
NXP Semiconductors
UM11623
PCA9959HN-ARD evaluation board
6 Installing and configuring software tools
PCA9959HN-ARD evaluation board is designed and built as a daughter board able to
work with a mother board equipped with an Arduino port. The board was built to be fully
compatible with the following NXP evaluation boards:
•
MIMXRT1050-EVK
•
LPC55S69-EVK
•
8MMINILPD4-EVK
Each of the above evaluation/development boards is supported by firmware that can
be downloaded from the NXP site (
). Before beginning to use a paired
EVK – PCA9959HN-ARD configuration, the EVK motherboard must be programmed
with the corresponding firmware package. Additionally, a GUI application (Windows 10)
is available for download from the NXP site, allowing rapid testing and operation of the
PCA9959HN-ARD daughter board in conjunction with the EVK. The GUI application
is common for all three EVKs and for the PCA995x LED Controller development card
family, manufactured by NXP (PCA9957, PCA9959, and PCA9955B ICs).
For details regarding installation of the EVK firmware and GUI host software, see
UM11581, Arduino shields GUI and firmware installation manual
Once the software is installed, the first step is to select the correct EVK from the
graphical interface. The board can then be controlled from the GUI interface. See
Section 7 "Configuring the hardware"
using the GUI software to operate the PCA9959HN-ARD.
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