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Sensing is life

26/08/2022

AS7421 Evaluation Kit

Quick Start Guide

Summary of Contents for AS7421

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Page 2: ...2 AS7421 Evaluation Kit Quick Start Guide AS7421 EVK Contents AS7421 Sensor Board Setup AS7421 PC Software ...

Page 3: ...Evaluation Kit AS7421 Evaluation Kit Out of the box Out of the box 1 Flex cable 2 AS7421 Sensor board 3 Unicom Board 4 micro USB to USB cable 5 Reference Target 6 USB Flash Drive Fig 1 AS7421 Evaluation Kit content 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...

Page 4: ...2 in Fig 1 and the Unicom microcontroller board 3 in Fig 1 The sensor board is connected to the Unicom microcontroller board via a flex cable 1 in Fig 1 The Eval Kit works with a USB connection 4 in Fig 1 to the PC and comes with a Windows GUI which enables the user to change measurement settings perform spectral measurements and see export measurement results The kit comes with firmware flashed o...

Page 5: ...5 AS7421 Sensor Board Introduction Fig 2 Fig 3 ...

Page 6: ...llow the installation instructions1 3 Then connect the Unicom microcontroller board to a PC via the micro USB cable 4 Both green LEDs on the Unicom microcontroller board will light up signaling a correct operation 5 Finally start the Windows GUI on your computer 1 If you already have an old Demo software version please go to the Windows settings add remove software then remove the old version Fig ...

Page 7: ...re GUI Overview Main menu areas Key 1 Settings area 2 Header line area 3 Plotting area 1 3 2 Fig 5 AS7421 GUI Overview of the main areas NOTE Please refer to the AS7421 User Guide for detailed information on these areas ...

Page 8: ...ction tab 2 Settings tab 3 Export tab 4 Calibration tab 5 Measurement Teaching tab 6 Measurement Data tab 7 Status bar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Fig 6 AS7421 GUI Overview of the Settings area NOTE Please refer to the AS7421 User Guide for detailed information on these tabs ...

Page 9: ... upper left corner of the application and click Connect 3 The ID field under the Connect button will show the unique ID of the AS7421 sensors upon successful connection 4 When connecting to the sensor board for the first time the software will ask for an appropriate calibration file The calibration file is named after the unique ID and can be found on the USB drive which is part of the evaluation ...

Page 10: ...choose the desired measurement options such as continuous measurement or stop after a desired amount of measurements 7 Then click Measurement to start the spectral measurement process 8 Afterward the software will show the spectrum of the measured target 9 In the lower left corner it is possible to choose between different measured spectral data drawings and calculations Fig 8 AS7421 Demo GUI with...

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