PGA460PSM-EVM: how to use this alone

Shankaranarayanan P V

Part Number: PGA460PSM-EVM
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: BOOSTXL-PGA460, PGA460, , MSP-EXP430F5529LP, PGA460-Q1

Hi,

I have brought PGA460PSM_EVM. To test it do I need to use the BOOSTXL-PGA460 board? If not then how to test this alone?

Regards,

Shankar

over 5 years ago

0 Akeem Whitehead over 5 years ago

TI__Mastermind 27950 points

Hi Shankar,

To evaluate the PGA460PSM-EVM, you can use any 3.3V (default) or 5.0V logic level microcontroller. You do not need the BOOSTXL-PGA460 board because this is a different PGA460 EVM board (used as part of the full-scale EVM).

If you want to repurpose the software examples and GUI created by TI for the PGA460, then I recommend that you order the MSP-EXP430F5529LP. This microcontroller board can then be used to run the PGA460-Q1 EVM GUI with the PGA460PSM-EVM through UART, and allow you to run and edit the PGA460 Energia Library and Code Example for your custom firmware development.

See the "Ultrasonic Sensing with the PGA460-Q1" video series ( https://training.ti.com/ultrasonic-sensing-pga460-q1 ) for a demonstration of the GUI software and what the device is capable of.

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