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FILE DESCRIPTION
MAX344XXEVKitSoftwareInstall.EXE Application program
MAX34460 Evaluation Kit
Evaluates: MAX34460
2Maxim Integrated
Quick Start
Required Equipment
• MAX34460EVkitandhardware
• WindowsXPorWindows7PC
• USBport
• Mini-USBcable(included)
Note: In the following sections, software-related items are
identified by bolding. Text in bold refers to items directly
from the install or EV kit software. Text in
bold and under-
linedreferstoitemsfromtheWindowsoperatingsystem.
Procedure
The EV kit is fully assembled and tested. Follow the steps
below to verify board operation:
1) Ensure that jumpers/shunts J23 and J1 are installed.
Note: The GND planes of the USB I
2
C dongle and
the EV kit are not connected. The GND jumper on J23
must be connected for proper communication.
2) Ensure that switches S1 and S2 are in the high position
and S4, S5, and S6 are in the on position.
3) Set the EV kit hardware on a nonconductive surface to
ensure that nothing on the PCB gets shorted together.
4) Prior to starting the GUI, connect the EV kit hardware
to a PC using the supplied mini-USB cable, or equiv-
alent. The power LED (D20) should be green and
the com LED (D21) should be red and slowly flash
orange.
5) Windows should automatically begin installing the
necessary device driver. The USB interface of the
EV kit hardware is configured as an HID device and
therefore does not require a unique/custom device
driver. Once the driver installation is complete, a
Windows message appears near the System Icon
menu indicating that the hardware is ready to use.
Do not attempt to run the GUI prior to this message.
If you do, then you must close the application and
restart it once the driver installation is complete. On
some versions of Windows, administrator privileges
may be required to install the USB device.
6) Once the device driver installation is complete.
Visit www.maximintegrated.com/evkitsoftware to
download the latest version of the EV kit software,
MAX344XXEVKitSoftwareInstall.ZIP. Save the EV
kit software to a temporary folder.
7) Openthe.ZIPfileanddouble-clickonthe.EXEfileto
run the installer. A message box stating: The pub-
lisher could not be verified. Are you sure you want
to run this software? may appear. If so, click Yes.
8) The installer GUI appears. Click Next and then
Install. Once complete, click Close.
9) Go to Start | All Programs. Look for the
MAX344XXEVKitSoftware folder and click on the
MAX344XXEVKitSoftware.EXE file inside the folder.
10)WhentheGUIappears,thetextatthebottomshould
display EV Kit Hardware Connected. The com LED
(D21) on the EV kit board should turn green.
Detailed Description of Software
Software Startup
If the MAX34460 EV kit is connected when the software
is opened, the software first initializes the hardware to
communicate. Next, the software searches for all slave
addresses on the I
2
C bus and connects to the first slave
address that is valid. The model number is then read to
see which device is connected. The GUI displays EV Kit
Hardware Connected at the bottom.
If the EV kit is not connected on software startup, a No
Hardware window pops up and asks the user to select
the device they would like to run offline. Select a device
and click OK. The GUI then populates with default EV kit
values. Once the EV kit is connected, the GUI executes
the sequence above.
Menu Items
The File menu item contains save, load, and exit options.
To save the current GUI configuration, click Save Project
As. This saves the device name and channel names to
an XML file and saves PMBus configurations to a HEX
file. If a device is connected, this reads and saves data
directly from the device; otherwise, it saves the configura-
tion that is currently displayed on the GUI. Save Project
saves the GUI configuration to a file that was last saved
or loaded. Load Project updates the GUI with the XML
file, writes the HEX file to the device, and reads current
values from the device. If a device is not connected, then
the HEX file is written to a virtual device. The HEX file only
contains data for the PMBus commands that are stored
in flash. Create Report saves a CSV file that contains all
the tables displayed on the Sequencing, Monitoring,
and Margining tabs.
MAX34460 EV Kit Files
Note: The .EXE file is downloaded as a .ZIP file.