LMS7002M Quick Starter Manual for EVB7 kit
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Version: 2.2
Last modified: 29/09/2014
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Installing the LMS7002M Control Software
Introduction to installing the software
4.1
To operate the EVB7 board, the LMS7002M Control Software, “LMS7002M Control” has to be
downloaded from
and installed. The software consists of three parts.
The main LMS7002M control Software, which provides a GUI to control the chip.
The USB driver “USB to LMS7002M”, which provides an interface between the PC and
the EVB7 SPI microcontroller.
The EVB7 microcontroller firmware, which is preinstalled on the board prior to shipping.
Section 4.1 describes the how to download the software from the Lime Microsystems web page.
Sections 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4 describe the set up for the Windows Operating System. Section 4.2
describes the installing of the “USB to LMS7002M” driver. Section 4.3 describes the Windows
OS set up. Section 4.4 describes how to identify which USB port is being used.
Section 4.5 describes installing the USB driver in a typical Linux distribution. Section 4.6
describes how to start the “LMS7002M Control Software”.
Section 4.7 describes how to connect the EVB7 with the “LMS7002M Control Software” via the
USB interface.
A simple demonstration of the “LMS7002M Control Software” is given in Section 5. A detailed
description of the “LMS7002M Control Software” is given in Section 7.