SBOU293D November   2022  – January 2024

 

  1.   1
  2.   Abstract
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1Overview
    1. 1.1 OPTEVM Kit Contents
    2. 1.2 Related Documentation from Texas Instruments
  5. 2OPTEVM Hardware Overview
  6. 3OPTEVM Software
    1. 3.1 Hardware Requirements
    2. 3.2 Software Installation
    3. 3.3 Typical OPTEVM Hardware Setup
    4. 3.4 Launching the OPT300x/4xxxEVM Software
    5. 3.5 OPTEVM Software Operation
      1. 3.5.1 Getting Started
      2. 3.5.2 Feature Descriptions
        1. 3.5.2.1 Lux Plot
        2. 3.5.2.2 Mean, Std, and the Blue Slider
    6. 3.6 Controls
      1. 3.6.1 Capture Controls
        1. 3.6.1.1 Start Capture and Stop Capture
        2. 3.6.1.2 Display Sample Count
        3. 3.6.1.3 Save to File
      2. 3.6.2 Device Controls
        1. 3.6.2.1 Mode Select
        2. 3.6.2.2 Conversion Time
      3. 3.6.3 Operation Controls
        1. 3.6.3.1 Operation Select
        2. 3.6.3.2 Measurement/Capture Trigger
        3. 3.6.3.3 Oneshot Time (μs)
    7. 3.7 OPTxxxDTSEVM Variants
      1. 3.7.1 OPT4048DTSEVM
        1. 3.7.1.1 OPT4048DTSEVM CIE XY Window
        2. 3.7.1.2 OPT4048DTSEVM Lux Live Window
        3. 3.7.1.3 OPT4048DTSEVM Channel Live Window
      2. 3.7.2 OPT4060DTSEVM
        1. 3.7.2.1 OPT4060DTSEVM Channel Live Window
        2. 3.7.2.2 OPT4060DTSEVM Lux Live Window
    8. 3.8 Scripts Window
      1. 3.8.1 Additional Features of the Scripts Window
        1. 3.8.1.1 Hidden IDE Window
        2. 3.8.1.2 devInit.py
        3. 3.8.1.3 04-launchGUI.py
      2. 3.8.2 Overview of Device Registers: OPT4xxx Devices
  7. 4Schematic, PCB Layout, and Bill of Materials
    1. 4.1 Coupon Board
      1. 4.1.1 Schematic
      2. 4.1.2 PCB Layout DTS Package
      3. 4.1.3 Bill of Materials (BOM)
    2. 4.2 Motherboard
      1. 4.2.1 Schematic
      2. 4.2.2 PCB Layout
      3. 4.2.3 Bill of Materials
  8. 5Troubleshooting
    1. 5.1 Microsoft Windows 7 Manual Driver Installation
  9. 6Revision History

Software Installation

The OPTEVM software is available through the light sensor IC Product Folder on the TI web site (www.ti.com). The product folder is named corresponding to the specific device part number. To install the software to your computer, navigate to the OPTEVM software. For example, the OPT4001DTS IC is called OPT4001DTSEVM. Open the installer directory. Launch the installation file, for example: OPT4001DTS_EVM_Latte.exe, as shown in the figure below.

GUID-E516FCD5-3E5B-4B27-B403-370C535BB5D2-low.pngFigure 3-1 OPT3004DTSEVM Software-Installation File

The OPTEVM software then begins the installation process, as shown in Figure 3-2.

GUID-C7964A64-32C2-4DA2-B63F-64FBF66B097A-low.pngFigure 3-2 OPTEVM Software-Installation Launch

Follow the prompts as shown in Figure 3-3 to Figure 3-8 to install the OPTEVM software.

GUID-B46DF7ED-7093-4BA4-A668-7218E06B00D5-low.png Figure 3-3 OPTEVM Software-Installation Prompts
GUID-2E5C35EB-56B7-4825-AA91-C17F6D7329C6-low.pngFigure 3-4 OPTEVM Software-Installation Prompts
GUID-2B59504A-9A52-4EA2-9623-A3B06B83D393-low.pngFigure 3-5 OPTEVM Software-Installation Prompts
GUID-0AE2DDBE-4044-4C6B-A0CF-21EEF3E7033D-low.pngFigure 3-6 OPTEVM Software-Installation Prompts
GUID-C6530792-2EA6-43E4-B717-9027211BD159-low.pngFigure 3-7 OPTEVM Software-Installation Prompts
GUID-F928CF62-5652-4C77-B0A5-BF72C1E670A6-low.pngFigure 3-8 OPTEVM Software-Installation Prompts

The OPTEVM GUI software is now installed.