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Rev. B - v01.0711
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HMC987LP5E Evaluation Kit User Manual
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ..............................................................3
2. Package Contents .........................................................3
2.1 Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.2 Software .................................................................3
3. Operating Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. Setup and Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4.1 User Provided Equipment ...................................................3
4.2 Hardware Setup ...........................................................4
4.2.1 Parallel Port Control Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.2.2 SPI Control ...............................................................5
4.2.2.1 Software Installation .......................................................6
4.3 Evaluation Board Conguration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.3.1 Single-Ended Input Conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.3.2 Single-Ended Output Conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5. Using the HMC987LP5E Evaluation Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.1 HMC987LP5E GUI .........................................................9