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Option 2: Aardvark Adapter and Text-Mode Script
In this section, the information needed to program the TS8000x using the Aardvark I2C/SPI Adapter
Board and Semtech Text-Mode Script will be provided. First, the preliminary steps of obtaining the
adapter board and downloading and installing the software will be considered. Next, setting up the
hardware and using the Text-Mode Script to download the firmware image will be detailed.
For clarity, the material presented here is in full detail with graphics included. At the end of this document,
a shorthand, 'checklist' version of these instructions is provided which many users should find to be
sufficiently detailed to document the steps involved in a much more condensed format.
Hardware Required
The Aardvark I2C/SPI Adapter kit may be obtained from
Software Installation
1. On a PC running Windows XP or greater, go to the Semtech website:
TS80002_Programming.zip
5. Save the file
TS80002_Programming.zip,
6. Extract the files within
your choice.
7. Under the directory you installed the new files in, navigate to the subdirectory:
\TS80002_Programming\fw_flash_Semtech_v1.0\Aardvark USB Driver
TotalPhaseUSB-v2.12.exe
8. Unzip
TotalPhaseUSB-v2.12.exe
9. Double-click
below to install the Aardvark interface driver software.
TS8000x Programming Guide
Rev 0.9
Sep 2016
http://www.totalphase.com/
to your PC.
with subdirectories maintained, to the directory of
TotalPhaseUSB-v2.12.zip
from
to launch the driver installation wizard. Follow the instructions
www.semtech.com
www.semtech.com
2. In the "Enter
keyword or Part No
search box, enter
TS80000
3. Click on the
Docs & Resources
tab
4. Under "Tools &
Software" click on
TS8000x
Programming using
text-mode script
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