KT33882UG, Rev. 1.0
Freescale Semiconductor
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Installing the Software and Setting up the Hardware
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Installing the Software and Setting up the Hardware
5.1
Installing SPIGen Freeware on your Computer
The latest version of SPIGen is designed to run on any Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista or XP-based operating system. To install the
software, go to
www.freescale.com/analogtools
and select your kit. Click on that link to open the corresponding Tool Summary Page. Look
for “Jump Start Your Design”. Download to your computer desktop the SPIGen software as well as the associated configuration file.
Run the install program from the desktop. The Installation Wizard guides you through the rest of the process.
To use SPIGen, go to the Windows Start menu, then Programs, then SPIGen, and click on the SPIGen icon. The SPIGen Graphic User
Interface (GUI) appears. Go to the file menu in the upper left hand corner of the GUI, and select “Open”. In the file selection window that
appears, set the “Files of type:” drop-down menu to “SPIGen Files (*.spi)”. (As an exceptional case, the file name may have a .txt
extension, in which case you should set the menu to “All Files (*.*)”.) Next, browse for the configuration file you saved on your desktop
earlier and select it. Click “Open”, and SPIGen creates a specially configured SPI command generator for your evaluation board.
The GUI is shown in
Figure 6
. The text at the top is the name of the configuration file loaded. The left side panel displays folders that group
user interfaces. The process of loading the configuration file has assigned a list of “Extra Pins” as well as a list “Quick Commands”, all of
which are board-specific.
Figure 6. SPIGen GUI
5.2
Installing CodeWarrior on your Computer
This procedure explains how to obtain and install the latest version of CodeWarrior 10.5 or greater.
Notes:
The sample software in this kit requires CodeWarrior 10.5 or greater. If CodeWarrior 10.5 or greater is already on your system,
the steps in this section can be skipped.
1.
Obtain the latest CodeWarrior 10.5 (or greater) installer file from
freescale.com/codewarrior
.
2.
Run the executable file and follow the instructions.
During the installation, there is a request to select components to install. This kit requires Kinetis which also must be installed. User must
install at least the Kinetis component. Select Kinetis and click on "Next" to complete the installation.
