Required Hardware; Required Software; Evaluation Board Feature Identification Summary - Texas Instruments ADC32RF-EVM Series User Manual

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The ADC32RFxx-EVM is designed to work seamlessly with TI's TSW14J56 EVM JESD204B data
capture/pattern generator card, through the High Speed Data Converter Pro (HSDC Pro) software tool for
high-speed data converter evaluation. It is also designed to work with many of the development kits from
leading FPGA vendors that contain an FMC connector.
1.1

Required Hardware

The following equipment is included in the EVM evaluation kit:
• ADC32RFxx evaluation board (EVM)
• Power supply cable
• Mini-USB cable
The following list of equipment are items that are not included in the EVM evaluation kit but are items
required for evaluation of this product in order to achieve the best performance:
• TSW14J56EVM data capture board, two 5-V power supplies, and mini-USB cable
• Computer running Microsoft
• One low-noise signal generator. Recommendations:
– RF generator, > +17 dBm, < –40 dBc harmonics, < 500 fs jitter 20 kHz–20 MHz, 10-MHz to 3-GHz
frequency range
Examples: HP HP8644B, Rohde & Schwarz SMA100A
• Bandpass filter for desired analog input. Recommendations:
– Bandpass filter, ≥ 60-dB harmonic attenuation, ≤ 5% bandwidth, > +18-dBm power, < 5-dB insertion
loss
Examples: Trilithic 5VH-series Tunable BPF, K&L BT-series Tunable BPF, TTE KC6 or KC7-series
Fixed BPF
• Signal path cables, SMA or BNC with BNC-to-SMA adapters
1.2

Required Software

The following software is required to operate the ADC32RF45 EVM and is available online. See the
References section for links.
• ADC32RFxx EVM SPI GUI
The following software is required to operate the TSW14J56EVM and is available online. See the
References section for links.
• High Speed Data Converter Pro software, version 4.2 or higher
1.3

Evaluation Board Feature Identification Summary

The EVM features are labeled in
SLAU620D – April 2016 – Revised August 2017
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