MAX34461 Evaluation Kit Evaluates: MAX34461 General Description Features The MAX34461 evaluation kit (EV kit) provides the hard- S Easy Evaluation of the MAX34461 ware and software graphical user interface (GUI) neces- S Four Power-Supply Channels sary to evaluate the MAX34461 PMBusK 16-channel S EV Kit Hardware is USB Powered voltage monitor and sequencer. The EV kit includes a (USB Cable Included) MAX34461ETM+ installed, as well as four power sup- S USB HID Interface plies that can be sequenced, monitored, and margined by the IC. M M S Windows XP - and Windows 7-Compatible Software EV Kit Contents S RoHS Compliant S Assembled Circuit Board Including S Proven PCB Layout MAX34461ETM+ S Fully Assembled and Tested S Mini USB Cable Ordering Information appears at end of data sheet. MAX34461 EV Kit Photo PMBus is a trademark of SMIF, Inc. Windows and Windows XP are registered trademarks and registered service marks of Microsoft Corp. For pricing, delivery, and ordering information, please contact Maxim Direct at 19-6506 Rev 0 10/12 1-888-629-4642, or visit Maxim Integrateds website at www.maximintegrated.com.MAX34461 Evaluation Kit Evaluates: MAX34461 MAX34461 EV Kit Files FILE DESCRIPTION MAX344XXEVKitSoftwareInstall.EXE Application program Note: The .EXE file is downloaded as a .ZIP file. 7) Open the .ZIP file and double-click on the .EXE file to Quick Start run the installer. A message box stating: The pub- lisher could not be verified. Are you sure you want Required Equipment to run this software may appear. If so, click Yes. MAX34461 EV kit and hardware 8) The installer GUI appears. Click Next and then Windows XP or Windows 7 PC Install. Once complete, click Close. USB port 9) Go to Start All Programs. Look for the Mini-USB cable (included) MAX344XXEVKitSoftware folder and click on the Note: In the following sections, software-related items are MAX344XXEVKitSoftware.EXE file inside the folder. identified by bolding. Text in bold refers to items directly 10) When the GUI appears, the text at the bottom should from the install or EV kit software. Text in bold and under- display EV Kit Hardware Connected. The com LED lined refers to items from the Windows operating system. (D21) on the EV kit board should turn green. Procedure Detailed Description of Software The EV kit is fully assembled and tested. Follow the steps below to verify board operation: Software Startup 1) Ensure that jumpers/shunts J23 and J1 are installed. If the MAX34461 EV kit is connected when the software 2 Note: The GND planes of the USB I C dongle and is opened, the software first initializes the hardware to the EV kit are not connected. The GND jumper on J23 communicate. Next, the software searches for all slave must be connected for proper communication. 2 addresses on the I C bus and connects to the first slave 2) Ensure that switch S1 is in the high position and S4, S5, address that is valid. The model number is then read to and S6 are in the on position. see which device is connected. The GUI displays EV Kit Hardware Connected at the bottom. 3) Set the EV kit hardware on a nonconductive surface to If the EV kit is not connected on software startup, a No ensure that nothing on the PCB gets shorted together. Hardware window pops up and asks the user to select 4) Prior to starting the GUI, connect the EV kit hardware the device they would like to run offline. Select a device to a PC using the supplied mini-USB cable, or equiv- and click OK. The GUI then populates with default EV kit alent. The power LED (D20) should be green and values. Once the EV kit is connected, the GUI executes the com LED (D21) should be red and slowly flash the sequence above. orange. Menu Items 5) Windows should automatically begin installing the The File menu item contains save, load, and exit options. necessary device driver. The USB interface of the To save the current GUI configuration, click Save Project EV kit hardware is configured as an HID device and As. This saves the device name and channel names to therefore does not require a unique/custom device an XML file and saves PMBus configurations to a HEX driver. Once the driver installation is complete, a file. If a device is connected, this reads and saves data Windows message appears near the System Icon directly from the device otherwise, it saves the configura- menu indicating that the hardware is ready to use. tion that is currently displayed on the GUI. Save Project Do not attempt to run the GUI prior to this message. saves the GUI configuration to a file that was last saved If you do, then you must close the application and or loaded. Load Project updates the GUI with the XML restart it once the driver installation is complete. On file, writes the HEX file to the device, and reads current some versions of Windows, administrator privileges values from the device. If a device is not connected, then may be required to install the USB device. the HEX file is written to a virtual device. The HEX file only 6) Once the device driver installation is complete. contains data for the PMBus commands that are stored Visit www.maximintegrated.com/evkitsoftware to in flash. Create Report saves a CSV file that contains all download the latest version of the EV kit software, the tables displayed on the Sequencing, Monitoring, MAX344XXEVKitSoftwareInstall.ZIP. Save the EV and Margining tabs. kit software to a temporary folder. Maxim Integrated 2