
PGA5807 GUI in Detail
The user is given the choice to
Continue in Simulation
or
Stop & Close
. If
Continue in Simulation
is
selected the PGA5807 GUI will install and all controls will “appear” to function as normal including the
DIGITAL WAVEFORM GRAPH-WRITE
which shows what is being written to the serial interface. When in
Simulation
mode the checkbox at the top right corner of the GUI will remain checked as shown in
Figure 53. PGA5807 GUI Simulation Mode Checkbox Indicator
5.1
Read Me First tab
The first tab presented when clicking the
PGA5807 GUI
tab is
Read Me First
as shown in
(
Simulation
checkbox will be unchecked if EVM is connected).
The two sections in the upper right corner of this tab,
SIMULATION
and
RECORD/PLAYBACK
COMMAND SEQUENCE
, are common to all tabs within the PGA5807 GUI. The
RECORD/PLAYBACK
COMMAND SEQUENCE
section allows the user to:
•
Record a sequence of commands
•
Save the sequence that was recorded to a file
•
Playback a sequence that was saved from a file
Once the
Record Sequence
button is pressed, the sequence of commands, or SPI writes, will appear
chronologically in the
Recorded Sequence
box at the bottom of this section as depicted in
.
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PGA5807A, 8-Channel, High-Bandwidth, Analog Front-End Evaluation
SLAU538 – October 2013
Module
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