Evaluating Performance With The Adcpro Software - Texas Instruments ADS8638EVM-PDK User Manual

Evaluating Performance with the ADCPro Software

7 Evaluating Performance with the ADCPro Software
The evaluation software is based on ADCPro, a program that operates using a variety of plug-ins. (The
ADS8638EVM plug-in is installed as described in the
To use ADCPro, load an EVM plug-in and a test plug-in. To load an EVM plug-in, select it from the EVM
menu. To load a test plug-in, select it from the Test menu. To unload a plug-in, select the Unload option
from the corresponding menu. Only one of each kind of plug-in can be loaded at a time. If you select a
different plug-in, the previous plug-in is unloaded.
7.1 Using the ADS8638EVM-PDK Plug-in
The ADS8638EVM-PDK plug-in for ADCPro provides complete control over all settings of the ADS8638. It
consists of a tabbed interface, with different functions available on different tabs. These controls are
described in this section.
You can adjust the ADS8638EVM settings when you are not acquiring data. During acquisition, all
controls are disabled and settings may not be changed.
When you change a setting on the ADS8638EVM plug-in, the setting immediately updates on the board.
Settings on the ADS8638EVM correspond to settings described in the
(available for download at www.ti.com).
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