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Evaluating the EVM with GUI
13.1.5
Designer GUI Overview
The Designer GUI has four tabs on the left side of the workspace, as shown in
Design, Monitor, and Status. After launching the GUI, the default tab is the Monitor tab. To open one of
the three tabs, simply click on the desired tab.
Each tab of the EVM GUI has a different role. Configure configures the EVM settings through PMBus
command. Design creates tuning control-loop parameters. Monitor monitors the board operation. Status
shows faults and warnings that may occur.
13.2 Operation Monitoring
When the designer GUI launches, the Monitor tab is presented by default as shown in
provides a quick overview of operation status with some changeable settings. This tab also provides an
oscilloscope-type plot view in real-time operation. The number of scope windows is adjusted by checking
or un-checking the square boxes in the upper-left of the Monitor tab. Click on a box to show or hide the
selected scope-plot windows.
13.3 Operation Status
Click the Status tab below the Monitor tab (see
Figure
45. All grayed entries are candidates that can be implemented. Those candidates in black
represent current-operation status which indicate potential operation issues with either warning or fault
indications. If a fault occurred, the corresponding entry is highlighted in red. Warnings, although not
considered faults, remind the user that those entries could require attention.
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Using the UCD3138PSFBEVM-027
Figure 45. Designer GUI Status
Figure
44) to view the EVM operation status shown as in
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Figure
44: Configure,
Figure
44. This tab
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