Software Description
KT912F634UG User’s Guide Rev. 2.0 10/2013
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Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
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Software Description
8.1
Software Setup
The KIT912F634EVME is designed to communicate with the PC or notebook (as the master) via the USB
interface. The communication is bidirectional. The orders are sent from master, and the status information is
sent from the slave (kit) to the master. The communication methods are described in
Figure 6
. In order to enable
this communication, specific software has to be installed on the PC.
Figure 6. Communication Between the PC and the Target
The FreeMASTER software which enables communication with the EVM must be installed on a PC. More
information about this software can be found in the section “
FreeMASTER Graphical User Interface
” on page
18.
8.1.1
FreeMASTER Software Installation
Before running the application, it is necessary to install the FreeMASTER software included in the jump start
download. See section “
Jump Start
” on page 3.
System Requirements - PC Side
•
Computer: 486DX/66 MHz or higher processor
•
Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, WindowsNT4 with SP6, Windows 98
•
Required software: Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher. For selected features (e.g. regular expression-based
parsing), Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher is required
•
Hard drive space: 8.0 MB
Since the control page requires large data transfer (especially to display the analog values in real time), it is
advisable to use a computer with a more powerful processor.
After executing the following file “
FreeMASTER.exe
”,
the FreeMASTER application will install on the computer.
Follow the instructions for successful installation.
912F634
EVM Board
TBDML
interface
BDM
J101
USB
PC with
FreeMASTER
software
912F634
EVM Board
TBDML
interface
BDM
J101
USB
PC with
FreeMASTER
software
