EVB-EMC2101 User Manual

4 Software Description

4.1Chip Manager Overview

The Chip Manager application (ChipMan) initially displays the main Help screen, where detailed description of the application’s features may be found. The Help screens can be displayed at any time by selecting Help from the menu bar. ChipMan enables the user to display temperature readings, set temperature limits and read/write configuration register values.

4.2Temperature/Register History Graph

To open a Temperature or Register History Graph window, select the register or registers to plot in the ChipMan application. then select Options -> Plot Register Data from the menu bar. Once the graph appears, select Control -> Start to begin plotting data. The history plot continuously updates the register data reported by the EMC2101. Figure 4.1below is a typical Temperature History with the external diode starting at room temp and then being heated using the HEATER jumper (JP2).

Figure 4.1 EMC2101 Temperature History Graph

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