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ADS86xxEVM-PDK Kit Operation
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ADS86xxEVM-PDK Kit Operation
This section describes how to use the ADS86xxEVM-PDK and ADS86xxEVM GUI to configure the EVM
and acquire data.
7.1
About the Simple Capture Card
The simple capture card provides the USB interface between the computer and the ADS86xxEVM. The
controller board is designed around the AM335x processor, a USB 2.0, high-speed capability, 32-bit, ARM
core. The simple capture card incorporates an onboard FPGA subsystem and 256MB of onboard DDR
SRAM memory.
The simple capture card is not sold as a development board, and is not available separately. TI cannot
offer support for the simple capture card except as part of this EVM kit.
7.2
Loading the ADS86xxEVM GUI
The ADS86xxEVM GUI provides control over the settings of the ADS86xx family of devices mentioned in
. Adjust the ADS86xxEVM settings when the EVM is not acquiring data. During acquisition, all
controls are disabled and settings cannot be changed.
When you change a setting on the ADS86xxEVM GUI, the setting immediately updates on the board.
Settings on the ADS86xxEVM correspond to settings described in the
(available for download at
); see the product data sheet for details.
To load the ADS86xxEVM GUI, follow these steps:
Step 1.
Make sure the PDK kit is configured and powered up as explained in
Step 2.
Start the ADS86xxEVM GUI. Go to Start
→
All Programs
→
Texas Instruments
→
ADS86xx EVM
GUI and click
ADS86xx EVM GUI
to run the software.
Step 3.
Verify that the software detects the ADS86xxEVM. The GUI identifies the device on the EVM
that is connected to the controller and loads the settings. After the settings are loaded, the
GUI displays the device name followed by EVM on the top of the GUI window, as shown in
.
Step 4.
Verify that the
Connect to Hardware
box is checked on the top right corner and
HW
CONNECTED
is displayed with a green background on the bottom edge of the GUI window.
Figure 16. Start Page of the ADS86xxEVM GUI
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ADS86xxEVM-PDK Evaluation Module
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