User`s manual

AMBE-3000™-HDK Development Board
User’s Manual Version 1.1
Section 2 –
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Connectors, Test Points & Indicators
USB Connection
The USB 2 connection on the AMBE-3000™ HDK provides system setup, mode of operation and file
I/O via PC.
Figure 4 USB Connector
Control and operation of the HDK Board is done through the USB interface. To connect the AMBE-
3000™ HDK to a PC’s USB port, a USB “Type A to Mini-B” cable is required (included with the HDK).
To use the USB interface it is first necessary to install a USB driver.
The AMBE-3000™ HDK Board requires the TUSB3410/5052 device driver available from Texas
Instruments. TI’s USB driver is easy to install and is available to download from TI’s website
http://www.ti.com/lit/zip/sllc428
It is a Microsoft WHQL Certified VCP driver for Windows.
USB driver installation steps:
Step 1 Go to the link above and download the USB Driver (sllc428a.zip (3.6MB)) this file contains
TI_WDF_USBUART_SINGLE_DRIVER_V6.7.2.0_WHQL.exe. Note in order to download the file you
must be a “my.ti” registered user. Visit
https://myportal.ti.com/portal/dt?lt=myti&provider=TIPassLoginSingleContainer&goto=http%3A//focus.ti.
com/general/docs/interimdownload.jsp%3Fdest_url%3Dhttp%253A//focus.ti.com/general/docs/lit/getliter
ature.tsp%253FbaseLiteratureNumber%253Dswrc094%2526fileType%253Dzip for registration and
login information.
Step 2 Create a folder on your C:\ named HDK
Step 3 Unzip the sllc428a.zip file to this folder and run the setup.exe program to install the driver.
Step 4 Once the driver is installed the HDK Board can be connected to the PC via USB.
Step 5 Verify the driver is installed and working by checking what COM port it has been assigned.
To find this information use Windows “Device Manager“. To open Windows “Device Manager“
- Click Start, click Run, and then type "devmgmt.msc" (without the quotation marks).
NOTE: When using the USB Interface, connecting more than one HDK board to
the same PC at the same time could result in a MSWindows fault. Therefore it
is recommended to connect only one HDK to a PC at a time.
NOTE: Be sure to install the USB driver before connecting the AMBE-3000™
HDK to a PC’s USB port.