Demo/Emulation Manual
NLP-5x Toolkits
© 2010 Sensory Inc.
P/N 80-0314-A
5
Getting Started
Step One: Installing USB Drivers
The NLP-5x Demo/Emulation board uses the FT232B(L) USB UART IC chip manufactured by Future
Technology Devices Int’l (FTDI). In order to interface to a PC, you need to download and install their USB
drivers. These drivers make the NLP-5x Demo/Emulation board appear as a Virtual COM Port. If you have
used other Sensory boards in the past, you may already have drivers installed that will work with the NLP-5x
Demo/Emulation board.
To download the driver, refer to:
http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
For installation instructions, refer to:
http://www.ftdichip.com/Documents/InstallGuides.htm
For more information, refer to the Future Technology Devices Int’l website at:
http://www.ftdichip.com
In the above installation guides, you will be instructed to “connect the device to a spare USB port on your PC”. In
our case, this “device” is the Demo/Emulation board. The USB circuit for the PC loader is powered from the USB
connector, so you do not need to turn on the Demo/Emulation board. Simply connect the USB cable to the USB
connector located on the
bottom
of the board near the lower-left corner, which is
labeled “PC LOADER”
. There are
three USB connectors near the lower-left corner, so be careful to connect to the correct one.
Note:
The port number assigned to the Virtual COM Port may change if you plug the USB cable into a different
USB connector on your computer!
Note:
If a problem occurs with the USB connection to the NLP-5x Demo/Emulation board, try connecting the
USB cable to a different connector on your computer, and try to bypass USB hubs if possible.
Uninstalling USB Drivers
If you need to remove the drivers, go to the Windows Control Panel, choose “Add or Remove Programs”, and
then remove “FTDI USB Serial Converter Drivers.”
Step Two: Installing Sensory Tools
We recommend that you read all of the documents available in this archive before attempting to install
any software or connect the Demo/Emulation board to your PC.
1) Navigate to the Main Window in the installer program.
2) Click “Install FluentChip™ 5” This will install Sensory’s speech technology libraries.
3) Click “Install QuickSynthesis™5”. This will install the tool that allows you to compress speech files for
playback.
4) Click “Install SensoryLoader5.” This will allow you to download demos and applications from your PC to the
Demo/Emulation board.
