SLOU536 June   2020

 

  1.   DRV8428EVM GUI User's Guide
    1.     Trademarks
    2. 1 Overview
    3. 2 Hardware and Software Setup
    4. 3 GUI Application
      1. 3.1 Installation
      2. 3.2 Getting Started with DRV8428 EVM GUI
      3. 3.3 Use the DRV8428 EVM GUI
        1. 3.3.1 Stepper Control Page
          1. 3.3.1.1 Stepper Control Modes
            1. 3.3.1.1.1 Speed Mode
            2. 3.3.1.1.2 Step Mode
        2. 3.3.2 Decay Mode and TOFF setting
        3. 3.3.3 Fault Monitoring
        4. 3.3.4 Use the Side-Bar Menu
        5. 3.3.5 Menu Bar Options
          1. 3.3.5.1 File Menu
          2. 3.3.5.2 Options Menu
          3. 3.3.5.3 Tools Menu
          4. 3.3.5.4 Help Menu

3.1 Installation

Installation (For Desktop Version Only)

  • Download the installable DRV8428_x.x.x_installer_win.zip file (The file is inside the DRV8428xEVM_software.zip file. x.x.x is the GUI revision number).
  • Extract the zip.
  • Double click on the installer to install the GUI Application. During first time installation, the installer prompts for installation of Cloud Agent. Please Install it. During the installation, customer company's firewall may block "download from website” option for the GUI composer runtime installation, please download GUI runtime v7.4.1 from this link: https://software-dl.ti.com/ccs/non-esd/gui_composer/runtime/gcruntime-7.4.1-windows-installer.exe and save it to your local harddrive. And then, use "Install from File" option to install the GUI composer runtime.