SLEU121 February   2022 DRV8410

 

  1.   Abstract
  2.   Trademarks
  3. 1Introduction
    1. 1.1 Overview
    2. 1.2 Features
  4. 2Connection Descriptions
  5. 3EVM Setup Guide
    1. 3.1 Hardware Setup
    2. 3.2 GUI Installation
  6. 4GUI Overview
  7. 5Operating Modes
    1. 5.1 Stepper Motor
    2. 5.2 Brushed DC Motor

3.2 GUI Installation

  1. Go to dev.ti.com/gallery and search for DRV841xEVM-GUI to use the web based GUI or to download the GUI and install locally to the computer. Note that to use the web based GUI, the TICloudAgent Bridge browser extension is required to be installed. Special permissions from your company's firewall may be required to install this addon. For better performance, use a Chrome based browser.
  2. After clicking the link above, there is the option of using the GUI on the web browser or download the installer to run the GUI locally. Clicking the empty space above the title "DRV841xEVM-GUI" will open the GUI on a different tab. Hovering the mouse over the GUID-20220907-SS0I-MWVP-PSP8-F4CVV1CXLHGP-low.png icon will display a pop-up window to download the installer for the PC platform (Linux, Mac, or Windows). Optionally, the GUI composer runtime can be downloaded here or during the installation of the GUI. The preferred method is to install the GUI composer runtime during the GUI installation.

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      Figure 3-1 GUI on dev.ti.com
  3. Open, extract the ZIP folder, and double click on the .exe to run the installer. The following window will appear. Click on "Next" to continue.

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      Figure 3-2 GUI Installer Start Window
  4. Read and accept the license agreement. Click "Next".
  5. Keep the Application and Runtime directories to default locations. Click "Next" to install the GUI.

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      Figure 3-3 Default GUI and Runtime Install Location
  6. After successful installing the GUI. The following window will appear. Check the "Create Desktop Shortcut" box to save a shortcut to the desktop. Otherwise, the GUI executable is found on the application directory from step 5.

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      Figure 3-4 Window After Sucessful Installation
  7. Now the GUI has been successfully installed. Section 4 provides an overview of the GUI and how to use it.