
Detailed Description
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SLAU795 – November 2018
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DAC80501EVM
3.2
Software Description
This section describes the features of the DAC80501 EVM software, and discusses how to use these
features. The software provides basic control of all the registers and functions to the DAC80501 device.
3.2.1
Starting the Software
After the DAC80501EVM software is installed, a restart may be required by Windows. To launch the
software, locate the Texas Instruments folder in the
All Programs
menu, and select the
DAC80501 EVM
icon.
Figure 5. DAC80501EVM GUI Location
shows that If the USB2ANY is correctly connected, the status bar at the bottom of the screen
displays
HARDWARE CONNECTED
. If the USB2ANY is not properly connected or not connected at all,
the status bar displays
DEMO
. If the GUI is not displaying the
HARDWARE CONNECTED
status while the
USB2ANY is connected, unplug and reconnect the USB2ANY and relaunch the GUI software.
Figure 6. DAC80501EVM GUI Connection Detection