EVAL-ADE7903EBZ User Guide
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EVALUATION BOARD SOFTWARE
The
EVAL-ADE7903EBZ
evaluation board is supported by
Windows®-based software that allows the user to access all the
functionality of the
ADE7903
.
The software communicates with the SDP-B Blackfin board
using the USB. The microcontroller communicates with the
ADE7903
ADC on the evaluation board to process the requests
sent from the PC.
INSTALLING THE DRIVERS
When using the
ADE7903
evaluation tools for the first time, a
driver must be installed to allow successful communication.
The driver
SDPDriversNET.exe
can be found in the evaluation
software package in the
SDP drivers
folder.
To install the driver, follow this procedure:
1.
When the Setup Wizard appears, click
Next
, and follow the
installation instructions.
Figure 10. SDP Drivers Setup
2.
When the installation is complete, click
Finish
to close the
window.
Connect the USB cable from the PC to the SDP-B Blackfin
board. Windows detects the device and locates the correct
driver automatically.
INSTALLING AND UNINSTALLING THE
ADE7903
EVALUATION SOFTWARE
The
ADE7903
evaluation software is supplied with the
evaluation software package. It contains the LabVIEW-based
program that runs on the PC. This program must be installed.
Before using the evaluation software on the PC for the first time,
run the installer. This installer is available in the
installation_files
folder. If a copy of LabVIEW 2010 is available on the PC, the
executable is provided in the
executable
folder. The LabVIEW
source files are provided in the
LabView_project\source
folder.
1.
To install the ADE7903 evaluation software, double-click
installation_files\setup.exe
to launch the setup program
that automatically installs all the software components,
including the uninstall program, and creates the required
directories.
2.
To launch the software, go to
Start
>
Programs
>
ADE7903
Evaluation Software
and click
ADE7903
Evaluation Software
.
Both the
ADE7903
evaluation software program and the NI
run-time engine can be uninstalled using the
Add/Remove
Programs
option in Control Panel.
1.
Before installing a new version of the
ADE7903
evaluation
software, first uninstall the previous version.
2.
From the Windows Control Panel, click
Add/Remove
Programs
.
3.
Select the program to uninstall and click
Add/Remove
.
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