Test Setup
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SNVU685A – December 2019 – Revised June 2020
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LP8866EVM User's Guide
4. Click "Start" to go to the LED Control page (see
). On the LED Control page, the user can
control all the register based control functions of the device, like brightness control, current control, sloper
control, dither control, boost synchronization configuration and spread spectrum configuration.
Figure 5. LP8866EVM LED Control Page
2.6
Additional GUI Functions
In the selection tab on the left-hand side, the user can switch between LED Control, Monitor Faults,
Diagnostics and Register Map tabs. This section introduces GUI functions provided in the Monitor Faults,
Diagnostics and Register Map tabs.
2.6.1
Monitor Faults Page
From the Monitor Faults page (see
), the user has access to LP8866-Q1 fault status bits. Faults
can be cleared by software by clicking the "Clear All" button. Fault interrupt can be enabled or disabled
globally by toggling the "Interrupt All" button. Besides that, each fault interrupt and each fault status can be
controlled individually.