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Data acquisition quick start

This section describes the basic steps that have to be performed to acquire the acceleration

data from the EK3LV02DL.

1.

Connect the EK3L02DL to the USB port

2.

Start the EK3LV02DL GUI;

3.

Select the Virtual COM port and then click on the “Connect” button (Figure 9, ref2)

4.

Select the destination file in which the acceleration data must be saved by clicking onto

“Setup” (Figure 14, ref1) and “Destination File” (Figure 14, ref6) buttons;

5.

Optionally select the desired decimation factor, Horizontal and Vertical gain and then

click on the “OK” button (Figure 14, ref7).

6.

Click on “Plot Data” or “Show Data” (Figure 9, ref6) to activate the corresponding Data

Display window (Figure 15).

7.

Click on “Browsing” button to activate the function of map browsing (Figure 9, ref6) and

then load the desired image by clicking on “Load Image” button.

8.

Click on “START” (”STOP”) button to activate (stop) the collection of data from the

sensor, their saving onto file and plotting on the screen.

9.

To close the application click on Disconnect and then click on Exit.