Using the GUI Software
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SLOU481A – August 2017 – Revised October 2017
Copyright © 2017, Texas Instruments Incorporated
TAS5755MEVM Evaluation Module
3.7
Using the I
2
C Memory Tool
The GUI installation includes an I
2
C read-write interface, called the
Memory Tool
. Using the
Memory Tool
,
the device registers can manually be read or written to. The tool can either be opened using the GUI
menu (as shown in
), or can also be launched stand-alone even when the GUI window is not
opened, through the Windows
→
All-Programs
→
Texas Instruments Inc
→
I2C Memory tool option. The
stand-alone capability is especially convenient when an existing I
2
C file needs to be loaded to update
device registers or when performing I
2
C debug.
shows a snap-shot of the
Memory Tool
window. Click the
I
2
C
tab at the top to view the
Read/Write
and
Execute I2C Command File
options. For Read operation, provide register sub-address
and register size (length) in bytes. Clicking on the
Read
button displays the contents of the register in the
Data
window. For a
Write
operation, provide the data to be written in the
Data
field, and then click the
Write
button.
The
Memory Tool
can also be used to load a pre-defined I
2
C register file. Clicking the browse button on
the bottom-right allows the user to browse to the location of the I
2
C script file, after selecting the desired
file, clicking the Execute button, implements the register write operations specified in the file.
Figure 21. I
2
C Memory Tool