Datasheet

EVAL-AD7294
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GETTING STARTED
SUMMARY OF THE SETUP SEQUENCE
This installation was carried out using the Windows XP®
operating system. The installation consists of the following
steps, which are described in detail in the sections that follow.
1. Install the AD7294 graphical user interface software,
which accompanies the evaluation board. Do not connect
the USB cable from the AD7294 evaluation board to the
computer USB hub at this stage. See the Installing the
Software section for more information.
2. Connect the USB port from the computer to the evaluation
board, and run the USB installation wizard. See the
Connecting the USB Cable section for more information.
3. Ensure that the appropriate links are made throughout the
evaluation board, and then power up the evaluation board.
See the Verifying the Links and Powering Up the Evaluation
Board section for more information.
4. Use the evaluation board software to operate the various
functions on the part.
INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE
1. Place the evaluation board software installation CD into
the CD drive of your computer and open My Computer.
2. Double-click the Disc Drive icon.
3. In the AD7294 Installation folder, double-click Setup.exe
(see Figure 2) and install the software on the hard drive of
your computer by using the installation wizard (see Figure 3).
It is recommended to install the software in the default
destination folder path, C:\Program Files\Analog Devices
Inc\AD7294.
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Figure 2. Select Setup.exe
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Figure 3. AD7294 Setup, Choose Destination Location Window
4. Choose Analog Devices from the Select Program Folder
window (see Figure 4). If the Analog Devices folder does
not yet exist, create a folder called Analog Devices and add
the program icon to this new folder (see Figure 5).
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Figure 4. AD7294 Setup, Select Program Folder Window
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Figure 5. Add the Program Icon
5. After installing the software, remove the CD from the disc
drive.