Detailed Description
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SLAU778A – June 2018 – Revised December 2018
Copyright © 2018, Texas Instruments Incorporated
DAC81408EVM
3.2
Software Description
This section describes the features of the DAC81408 EVM software, and discusses how to use these
features. The software provides basic control of all the registers and functions to the DAC81408 device.
3.2.1
Starting the Software
After the DAC81408 EVM 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
DAC81408 EVM
icon.
Figure 6. DAC81408EVM GUI Location
shows that the USB2ANY hardware is correctly connected because 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 7. DAC81408EVM GUI Connection Detection