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    DT5800 SDK User Guide

    Software development kit of the DT5800 / DT5800D Digital Detector Emulator

    info

    Introduction

    What the DT5800 SDK is, what it contains, how it relates to the DT5800 software

    download

    Installation

    Windows installer, Linux packages, libraries for every language, the FTDI driver, building from …

    terminal

    Tools

    dt5800-update (FPGA firmware, reboot) and dt5800-debug (test console)

    rocket_launch folder

    Getting started

    A first program in C, C++, Python, C# and Go, and the examples of the SDK

    menu_book folder

    User guide

    Every function of the emulator, explained, with examples in C, C++, Python and C#

    api folder

    API reference

    Every function of the C API and of the C++, Python, .NET and Go bindings; status codes

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    Troubleshooting

    Driver, D2XX, device not listed, permissions, boot loader, busy instruments, timeouts, the native …


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