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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 EK3LV02DQ:

1.

connect the EK3L02DL to the USB port;

2.

start the EK3LV02DQ 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, ref7) buttons;

5.

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

click on the “OK” button (Figure 14, ref8);

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.