite bead with a resonance at 100 MHz along with at least one capacitor on the device side of the bead. Additional recommendation