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FTDI EEPROM update

This is only needed once for rev -01 PCB boards from initial shipment!

  1. Connect your AnalogMAX DAQ1 via USB with your computer.
  2. Change FTDI FT2232H Port B to "OPTO Isolate" mode.
    1. Download FT_Prog 3.3.88.402 from here.
    2. Install FT_Prog.
    3. Start FT_Prog.

    4. The window should look like TEI0016 Data capture Demo.

      Figure 1: FT_Prog started
    5. Press "F5" or select "DEVICES → Scan and Parse" to find the FTDI chip.

    6. The window should look like TEI0016 Data capture Demo.

      Figure 2: FT_Prog port scanned
    7. Open the "Hardware Specific → Port B → Hardware" as visible in TEI0016 Data capture Demo.
    8. Select "OPTO Isolate" on the right side, as visible in TEI0016 Data capture Demo.

      Figure 3: FT_Prog "OPTO Isolate" selected
    9. Then, press "Ctrl+P" or select "DEVICES → PROGRAM" to change your FTDI FT2232H Port B to "OPTO Isolate" mode.
    10. Press "Program" in the new window, as visible in TEI0016 Data capture Demo.
      Figure 4: FT_Prog "Program Devices"
    11. After that, press "Cycle Ports" in the window shown in TEI0016 Data capture Demo and then press "Close".
    12. After pressing "F5" and opening the path "Hardware Specific → Port B → Hardware", as visible in TEI0016 Data capture Demo, the value "OPTO Isolate" should be selected.

FPGA image update


  1. Download the files for this demo here.
  2. Program the FPGA with new POF file.
    1. Download Quartus Prime Software from here. The Lite Edition is sufficient.
    2. Install Quartus Prime.
    3. Install Arrow-USB-Blaster-Setup-2.2.exe from here.
    4. Start the Quartus Prime Programmer. The window should look like TEI0016 Data capture Demo.

      Figure 5: Quartus Prime Programmer started

    5. Press "Hardware Setup..." and select "Arrow-USB-Blaster [USBX]" in "Currently selected hardware" as visible in TEI0016 Data capture Demo, whereby the "X" in [USBX] is a placeholder.

      Figure 6: Quartus Prime Programmer Hardware Setup

    6. Then, press "Close" and return to the previous window. The window should look like TEI0016 Data capture Demo.

      Figure 7: Quartus Prime Programmer Hardware Devices Setup

    7. After that, use "Add File..." to select the file "TEI0016-01.pof" from the downloaded zip-file to program the FPGA. The window should look like TEI0016 Data capture Demo.

      Figure 8: Quartus Prime Programmer POF selected

    8. Mark the "Program/Configure" box for the selected file. Then, the window should look like TEI0016 Data capture Demo.

      Figure 9: Quartus Prime Programmer POF selected
    9. To program the FPGA use the button "Start".
    10. The Quartus Prime Programmer can be closed.

Integration with Visual Analog

  1. Figure out the correct COM port number for the AnalogMAX DAQ1 board.
    1. Open the device manager.

    2. Open ports and identify the port used by the AnalogMAX DAQ1 as visible in TEI0016 Data capture Demo.

      Figure 10: Device Manager for COM port identification
  2. Setup Visual Analog "External Tools..." custom menu item to launch adcapture.exe with commandline parameters.
    1. Download "Visual Analog" from here.
    2. Install "Visual Analog"

    3. Start "Visual Analog" and open a "Blank canvas". After that, the window should look like TEI0016 Data capture Demo.

      Figure 11: VisualAnalog started

    4. Open the file "AnalogMAX_DAQ1_Capture.vac" from the downloaded zip-file via "File → Open...". The window should look like TEI0016 Data capture Demo.

      Figure 12: VisualAnalog AnalogMAX_DAQ1_Capture.vac loaded
    5. Then change the Sample Frequency in the "Pattern Loader" to 0,5 MHz as shown in TEI0016 Data capture Demo. Attention: The "," has to be used and not the ".".
    6. After that, change the "Resolution" and the "Alignment" to 16 Bit by clicking on the "Input Formater".

      Figure 13: VisualAnalog Sample Frequency changed
    7. Press "Tools → External Tools..." to prepare the usage of the adcapture.exe.
    8. Click "Add" in the opened window and insert the name "adcapture" in the "Display Text". Select the file "adcapture.exe" from the downloaded zip-file after using the button "Browse..." for the "File Name", and insert "COM20,115200 1024 c:\temp\capture.txt 7" for the "Arguments". The parameters are the COM port (COM port 20 in our case), the baud rate, the number of samples, the location to store the data and a value to adjust the system. Then, click on "Ok".
  3. Launch adcapture.exe and after completion click run to update the screen.
    1. Select the above inserted tool by selecting "Tools → adcapture".

    2. A window shows the activity of the tool "adcapture", as visible in TEI0016 Data capture Demo.

      Figure 14: Adcapture.exe output

    3. Then, using "F5" or "Canvas → Run" uses the information to create the graph in the previous window, as visible in TEI0016 Data capture Demo.

      Figure 15: VisualAnalog data interpretation

Quick test with a terminal program

  1. Figure out the correct COM port number for the AnalogMAX DAQ2 board
    1. Open the device manager.

    2. Open ports and identify the port used by the AnalogMAX DAQ2 as visible in TEI0016 Data capture Demo.

  2. Open terminal and set the parameters (example use for putty).
    1. Set the connection type to Serial.
    2. Set the "Serial line" to your above found COM port.
    3. Set the "Speed" to 115200.
    4. Use "Open" to start the connection.
  3. Type following character for the appropriate usage.
    1. "?" to get the ID (AnalogMAX DAQ2 will return "2")
    2. "t" to trigger ADC capture into the memory - 1M samples.
    3. "." to get one ADC sample.
    4. "+" to get 128 samples.
    5. "*" to get 16*1024 samples.


VisualAnalog parameter description (COM20,115200 1024 c:\temp\capture.txt 7)

  • COM20 - COM port which is used for the connection.
  • 115200 - Baud rate which is used for the connection.
  • 1024 - Amount of K samples to read (minimum 64).
  • c:\temp\capture.txt - File and path which specifies the storage of data.
  • 7 - Command to adjust the gain (4 - 1; 5 - 2; 6 - 4; 7 -8;).
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