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

devInit.py

Open the devInit.py script by clicking on the corresponding file in the light sensor folder on the left side of the screen. This displays the contents of the script on the center of the window. With devInit.py still selected in TI-Latte, click Run>Buffer from the top menu bar of TI-Latte (or press F5) to run the script. Once completed, the live view GUI is opened in a new window. More details on the live view GUI are given in the following section. Additional info is also displayed in the log window in the lower left- hand corner of the main window.