Maxim Integrated Santa Cruz (MAXREFDES23) - Manual (Page 3)

Santa Cruz (MAXREFDES23#) Quick Start Guide
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1. Required Equipment
• PC with Windows® 7 (Verify with Balluff that your version of Windows is
supported before purchasing their software.)
• Santa Cruz (MAXREFDES23#) board
• One Balluff USB IO-Link® master (silver box) with corresponding USB and power
cables. This must be purchased separately.
• Balluff IO-Link Device Tool (tested with version 2.11.1 and comes with the Balluff
USB IO-Link master)
• One IO-Link cable (yellow). This must be purchased separately.
• RD23_RL78_V01_XX.ZIP (Renesas-RL78-Maxim-Sample-20131007-
IODD1.0.1.xml), where XX = minor version
2. Overview
Below is a high-level overview of the steps required to quickly get the Santa Cruz
design running by connecting it to the Balluff USB IO-Link master and Balluff software.
Detailed instructions for each step are provided in the following pages. The Santa Cruz
(MAXREFDES23#) subsystem reference design will be referred to as Santa Cruz
throughout this document.
1) Connect the A-to-B Type USB cable from the PC and yellow IO-Link cable to the
Balluff USB IO-Link master (silver box with part number BNI USB-901-000-A501)
as shown in Figure 1.
2) Connect the Santa Cruz light sensor board to the other side of the yellow IO-Link
cable. Make sure the green LED is lit as shown in Figure 2. The red and yellow
LEDs do not need to be lit.
3) Download the latest “all design files” RD23V01_XX.ZIP file located at the Santa
Cruz page.
4) Extract the RD23V01_XX.ZIP file to a directory on your PC.
5) Install the Balluff IO-Link Device Tool.
6) Add the Santa Cruz light sensor as a device into the Balluff IO-Link Device Tool.
7) Connect to the Santa Cruz by pressing the online connection button.