PD Micro - USB-C PD3.0 PPS Trigger

Description

USB PD3.0 introduces a new PPS (Programmable Power Supply) mode. If PD power source support PPS, It allows devices to negotiate precise voltage range from 3.3V to 5.9/11/16/21 V with 20 mV step. Being a programmable power supply, PPS supports a coarse current limit, with the value in 50 mA step.

PD Micro is the first Arduino-compatible board with USB Type-C Power Delivery and PD3.0 PPS support. The output voltage can be easily programmed with Arduino sketches.

The software library is newly-implemented, targeted for sink-only devices. It is compact enough to fit inside the ATmega32U4 controller and consumes less than half of the total memory and flash space.

Details

Introduction:

This project was created with the goal of creating a compact, portable USB PD library for sink only devices. I went through all available open-source or vendor-provided PD libraries, they are enormous and difficult to implement on small projects.

To tackle this, I study the PD specification, PD PHY chip datasheet, re-write everything without reference to any existing resource. The result is a 3 source file, 3 header library with less than 2000 lines of code in total, consume less than 8k Flash, and 1k RAM in ATmega32U4.

Campaign:

This project is small. Hardware and software codes are ready. I put all details in GitHub. I started a campaign in crowd supply. If you like the project, please support it. I will release all the design files in the last week of the campaign.

Specifications:

Power
- USB PD2.0 Fixed Power of 5, 9, 12, 15, or 20 V at a maximum of 5 A (100 W at 20 V)
- USB PD3.0 PPS provides 3.3V-21V output in 20mV step
- USB Type-C port (for power delivery and programming)
  - FUSB302 USB Type-C PHY (USB PD communication on CC pins)
  - ESD protection on D+/D-/CC1/CC2 pins
- TPS62175 DC-DC for efficient 5-20 V output
- 3.5 mm, 2 position terminal block for power output
- Four-layer PCB with ground plane and 3 mm wide VBUS trace
Microcontroller: ATmega32U4 running at 5 V and 16 MHz
I/O: pin-compatible with Pro Micro
- 8x 10-bit ADC pins
- 12x Free Digital I/Os
- 5x GND pins
- 3x VBUS pins (USB-C power)
- 1x 5 V pin (DC-DC output)
PD Status LEDs:
- TX / RX activity
- 5 LED for power delivery voltage level
- 3 LED for power delivery current level
Reset button
Size: 1.6 x 0.7 inches (extra 0.3 inches for power connector pins)
Programming: through USB via the Arduino IDE using the default Arduino Leonardo board setting

Files

PD_Micro_schematic-2020-06-01.pdf

Adobe Portable Document Format - 84.70 kB - 01/04/2021 at 18:43

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Project Logs

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Kicad design files

Ryan Ma • 01/25/2021 at 16:18 • 0 comments

I uploaded all the KiCad design files to GitHub.

Firmware Update 2021-1-26

Ryan Ma • 01/25/2021 at 16:14 • 0 comments

I did some major code refactoring for the logging function. Now it supports raw packet data printout. Serial output and logging are asynchronous. There is minimal impact on PD timing when logging is enabled.

Firmware Update 2021-1-14

Ryan Ma • 01/14/2021 at 15:42 • 0 comments

I updated the library to support logging source capabilities and protocol packets name to serial port during PD negotiation.

Discussions

a.vailcross wrote 08/22/2023 at 20:42

Hello Ryan, let's be modern people and adress the issue of how to transfer data with help such devices also. It seems clear that D+,D- pins are going to the main IC but what happens after?I need capability to provide 12V from laptop to portable synhesiser via USB c PD but also be able to send data back and forth from the synth to my computer via data pins. Is it possible to do that? What happens on data pins?

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CentyLab wrote 08/08/2023 at 17:50

As this board has been out for a while, I am working on something that hopefully suits as a better replacement. Hope to have the first test run in around 2 weeks.

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Gustavo Laureano wrote 07/14/2023 at 10:06

Hi @Ryan Ma o just found your project and it is exactly what I was needing, do you still have hardware available? I could not find to buy 😕

Thank you!

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CentyLab wrote 08/30/2023 at 07:50

I cant find his stock anywhere so I have decided to continue with his idea. Check it out at:

https://hackaday.io/project/192576-picopd-bring-usb-pd30-to-rp2040-chip

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Wis wrote 05/09/2021 at 15:44

Can this be used to replace the M1 Mac Mini's comically large (relative to motherboard) AC/DC PSU, so I can power the Mac Mini off a USB-PD powerbank?

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gyb_flying wrote 05/08/2021 at 13:41

Hi, I found the FUSB302 only support PD 2.0 ,are you sure the hardware can support PPS 20mV

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Ryan Ma wrote 05/09/2021 at 11:01

Yes, PD3.0 protocol can mostly be supported using PD2.0 physical layer, as most hand shake protocols are still short messages, including PPS.

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gyb_flying wrote 05/10/2021 at 01:47

Got it ,you mean that you directly send the PD3.0 protocol just use the phy as pipe,so you need to analyze the protocol by yourself,is that right

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Ryan Ma wrote 05/10/2021 at 02:26

FUSB302 is just a phy pipe. It does not handle protocol layer except CRC responses. The rest of the protocol are all handled in MCU side. Which is why you can extend FUSB302 to support most PD3.0 protocol.

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gyb_flying wrote 05/10/2021 at 02:49

I see,thanks. i will consider transplanting to STM32 and merge these with current detect project.Since it is very useful.

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Emre Özkan wrote 01/16/2021 at 21:43

Hi! Very nice design, I'm just starting to use type c and specs are very good.

Might be off topic but your KiCad renders are looks very good. When I try to render from top view, the colors are gets brighter and looks bad. Can you share your render settings?

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Ryan Ma wrote 01/18/2021 at 10:19

I set it to top view / bottom view, disable orthographic projection, and run ray tracing render view.

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PD Micro - USB-C PD3.0 PPS Trigger

Description

Details

Introduction:

Campaign:

Specifications: