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Evaluates: DS4402/DS4404

DS4404 Evaluation Kit

Quick Start

Required Equipment

● DS4404 EV kit hardware

● Windows XP or Windows 7 PC

● USB port

● Micro-USB cable

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-

Procedure

The EV kit is fully assembled and tested. Follow the steps

below to verify board operation:

1) Place the EV kit hardware on a nonconductive

surface to ensure that nothing on the PCB gets

shorted together.

2) Prior to starting the GUI, connect the EV kit hardware

to a PC using the mini-USB cable, or equivalent. The

power LED (D20) should be green and the com LED

(D21) should be red and slowly flash orange.

3) Windows should automatically begin installing the

necessary device driver. The USB interface of the EV

kit hardware is configured as an HID device and there-

fore 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.

4) Once the device driver installation is complete,

visit www.maximintegrated.com/evkitsoftware to

download the latest version of the EV kit software,

DS4424EVKitSoftwareInstall.ZIP. Save the EV kit

software to a temporary folder.

5) Open the .ZIP file and double-click the .EXE file to run

the installer. A message box stating

The publisher

could not be verified. Are you sure you want to run

this software? may appear. If so, click Yes.

6) The installer GUI appears. Click

Next and then

Install. Once complete, click Close.

7) Go to

Start | All Programs. Look for the

DS4424EVKitSoftware folder and click on the

DS4424EVKitSoftware.EXE inside the folder.

8) When the GUI appears, the text in the bottom

right-hand corner should display

EV Kit Hardware

Connected. The com LED (D21) on the EV kit board

should turn green.

Note: The .EXE file is downloaded as a .ZIP file.

FILE

DESCRIPTION

DS4424EVKitSoftwareInstall.EXE

Application program

DS4404 EV Kit Files