Quick Start Guide

MK8000 EVB Quick Start Guide
Mauna Kea Semiconductor Confidential
Rev 0.3
October 14, 2022
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Figure 4 Tag connection
3.5 MKTool mode hardware setup
The MK8000 EVB MKTool mode needs two MK8000 EVBs and Windows laptops with MKTool
software installed. MKTool is a Windows application program developed by MKSEMI and used to
configure the chip and the EVB, perform and control the MK8000 chipset evaluation. It has a GUI
interface for configuration and results display. Both EVBs need to download the MKTool firmware to
perform the test.
MKTool application sends commands and receives responses and measurement results of MK8000
EVB through the serial port. Table 5 listed the details of the hardware connection in MKTool mode for
both Anchor and Tag sides.
Table 5 hardware settings for MKTool mode
MK8000 EVB
USB-to-serial
port adaptor
Operation
J105 (+) VCC Use flat ribbon wires to connect J105 (+) to VCC
J105 (-) GND Use flat ribbon wires to connect J105 (-) to GND
IO_5 RXD Use flat ribbon wires to connect IO_05 to RXD
IO_6 TXD Use flat ribbon wires to connect IO_06 to TXD