UG-473
Evaluation Board User Guide
Rev. 0 | Page 10 of 20
SOFTWARE OPERATION
The main window of the
EVAL-AD5141DBZ
software has two
tabs,
Visual Mode
and
Manual Control
.
Visual Mode
The
Visual Mode
tab is divided into the following sections:
ALL CHANNELS COMMANDS
,
INDIVIDUAL CHANNEL
COMMANDS
, and a block diagram that contains boxes for
changing the control register values and buttons and for controlling
the hardware pins.
The
ALL CHANNELS COMMANDS
section allows you to
send quick commands directly to the
AD5141
.
The
INDIVIDUAL CHANNEL COMMANDS
section allows
you to send quick commands to only specific channels of
the
AD5141
.
The block diagram allows you to update the control register
status. Each register value can be easily updated by changing the
value in its respective block within the diagram. In addition,
buttons are available that allow you to change the level of some
hardware pins.
Manual Mode
The
Manual Mode
tab, as shown in Figure 10, allows you to
customize an I
2
C data-word by manually switching the scroll
bars from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0, as desired, and then clicking
SEND DATA
.
1
1010-
021
Figure 10. Manual Mode
