
Calibrator Software
1.7
Calibrator Software
A package of software is needed to access full functionality of the EVM. The EVM package comes with
the firmware pre-programmed into i2040 that allows the EVM to operate properly. The EVM also has a
software package that is on the disc that comes with the EVM or the user can download the package from
Texas Instruments web site. This section discusses the software in the software package and the
procedure to setup the software to operate with the EVM
1.7.1 Software Package Content
The ZIP file for the EVM consist of several packages includes :
•
PC Software tool to run on PC for reading and calibrating the EVM. The setup and operation of this PC
software tool is described in
and in
.
•
Source code and Embedded Metering Library. This will be discussed in
and
.
•
Hardware design files including schematic, layout and bill of materials (also see
1.7.2 Setting up the PC Software Tool
1.7.2.1
Minimum System Requirement
•
PC with RS232 port or a RS232 port through USB
•
PC running Microsoft Windows XP SP3 or Windows 7
The software tool has been tested to run properly on a Pentium M 1.4-GHz PC with 1.25GB of RAM
installed; thus, it is assumed that most of the computers today meet the processing power requirement.
1.7.2.2
Installing the Software
Extract the file named calibrator-runtime.zip into any folder. A folder named
calibrator-runtime
that
contains the necessary files to run the software tool is created. The file named calibrator-20121120.exe is
the executable file of the software tool. The file named calibrator-config.xml contains the setup information
for the software tool. Edit this XML file before calibrator-20121120.exe is launched (see
).
10
Getting Started
SLAU587 – August 2014
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