S32 Configuration Tool 1.

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Contents
1 Release Description .............................................................................................................................. 2
1.1 Installation ........................................................................................................................................ 2
2 What’s New .......................................................................................................................................... 3
2.1 Pins Tool ........................................................................................................................................... 3
2.2 Clocks Tool ....................................................................................................................................... 6
2.3 Peripherals Tool .............................................................................................................................. 8
2.4 Device Configuration Data Tool .................................................................................................. 12
2.5 Image Vector Table Tool .............................................................................................................. 14
3 S32 Design Studio Integration............................................................................................................ 17
3.1 Open S32 Configuration Tool....................................................................................................... 17
3.2 Add SDK drivers to project........................................................................................................... 19
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1 Release Description

S32 Configuration Tool product is composed of a suite of tools for configuring NXP processors and
generating initialization code. This is the first mature version of S32 Configuration Tool with support for
the following tools:
 Pins Tool
 Clocks Tool
 Peripherals Tool
 Device Configuration Data Tool
 Image Vector Table Tool

The package provides support for the following processors:

 S32S247TV
 S32V23x

Development of the tools is done in sync with the following documentation’s versions:
 S32S247TV - Header files based on Reference Manual Rev 1 Draft O
 S32V23x - Header files based on Reference Manual Rev 3

1.1 Installation
S32 Configuration Tool is integrated into S32 Design Studio - Version: S32DS 3.2 and is compatible with:

 S32 SDK for S32V23x 1.0.0 RTM release

 S32 SDK for S32S2 0.8.0 EAR release

One can see S32 SDK and S32 Design Studio release announcements for more details about these
products including their location.

S32 Configuration Tool was verified on:

 Windows 7/10, 64bit

 Linux - Ubuntu 16/17, 64bit and CentOS 7, 64bit

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2 What’s New

2.1 Pins Tool

Pins Tool displays, inspects, modifies any aspect of pins configuration and muxing of the device. Pins
routing can be done in multiple views:

 Pins view
 Peripheral Signals view
 Package view
 Routed Pins

Figure 1: Pins Tool

Pins Tool is used for pin routing configuration, validation and code generation, including pin
functional/electrical properties, run-time configurations, with the following main features:

 Muxing and pin configuration with consistency checking

 Graphical processor package view
 Multiple configuration blocks/functions
 Easy-to-use device configuration
 Selection of Pins and Peripherals

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 Package with IP blocks

 Routed pins with electrical characteristics
 Registers with configured and reset values
 Source code for C/C++ applications
 Automatic pins routing

Automatic routing tries to resolve conflicts, it routes signals on different pins until a valid configuration
is reached. The used algorithm is a mixed approach between running maximum matching algorithm in a
signals – pins bipartite graph and processing remaining signals with backtracking.

Figure 2: Pins Tool - Automatic routing

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Enabled code changes highlighting for all tools. Two styles are currently supported:
 Margin highlighting
 Full line highlighting

Figure 3: Pins Tool – Code changing highlighting

For S32V23x, the FCBGA 621 package is supported with pins configuration available for the following
peripherals:

 BOOT
 CAN 0 - 1
 DCU
 DDR3_0
 DDR3_1
 ENET
 FCCU
 FR
 FTM 0 -1
 FXOSC
 I2C 0 - 2
 JTAG
 LFAST
 LINFlexD 0 - 1
 MC_CGM
 MC_RGM
 MIPICSI2 0 - 1
 QuadSPI
 SAR_ADC
 SIUL2
 SPI 0 - 3
 SSE

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 SoC
 TRACE
 VIULite 0 - 1
 WKPU
 uSDHC

For S32S247TV, the BGA501 package is supported with pins configuration available for the following
peripherals:

 BOOT
 CAN 0 - 7
 CTU AE 1 – 2
 FCCU
 FR 0 – 1
 FTM 0 – 1
 FlexPWM AE 1 – 2
 GMAC_0
 I2C 0 – 4
 JTAG
 LINFlexD 0 – 5
 Misc
 PSI5, PSI5 S0, PSI5 S1
 PowerAndGround
 QuadSPI
 SAR_ADC_AE_0_0, SAR_ADC_AE_1_0, SAR_ADC_AE_1_1, SAR_ADC_AE_2_0, SAR_ADC_AE_2_1
 SIUL2 0, SIUL2 1, SIUL2 AE
 SPI_0 – 5
 SRX_0 – 1
 SoC
 eMIOS_0 – 1
 eTImer_AE_1_0, eTimer_AE_1_1, eTimer_2_0, eTimer_AE_2_1
 uSDHC

2.2 Clocks Tool

Clocks tool allows users to easily configure initialization of the system clock - core, system, bus,
peripheral clocks - and generate C code with clock initialization functions and configuration structures.
The tool validates clock elements and calculates resulting output and clock frequencies.
Advanced settings can be done in Diagram and Details views. Other capabilities are listed next:

 Inspect and modify configuration of elements on clock path from clock source up to the
core/peripherals
 Validate clock elements settings and calculate the resulting output clock frequencies
 Generate a configuration code aligned with latest version of header files
 Table view of clock elements with their parameters allowing the user to modify the settings and
see the outputs
 Diagram view allows easy navigation and displays important settings and frequencies

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 Peripheral Clock view which contains the list of peripherals - if a chain in form of selector,
divider and gate is found, an entry is created
 Find clock elements settings that fulfills given requirements for outputs

Figure 4: Clocks Tool

 Find near value for clock frequencies

Figure 5: Clocks Tool – Find near value

 Reverse frequency calculation onto fractional elements in clocks path

Figure 6: Clocks Tool – Fractional elements

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 Allow automatic update of enable state for clock elements based on power modes
 Re-order tabs in Clock perspective, Clocks Diagram and Peripherals Clock views have focus
 Easy to find elements in clock tree, use Find hotkey to search for elements

Figure 7: Clocks Tool – find elements

 Export Clock diagram

Figure 8: Clocks Tool – Export diagram

 Add support for zoom on cursor in Clocks Diagram

2.3 Peripherals Tool

Peripherals Tool offers support to initialize, configure peripherals and generate code for S32 SDK drivers.
Two S32 SDK are supported:

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 S32 SDK for S32V23x 1.0.0 RTM release

 S32 SDK for S32S2 0.8.0 EAR release

Figure 9: Peripherals Tool

Other capabilities are listed next:

 Configuration and initialization for SDK drivers

 User friendly user interface allowing to inspect and modify settings
 Smart configuration component selection along the SDK drivers used in toolchain project

Figure 10: Peripherals Tool – SDK components

 Generation of initialization source code using SDK function calls

 Multiple function groups support for initialization alternatives

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 Configuration problems are shown in Problems view and marked with decorators in other views

 Instant validation of basic constraints and problems in configuration

Figure 11: Peripherals Tool – constraints

 Missing drivers are added to project with one click using dedicated option

Figure 12: Peripherals Tool – SDK Component Management, add files

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 Manage SDK Components in sync with Peripherals view

Figure 13: Peripherals Tool – SDK Component Management

 Move generated files to project for all tools

Figure 14: Peripherals Tool – Update Code

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 Help mechanism for peripheral components

Figure 15: Peripherals Tool – Show documentation

2.4 Device Configuration Data Tool

Device Configuration Data (DCD) tool generates the DCD image using the format and constraints
specified in the BootROM reference manual. BootROM reads and interprets the DCD image to configure
various peripherals on the device. The location of the DCD is determined by the pointer in Image Vector
Table (IVT) image.

DCD contains three types of commands:

 Write, write a list of bytes
 Check, test a list of bytes
 Nop, has no effect

Figure 16: DCD Tool – Commands

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There are two views:

 Binary view displays DCD image in a binary format
 DCD Command view

Figure 17: DCD Tool – Views

Device configuration records can be saved in a variety of formats (C array, binary and proprietary .mex
format):

Figure 18: DCD Tool – Export image

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Values can be reset to processor’s defaults:

Figure 19: DCD Tool – Reset to Defaults

All reserved memory segments are set to 0xFF.

2.5 Image Vector Table Tool

Image Vector Table (IVT) tool configures and generates the IVT image, the first data structure that
BootROM reads from boot device. The IVT contains the required data components like image entry
point, pointer to DCD and other pointers used by the BootROM during boot process.

User can start the configuration using three views:

 Boot Configuration panel allows configuration of boot specific options
 Image Table view allows configuration of IVT pointers by selecting size and start address
 Memory Layout is a graphical representation of the memory to visualize the IVT segments

IVT tool segments can be automatically aligned to eliminate overlaps.

Figure 21: IVT Tool – Align

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Application bootloader image can be generated and a pre-validation mechanism is used.

Figure 20: IVT Tool – Application Boot Image

Control mechanism for reserved sections and pointers will be set to 0xFFFFFFFF.

Figure 23: IVT Tool – Reserved pointers

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Exporting all existing images as Blob file including IVT.bin, DCD.bin, HSE.bin, Application_bootloader.bin
etc. is also possible.

Figure 22: IVT Tool – Export Blob Image

The currently available export options are:

 Exporting IVT Image as binary
 Exporting IVT Image as C code
 Exporting Blob Image as binary
 Exporting Application Bootloader sub-image as binary

Figure 24: IVT Tool – Export image

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3 S32 Design Studio Integration

3.1 Open S32 Configuration Tool

To get using S32 Configuration tools user must first setup a project in S32 Design Studio. This is done
from File > New > S32DS Application Project.

Figure 25: Open S32 Configuration Tool

You will then be prompted to Create a S32 Design Studio Project wizard. There you must choose Project
name, Project location and Processor used.

Figure 26: Integration - Create Project

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Next user must Select required cores and parameters for them. Here you will choose preferred SDK from
the ones installed.

Figure 27: Integration – Select SDK

By clicking on Finish the project is all setup. To open S32 Configuration Tool views right-click on the
project and go to S32 Configuration Tool option or select the same option from the upper toolbar.

Figure 28: Integration – Open configuration

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3.2 Add SDK drivers to project

When the configuration is opened in one of the S32 Configuration tools’ perspectives, user can just
choose “Manage SDK components” button from the toolbar.

Figure 29: Integration – Open Manage SDK Components

After the option is selected, a dialog with the supported S32 SDK components is displayed:

Figure 30: Integration – Manage components

The available options that can be selected are:

 Copy sources - if checked, sources are copied to the workspace project, otherwise they are
linked from existing sources in the SDK.
 Import other files - if checked, other files listed in the SDK components and/or example.xml will
be imported.
 Sync with Peripherals Tool Configuration view, automatic add/remove components - if true, for
each dependency, if available, in Peripherals Tool Configuration the drivers will be
added/removed only if the configuration for the selected project is opened.

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When “OK” button is pressed, a pop-up with all the drivers’ sources are shown for each operation, add
to project or remove from project:

Figure 31: Integration – Add/remove drivers from project

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