Quick Start Guide

MK8000 EVB Quick Start Guide
Mauna Kea Semiconductor Confidential
Rev 0.3
October 14, 2022
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1. Open proper COM port number. Com port will be shown at left-bottom corner.
2. Click the “Ranging” Tab at the top of the GUI manual.
3. Select the “Tag” Role.
4. Click the “Restart” button to start the device as a Tag role in the measurement.
Figure 11 also shows the steps of configuration.
Figure 11 MKTool Mode Tag side configuration
5.1.2.2 Anchor configuration
The Anchor is an MK8000 EVB which connects to 4-element linear array antenna. To configure the
anchor, user needs to connect the EVB to the laptop and get a proper COM port number in Windows
Device Manager for this device and launch the MKTool application. In MKTool, do the following steps:
1. Open proper COM port number. Com port will be shown at left-bottom corner.
2. Click the “Ranging” Tab at the top of the GUI manual.
3. Select the “Anchor” Role.
4. Click the “Restart” button to start the EVB as an Anchor.
5. Click the “Location” Tab to show the measurement results dynamically.
Figure 12 also shows the steps of configuration.