Evaluation Board User Guide
UG-002
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MENU BAR OF MAIN WINDOW
File Menu
The
File
menu allows you to load a previously saved AD9551
setup file or to save a new AD9551 setup file. A setup file (.STP)
is a text file that contains the AD9551 register setup file, plus
any evaluation board settings.
To load a previously saved setup file, select
Load Setup
from
the
File
menu. Note that you must still perform a VCO
calibration. Alternatively, to save a new setup file, select
Save
Setup
from the
File
menu.
To exit the evaluation software, select
Exit
from the
File
menu.
However, note that no checking is done to ensure that the
existing setup is saved.
I/O Menu
The AD9551 evaluation system allows one PC to control
multiple evaluation boards. The
Select USB Device
window,
accessed by choosing
Select Evaluation Board
from the
I/O
menu, allows you to select which evaluation board the software
controls (see Figure 5). Click
Refresh List
to detect a recently
connected evaluation board.
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Figure 5. Select USB Device Window
Selecting
Configure Serial Port
from the
I/O
menu allows you
to control how the USB controller interacts with the AD9551 serial
port (see Figure 6) by configuring Register 0x00 (shown as 00H
in Figure 8).
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Figure 6. Serial Port Configuration Window
View Menu
The
Debug
window, accessed by selecting
Debug Window
from
the
View
menu, allows you to write and read registers directly and
to force the various configuration pins high or low (see Figure 7).
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Figure 7. Debug Window
The
Register Map Debug
window, accessed by selecting
Register Debug Window
from the
View
menu, allows you to
write and read registers (see Figure 8).
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Figure 8. Register Map Debug Window
Help Menu
Selecting
Help
from the
Help
menu opens the
About AD9551
window, which contains information such as revision number,
region information, and contact information.
