• State TI Thinks Resolved
  • Locked Locked
  • Replies 5 replies
  • Answers 1 answer
  • Subscribers 46 subscribers
  • Views 418 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Support feedback
Options
Options
Similar topics

This thread has been locked.

If you have a related question, please click the "Ask a related question" button in the top right corner. The newly created question will be automatically linked to this question.

ADS1675REF: Possible to run ADCPro from *command line* or somehow do the same functionality on the command line?

Christian Seberino
Prodigy 70 points

Part Number: ADS1675REF

ADCPro is a great GUI app for controlling TI cards like ADS1675REF.

What if one wanted to instead manage the TI card from a Python script?

Does ADCPro provide documentation or ability somehow to bypass the GUI and do stuff from the

command line?

Thanks,

Chris

  • 0
    TI__Mastermind 41330 points

    Hi Chris,

    There is no ability in ADCPro to control the ADS1675REF from a scripting interface.  It is a closed system and only intended to demonstrate the performance of the ADS1675 and to provide an example schematic and board layout to achieve data sheet specs.

    Regards,
    Keith N.
    Precision ADC Applications

  • 0 in reply to Keith Nicholas
    Prodigy 70 points

    Keith

    ADCPro does not have a scripting interface but do you have any suggestions on how I can possibly extract some pieces from ADCPro and its ADS1675REF driver to do what I want on the command line?

    Surely the code is sitting in there somewhere!?

    What do other people do when they want to use hardware like the ADS1675REF from a script?

    Chris

  • 0 in reply to Christian Seberino
    TI__Mastermind 41330 points

    Hi Chris,

    We do not have anything else we can provide regarding the code.

    Most folks will use the evaluation board to test the part with their custom analog front end and reference.  It is also useful for validating external power supply noise requirements.

    For full system level development, a custom board design with the target host processor or FPGA is typically designed.

    Regards,
    Keith

  • 0 in reply to Keith Nicholas
    Prodigy 70 points

    "For full system level development, a custom board design with the target host processor or FPGA is typically designed."

    Please excuse my ignorance but what do you mean by a "custom board design"?  Do you mean making

    modifications to the TI boards?  (I am aware of people changing this TI board to use 2 channels instead of 1.)

    But *how* can they accomplish this when TI doesn't provide details on the binary that needs to be downloaded

    to the onboard Opal Kelly XEM component?  I saw that the ADCPro driver directory had some binaries in it but TI doesn't

    provide documentation on how to program against those binaries.  

    I guess I'm just confused how people can move beyond the ADCPro app for full system development without

    more support from TI.  Maybe I'm missing something?

    Thanks,

    Chris

  • 0 in reply to Christian Seberino
    TI__Mastermind 41330 points

    Hi Chris,

    My reference to a custom board is your own board design, not the TI evaluation board. 

    The TI evaluation boards based on ADCPro can be modified to some degree on the analog side, including input drivers, references, and power supplies.  For the digital side, it is intended to be a closed system that allows you to evaluate the analog performance of the part.  You will need to design your own board and code using your choice of processor or FPGA.

    Regards,
    Keith