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Using the ADS1298RECG-FE Software
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SBAU181B – March 2011 – Revised Janurary 2016
Copyright © 2011–2016, Texas Instruments Incorporated
ADS1298R
3.1
Application User Menu
The application user menu is located along the top of the application menu. It consists of two items:
File
and
Help
.
File
Menu (see
)
The
File
menu provides several options:
•
Capture Screen
takes a screen capture of the current view of the application and saves it as to a
file specified by the user.
•
Save Configuration Settings
saves the current states of the ADS1298R control registers for
reloading at a later time. This file is different from the save register on the
Save
tab (see
), which saves the current register map to a tab-delimited text file.
•
Load Configuration Settings
loads a previously save configuration setting file and initializes the
hardware and software to the settings within the configuration file. The configuration file must be a
file saved previously from this application using the Save Configuration Settings command, not a
file from the
Save
tab.
•
Exit
closes the application.
Help
Menu (see
The
Help
menu provides the
About
option, which display the software and firmware version that is
currently being used. Please have this information if you need to request assistance or have a question
regarding the software or hardware.
Figure 4. User Menu - File Item
Figure 5. User Menu - Help Item
3.2
Top-Level Application Controls
Several controls/indicators are located along the top of the UI screen (see
). The controls and
indicators are described below.
Figure 6. Top Level Controls
The
Data Rate
indicator displays the current data rate of the ADS1298R. The data rate can be configured
in CONFIG1 control register (see
).
The
Progress
indicator will display the current progress of data transfer to the PC during acquisition
cycles.
The
Samples/CH
control allows for the selection of the number of points, per channel, to collect during an
acquisition cycle. Keep in mind the value entered into this control in relation to the current data rate. Large
numbers of samples, coupled with slower data rates, can take time to acquire.
The
ACQUIRE
control starts the acquisition process. When pressed, the software will collect the
requested number of samples from the ADS1298R. All points collected during an acquisition process will
be contiguous points.