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ChipCorder® ISD-ES1600B-Prog Software Operation
Before starting the
ISD-ES1600B-Prog
software application, make sure that the demo board
is plugged into one of the PC’s USB ports and properly installed. Once the software
starts, it will attempt to locate the demo board, but if no board is detected, an error
message will be displayed. If so, it will be necessary to restart the software.
If detection of the board is successful, the main control panel will be displayed. The
controls allow selection of the chip device, sample rate, volume decimation, and audio
file to be recorded. However, the input audio file must be 8 kHz, 16-bit mono PCM.
To program the chip with an audio file, first select an audio file with the “browse” button
or scroll through the “wave file” combo box for previously selected files. Recording will
begin once the “Record” button is pressed, which will disable the “Record” and
“Playback” buttons until the entire audio file is streamed to the board in real time. If the
“Record Monitor” checkbox is checked, the audio file will be played through the PC’s
speakers while the audio file is being streamed. Volume decimation is also possible by
choosing the desired recording level on the volume slider. Note that high decimation
levels will decrease audio quality. To decrease volume and maintain quality, create a new
PCM audio file at the appropriate volume level.
Playback of the ChipCorder
®
is available via the “Play” button, while the “Stop” button
will stop both record and playback operations and set the ChipCorder
®
back to the idle
state. Be aware that the ChipCorder
®
will only record up to its duration, and if the length
of the audio file is greater than the available duration, the extra length at the end of the
audio file will be omitted when playback is initiated.