Detailed Description
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SLAU805 – July 2019
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DAC53401EVM
3.2
Software Description
This section describes the features of the DAC53401 EVM software, and discusses how to use these
features. The software provides basic control of all the registers and functions to the DAC53401 device.
3.2.1
Starting the Software
To launch the software, locate the Texas Instruments folder in the
All Programs
menu, and select the
DAC53401 EVM
icon.
Figure 9. DAC53401EVM GUI Location
shows that if the Analog EVM Connector is connected correctly, the status bar at the bottom of
the screen displays
Hardware Connected
. If the Analog EVM Controller is not properly connected or not
connected at all, the status bar displays
Hardware not connected
. In case the
Hardware not connected
status persists even after the hardware is connected, go to
Options
→
Serial Port
, and change the port to
the other available port with the
(Texas Instruments)
or
ACCtrl
tag. Out of the two ports with these tags,
one port should connect.
Figure 10. DAC53401EVM GUI Connection Detection