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austriamicrosystems AG is now ams AG The technical content of this austriamicrosystems document is still valid. Contact information: Headquarters: ams AG Tobelbaderstrasse 30 8141 Unterpremstaetten, Austria Tel: +43 (0) 3136 500 0 e-Mail: ams sales ams.com Please visit our website at www.ams.com AS5000 Programmer OPERATION MANUAL Programming Tool 1 General Overview This operational manual describes the function of the AS5000 Programmer in combination with the programming boards. This tool can program the austriamicrosystems AS5000 series magnetic rotary encoders. The graphical user interface (GUI) runs on PC running Windows XP or later and controls the programmer via the USB interface. All major access modes to the OTP memories can be established. Be aware that austriamicrosystems provides the AS5000 Programmer as a reference for programming and reading of mentioned devices (refer to Appendix A) under laboratory conditions (no warranty for mass production). Note: Since firmware version v2.10 the AS5000-Programmer contains a boot loader, which provides an update function for new software release. Please refer to the corresponding application note AN5000-60 (available on our webpage). 2 Hardware Components 2.1 Description of the Hardware Components LCD display (programmer v1.3 or older only) USB cable Programming board AS5000 programmer (AS5xxx-PB) Figure 1: Three components of the Programmer solution Figure 1 shows the three components which are needed to program the austriamicrosystems magnetic rotary encoder. Take care that the connector between programming box and programming box is plugged in the right way. Warning: In case of wrong connection, the components in the AS5000 programmer or the encoder can be destroyed Revision 1.10, 04-Mar-2010 Page 1 of 24 www.austriamicrosystems.com ams AG Technical content still valid