EVKT-MACOM
– MAGALPHA COMMUNICATION KIT
EVKT-MACOM
www.MonolithicPower.com
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3/1/2018
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MACOM APP
The Macom software is a powerful and easy to use application to interact with the MagAlpha sensor
family. It provides a graphical visualization of the angle output and a convenient way to read and write
sensor parameters. In addition this App also offers the following features:
Register map overview (Read/Write sensor registers)
Import configuration script (JSON)
Export current configuration (JSON)
Save measurement data
Update EVKT-MACOM firmware (stored on LPC-Link2 Flash)
Sensor Auto Discovery (automatic detection of the available parameters and of the sensor
generation)
The Macom graphical user interface is divided in 3 areas:
The toolbar
The angle readback
The sensor parameters
Toolbar
Figure 23: Macom App Toolbar
Toolbar
Feature Name
Description
Connection
Switch On/Off the USB connection to the EVKT-MACOM. It also launches a sensor
auto discovery when connection is switched On (see
Sensor Parameters
).
Save Data
Save the latest 2000 measured angle in a csv file (can be also open natively by any
Spreadsheet applications like Excel).
Registers
Switch On/Off the registers overview window display (see Figure 24). This window provide
the overview of the complete register map in a glance. Users can switch between decimal,
hexadecimal and binary register value representation by using the dropdown button. It is
also possible to refresh all registers value by pressing the Read button.
Import
Import sensor register settings and/or Macom configurations from a JSON file.
Export
Export sensor register settings and Macom configurations to a JSON file.
