Using the Evaluation Software
5.4
System Settings Tab (
Selecting this tab allows access to the controls of Buck1, Buck2, Comparator, LDO Sleep Mode, and
Interrupt pin polarity. It also shows a log of occurred events.
In the System
Interrupt
frame, the user can choose to enable the output monitor function in the
Enables
checkboxes and can observe the output
Status
bits. Also, if the
Poll status
checkbox is checked at lower
part of screen, this frame will get continuous status updates (1 update/sec).
In the
Buck1
and
Buck2
frames the user can set the output voltage of the buck regulator, enable
regulator for Buck1, or force it to PWM mode.
In the
Comparator
frame the user can
enable
the comparator, set the
threshold voltage
, and enable
hysteresis
.
The
Misc
frame contains controls for
LDO Sleep Mode
bit and
Interrupt pin polarity
.
5.5
Log Tab (
)
This tab records all SPI transfers. The user can copy write or read sequences to clipboard. The log
window can be cleared by pressing clear button.
5.6
Menus
Under “File” menu user can save and load contents of register map. Under “Tools” menu user can open
“Direct Register Access” dialog, shown in
Figure 4. Direct Register Access
Binary data may be written and read from the registers. Use hexadecimal values in address and data
fields. Correct data value can also be created by setting and clearing individual bits. Value is immediately
written to the device by pressing ‘Write’ button and read from the device by pressing ‘Read’ button. Next
to each bit is a description of that particular bit.
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