PyEAC Windows Installation

Introduction

PyEAC is an application that allows you to control the uEAC along with collecting and visualizing the data.

Virtual Serial Port

The uEAC board uses a virtual serial port to communicate with the host computer. The interface component used to implement this feature is the FTDI FT2232. You will need to download the driver for your version of Windows (XP or Vista) from  FTDI. Perform this installation before you plug in the uEAC.

Once the driver is unzipped, you should plug in the uEAC board and point at this directory when prompted by the installation utility. You should now have two additional serial ports (COM) listed in the Windows device manager. You will need to remember the lower of these two COM port values.

PyEAC Executable

Here is an  zipfile (PyEAC R001) containing the executable and supporting files or the PyEAC. Unzip this in a convenient location.

Running

Open a cmd window and navigate to the directory containing the PyEAC code. To run the code you will need to use the COM port number that you collected earlier. The command will look like the following:

C:\Users\bhimebau\Desktop\pyeac>pyeac.exe -p COM6