Quick Start GUI
(b) SW2: position one is ON (up) and position two is ON (up)
3. Connect a USB cable from J10 (on the board) to the host computer. LED1 on the board lights up
indicating that the USB is powered. Windows
®
then searches for a driver for the device. Windows
®
should locate the driver successfully, if the computer has CCS version 5, or prior versions, installed
which support XDS100 emulator. If the driver is not found, an installation prompt appears for the driver.
For installing the driver for USB to serial, do not let Microsoft
®
search for the driver. Instead download
the DRV8303EVM hardware and software folder from
. Browse to the following location in the
folder <DRV8303EVM Hardware and Software\USB Driver\XDS100 Drivers v1.0>. Windows
®
should
now be able to find and install the driver. If Windows
®
still does not find the driver, repeat the process
and point to the location pointed out previously. You may have to reboot the computer for the drivers to
come into effect. Once installed, check if the installation completed properly by browsing to control
panel > system > hardware > device manager and look for USB serial port under ports (COM & LPT).
Make note of this port number.
Windows should
4. Select the motor to spin and connect to the PH A, PH B, and PH C terminals on the board.
5. Connect an 8 to 60-V DC power supply at connector J3 between VM and GND.
6. Once the power is connected, the board powers up and LED3 (STATUS) on the DRV8303EVM board
becomes green.
4.2
Software Setup
The QSG GUI (InstaSPIN-BLDC_GUI_DRV83xx_v104.exe) can be located in the DRV8303EVM
hardware and software folder from
. Download the folder and browse to <DRV8303EVM Hardware
and Software\Application>. Once controlSUITE is installed, the GUI can also be found at the following
location: controlSUITE\development_kits\DRV830x-HC-C2-KIT_v104\~GUI.
The GUI requires Microsoft
®
.NET framework 3.5 SP1, or higher, to run. Please ensure this software is
installed before running this program. The kit ships with pre-flashed TMS320F28035 with the code that
enables interface to this GUI.
The microcontroller flash image can be re-flashed using CCS, if needed. Use the following steps to re-
flash the TMS320F28035 microcontroller with the .out file provided in the DRV8303EVM Hardware and
Software Folder:
1. Download the latest version of Code Composer Studio from
2. Ensure that the following switches (SW1 and SW2) are both in the ON (up) position
3. Connect the micro-USB cable and appropriate power supply to the DRV8303EVM. (The VM power
supply must be applied in order to power the JTAG programmer.)
4. Enable the power supply
5. Launch CCS and remove all other projects
6. Go to view > target configurations > user defined
7. Verify the proper target configuration is set as default, or create a new target configuration for your
device
8. Skip the rest of this section, if your target configuration is already properly set up and set at the default
9. Go to target > new target configuration
10. For the filename, set “xds100v1-TMS320F28035.ccxml”
11. For a new target configuration, the typical connection type is “Texas Instruments XDS100v1 USB
Emulator”
12. In the device section, select the TMS320F28035 device
13. Save configuration
14. Verify no targets are under the projects folder
15. Right click the desired target configuration and select launch target configuration
16. Go to target > connect target
17. Go to target > load program… > [Select the supplied .out file]
18. Terminate all. (Use the red square in the debug box)
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DRV8303EVM User Guide
SLVU983A – September 2013 – Revised October 2013
Copyright © 2013, Texas Instruments Incorporated