SLVUC46E March   2021  – November 2024

PRODUCTION DATA  

  1.   1
  2.   Abstract
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1Introduction
    1. 1.1 Overview
      1. 1.1.1 Purpose and Scope
      2. 1.1.2 Supported EVMs
  5. 2Evaluation Hardware Overview
    1. 2.1 Connections Overview
    2. 2.2 Connection Details
      1. 2.2.1 Common Connectors and Headers Across all EVM Variants
      2. 2.2.2 MCU Reset and User Button
      3. 2.2.3 Communication Interfaces
      4. 2.2.4 Supply Input
      5. 2.2.5 Current Limit Header (RIPROPI)
      6. 2.2.6 Device Signal and Control Header
      7. 2.2.7 Device Signal Test Points
    3. 2.3 LED Indicators
    4. 2.4 Headers and Connectors (Hardware Device Variant)
    5. 2.5 Headers and Connectors (SPI variant)
  6. 3EVM GUI Control Application
    1. 3.1 MSP430 FET Drivers
    2. 3.2 Cloud-based GUI
    3. 3.3 Local Installation
  7. 4EVM GUI Operation
    1. 4.1 Hardware Setup
    2. 4.2 Launching the DRV824x_DRV814x_DRV8x63-Q1EVM GUI Application
    3. 4.3 Using the DRV824x_DRV814x_DRV8x63-Q1EVM GUI Application
      1. 4.3.1 Register Map Page (SPI Device Variant)
      2. 4.3.2 Driver Control Page (SPI Device Variant)
      3. 4.3.3 Driver Control Page (HW Device Variant)
      4. 4.3.4 Updating Firmware
  8. 5Revision History

3.2 Cloud-based GUI

To launch the GUI application from Chrome browser:

  1. For the DRV824x and DRV814x devices, navigate to the DRV824x_DRV814x-Q1EVM-GUI. For the DRV826x and DRV816x devices, navigate to the DRV824x_DRV814x_DRV8x63-Q1EVM-GUI.

  2. When presented with the list of available GUIs, launch the latest version by clicking in the tile anywhere that is not related to an icon for downloading the installer or GUI Composer. Refer to the figure below.

    DRV8243S-Q1EVM, DRV8243H-Q1EVM, DRV8244S-Q1EVM, DRV8244H-Q1EVM, DRV8245S-Q1EVM TI GUI Composer Gallery Results for Launching or Downloading Local Installer

    Figure 3-3 TI GUI Composer Gallery Results for Launching or Downloading Local Installer

Hardware setup and operation of the GUI is the same as the desktop version, and is consolidated in the following Section 4.