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User Guide
ACE SOFTWARE OPERATION
LAUNCHING THE SOFTWARE
To start the ACE evaluation software, open the Windows Start
menu and click Analog Devices > ACE. The software window con-
tinues loading until the software recognizes the AD4858 evaluation
board. When the software recognizes the board, double-click on the
icon in the Start view to open the main window seen in
For more detailed information about ACE, refer to the ACE user
guide
(Analysis | Control | Evaluation - ACE
Note the Power yellow LED (LD13) and the Done blue LED (LD12)
are turned on.
Figure 12. Board View
Chip View
Hover over the AD4858 symbol in the Board View and double click
to enter the Chip View
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Figure 13. Chip View
In this view, you can configure the AD4858 per channel SoftSpan ,
offset, gain, and phase values by left or right clicking the dark blue
symbols (see
Figure 14
and
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field from a drop-down window.
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15) by choosing the appropriate
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Figure 14. Setting the Per Channel SoftSpan Range
Figure 15. Setting the Per Channel Offset, Gain and Phase
Selecting the Configure Channels button allows for a global con-
figuration of the channel settings while the Proceed to Memory
Map radio button allows direct access and programing of the
AD4858 memory registers. Note that the Apply Changes button
must be selected each time a setting is changed to take effect.
ANALYSIS VIEW
Click Proceed to Analysis to navigate to the AD4858 Analysis
window. From here, choose the type of analysis to be performed
by selecting the Waveform tab, the FFT tab, or the Histogram tab.
Select options for Run Once or Run Continuous to begin captur-
ing data which will appear in the Results section and Waveform
plot window. Select channel results to be displayed in Displayed
Channels section (default is display all).
Waveform Tab
The Waveform tab displays data in the form of time vs. discrete
data values with the results, as shown in
EVAL-AD4858
Waveform
Tab.
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