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PurePath Console Motherboard Setup and Software Installation

Hardware requirements:

• Desktop or laptop PC running either Windows

XP or Windows 7

• DUT EVM such as TAS5760xEVM; It is used here as an example

• Power supply 24 VDC

• Speakers and cables

• A USB micro type B cable

• Audio source: this can be a DVD player with appropriate SPDIF cable or Windows Media Player from

Windows XP or Windows 7

Hardware setup:

• Plug in the USB cable from the PC to the PPCMB; the USB Lock LED (blue) is illuminated

• Connect the PPCMB to the DUT EVM, in this case the TAS5760xEVM

• Connect the PSU to DUT EVM and turn on the power. 5-V and 3.3-V LEDs are illuminated

• If an optical SPDIF source is used, the blue SPDIF clock-locked LED is illuminated

• Disregard the orange LED indicating the energy threshold (ET) level is exceeded. The ET value must

be cleared for the orange LED to be extinguished.

2.2 Software Installation

Download the PPC from the TI Web site. The TI Web site has the latest release of the GUI.

Execute the GUI installation program, Setup_PurePathConsole_Main_vxx_revxx.exe. Once the program is

installed, the program group and shortcut icon is created in Start → Program → Texas Instruments Inc →

PurePath Console → Choose Target. The Target Selection window is displayed; select TAS5760 as

shown in Figure 5.

Figure 5. Target Selection List

If the device is not listed in the Target Selection list, click the Add Target button. Windows explorer

displays. Navigate to the folder that contains the target zip files (plugins) and choose the DUT.

SLOU366A–June 2013–Revised July 2013

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