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WARP User I/O Board | Trackball & Buttons

The user I/O board provides three kinds of input- a trackball, push buttons and a DIP switch. These components are shown here and described in detail below.

Trackball

The trackball is supplied by SparkFun Electronics. SparkFun also hosts a copy of the original datasheet.

The trackball contains five mechanical switches and has 8 pins tied to FPGA I/O via the daughtercard headers. The switches and their corresponding pins are illustrated below.

When the user scrolls the trackball up/down/left/right, the corresponding direction's switch alternates between closed and open. The switches for each axis (X and Y) share a common pin (XSCN and YSCN). The FPGA should drive these common pins high. The other pins are pulled low by discrete resistors on the User I/O Board. The FPGA can monitor these pins for a logic 1 to detect scrolling.

The trackball also has a switch to detect when the ball is pushed. This switch is normally open; when closed, it shorts pins SEL1 and SEL2. SEL1 should be driven high by the FGPA. SEL2 is pulled low and will show a logic 1 when the trackball is pushed.

The trackball input signals are debounced in hardware with simple RC circuits. It is recommended that user designs employ digital debouncing as well.

The pinout information for each button is listed below. The FPGA pins listed here correspond to WARP FPGA Board v1.2.

Trackball - Pinout

Signal Header Pin Slot 1 Pin Slot 2 Pin Slot 3 Pin Slot 4 Pin
XSCN 87 V4 AN7 AF33 M32
OX 88 V9 AE12 AG39 L36
OXn 89 U10 AL9 AJ39 N31
YSCN 95 T3 AL6 AE34 N30
OY 94 U9 AN6 AJ37 L37
OYn 92 T11 AG9 AH36 L35
SEL1 93 U4 AK8 AC30 M33
SEL2 90 V6 AM7 AJ38 L38

Push Buttons

There are 8 discrete push buttons on the User I/O Board. Six are miniture buttons along the left edge of the LCD screen. These buttons are ideal for applications where the LCD is used interactively. Two larger push buttons are provided for general use. All 8 buttons are tied to dedicated FPGA I/O via the daughtercard headers.

Each button is debounced in hardware with a simple RC circuit. It is recommended that user designs employ digital debouncing as well.

The pinout information for each button is listed below. The FPGA pins listed here correspond to WARP FPGA Board v1.2.

Big Buttons - Pinout

Button Header Pin Slot 1 Pin Slot 2 Pin Slot 3 Pin Slot 4 Pin
0 118 P3 AL2 AD34 P39
1 119 R2 AK3 AL39 P37

Small Buttons - Pinout

Button Header Pin Slot 1 Pin Slot 2 Pin Slot 3 Pin Slot 4 Pin
0 118 P3 AL2 AD34 P39
1 63 L5 AF5 AE30 V39
2 64 M7 AD8 AH30 R32
3 65 N2 AK1 AM34 T34
4 67 R11 AF6 AF29 T30
5 68 M2 AE7 AH29 U36

DIP Switch

The four position DIP switch provides four independent switches, each tied to a dedicated FPGA input. When the switch is pushed right (away from the LEDs), the FPGA will observe a logic 0; when pushed left, the FPGA will see logic 1.

The pinout information for each position is listed below. The FPGA pins listed here correspond to WARP FPGA Board v1.2.

DIP Switch - Pinout

Position Header Pin Slot 1 Pin Slot 2 Pin Slot 3 Pin Slot 4 Pin
0 42 K2 AE4 AL38 R38
1 43 K1 AL1 AJ36 R39
2 44 P4 AF3 AK37 R36
3 45 N3 AB9 AM38 R37
Last modified 16 years ago Last modified on Aug 5, 2008, 9:51:10 PM