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Evaluating Performance with the ADCPro Software
10.1 Using the ADS1278EVM-PDK Plug-in
10.1.1
Channel Enable Tab
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Evaluating Performance with the ADCPro Software
The evaluation software is based on ADCPro, a program that operates using a variety of plug-ins. (The
ADS1278EVM plug-in is installed as described in the installation section,
To use ADCPro, load an EVM plug-in and a test plug-in. To load an EVM plug-in, select it from the
EVM
menu. To load a test plug-in, select it from the
Test
menu. To unload a plug-in, select the
Unload
option
from the corresponding menu.
Only one of each kind of plug-in can be loaded at a time. If you select a different plug-in, the previous
plug-in is unloaded.
The ADS1278EVM-PDK plug-in for ADCPro provides complete control over all settings of the ADS1278. It
consists of a tabbed interface (see
), with different functions available on different tabs. These
controls are described in this section.
You can adjust the ADS1278EVM settings when you are not acquiring data. During acquisition, all
controls are disabled and settings may not be changed.
When you change a setting on the ADS1278EVM plug-in, the setting immediately updates on the board.
Settings on the ADS1278EVM correspond to settings described in the
; see
the ADS1278 data sheet (available for download at
) for details.
Because the effective data rate of the ADS1278 depends upon settings of the Clock Freq and Operating
Mode, the
Data Rate
indicator in the upper right corner of the plug-in interface is always visible and
updates whenever a setting changes that affects the data rate.
The ADS1278 can acquire data from one to eight channels simultaneously. The
ChannelEnable
tab (as
shown in
) provides the control to turn each channel on or off.
Figure 25. Channel Enable
SBAU129C – November 2007 – Revised July 2008
ADS1178EVM, ADS1278EVM, ADS1178EVM-PDK, and ADS1278EVM-PDK
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