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AS7421 Evaluation Kit
Quick Start Guide
26/08/2022
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  • Page 1 Sensing is life AS7421 Evaluation Kit Quick Start Guide 26/08/2022...
  • Page 2 AS7421 Evaluation Kit Quick Start Guide AS7421 EVK Contents AS7421 Sensor Board Setup AS7421 PC Software...
  • Page 3 Contents of the AS7421 Evaluation Kit AS7421 Evaluation Kit - Out of the box Out of the box – Flex cable – AS7421 Sensor board – Unicom Board – micro USB to USB cable – Reference Target – USB Flash Drive...
  • Page 4 Contents of the AS7421 Evaluation Kit AS7421 Evaluation Kit The AS7421 Evaluation (Eval) Kit is designed to evaluate all the functions of the AS7421 64-Channel Spectral NIR sensor. The Eval Kit contains two boards: the AS7421 sensor board in Fig. 1) and the Unicom microcontroller board Fig.
  • Page 5 AS7421 Sensor Board Introduction Fig. 3: Fig. 2:...
  • Page 6 Getting Started 1. Connect the AS7421 sensor board with the Unicom microcontroller board via the flex cable provided. 2. To install the “AS7421 Windows Demo GUI” software on your computer, start the executable “Setup.exe” and follow the installation instructions 3. Then, connect the Unicom microcontroller board to a PC via the micro USB cable.
  • Page 7 AS7421 PC Software GUI Overview – Main menu areas – Settings area – Header line area – Plotting area Fig. 5: AS7421 GUI Overview of the main areas NOTE: Please refer to the AS7421 User Guide for detailed information on these areas.
  • Page 8 – Settings tab – Export tab – Calibration tab – Measurement/Teaching tab – Measurement Data tab – Status bar Fig. 6: AS7421 GUI Overview of the Settings area NOTE: Please refer to the AS7421 User Guide for detailed information on these tabs.
  • Page 9 AS7421 PC Software Starting a measurement – connecting the AS7421 Eval board 1. Firstly, connect the evaluation board to your computer using a micro USB cable according to the procedure – the board will register as a from the previous page virtual COM port in Windows.
  • Page 10 8. Afterward, the software will show the spectrum of the measured target. 9. In the lower-left corner it is possible to choose between different measured spectral data drawings and calculations. Fig. 8: AS7421 Demo GUI with a measurement...
  • Page 11 Sensing is life...