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EVALUATION BOARD SOFTWARE
The
AD5932
evaluation kit is available from the Analog Devices
website at www.analog.com. The
included in the evaluation kit on a CD, and is also available for
download at the
EVAL-AD5932EBZ
Install the evaluation software before connecting the evaluation
board to the USB port of the PC to ensure that the evaluation
board is correctly recognized when connected to the PC.
The evaluation software is compatible with Windows® XP (32-bit),
Windows Vista, and Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit).
INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE
To install the evaluation software, take the following steps:
1.
From the
EVAL-AD5932EBZ
the
AD5932
evaluation software .zip file. The evaluation
software is also included in the
a CD.
2.
Open the folder and double-click the setup.exe file to start
the installation procedure.
3.
When prompted, select the destination directory for the
AD5932
program and the National Instruments products.
By default, the files are saved to C:\Program Files\Analog
Devices\AD5932.
4.
When the directory has been selected, the installation
procedure copies the files into the relevant directories on
the hard drive. The installation program creates a program
group named Analog Devices with the subgroup AD5932
in the Start menu of the taskbar.
5.
Double-click the AD5932 icon to start the program. The
evaluation board is then automatically detected.
AD5932
evaluation software is
product page.
product page, download
AD5932
evaluation kit on
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EVAL-AD5932EBZ User Guide
USING THE SOFTWARE
To launch the software, click Start > All Programs > Analog
Devices > AD5932 > AD5932 Evaluation Software. The
AD5932
evaluation software is launched as a LabView GUI
(see Figure 2).
Figure 2. LabView GUI for
The upper half of the window provides the different control
register options for determining the output and operation mode
of the device. More details on all of these options can be found
in the
AD5932
data sheet.
After completing the control register write section, enter the
frequency of MCLK in Hertz (Hz). This value is then used
to calculate all frequency and time values throughout the
software.
Next, enter the values for the numeric registers: the start
frequency (f
), frequency increments (Δf), and number
START
of increments (N
).
INCR
Figure 3. Frequency Output
The values of the start frequency and the increment frequency
are entered in Hertz (Hz).
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