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OPTILAB
PR-30 EVB USER'S MANUAL
Photo Receiver Evaluation Board
Caution: The user must read this manual before operating the PR EVB.
Operations other than those described in this manual may result in personal
injury and damage to the unit.
Ver. 2.1
August 23, 2021

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  • Page 1 OPTILAB PR-30 EVB USER’S MANUAL Photo Receiver Evaluation Board Caution: The user must read this manual before operating the PR EVB. Operations other than those described in this manual may result in personal injury and damage to the unit. Ver. 2.1...
  • Page 2 Copyright © 2015 by Optilab, LLC. All rights reserved. This document is copyrighted property of Optilab, LLC. It may not be used in whole or in part for manufacture, sale, or design of items without the written permission of Optilab, LLC.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    PR EVB User’s Manual Table of Contents PR-30 Configuration ........................1 1.1 Butterfly Package Pin-out Diagram and Description ............ 1 1.2 Bandwidth Adjustment ......................2 1.3 Operation Mode ........................... 2 Evaluation Board ........................... 3 2.1 Device Mounting Procedure ....................3 2.2 Schematic of Evaluation Board ....................
  • Page 4: Configuration

    1 of 7 1. PR-30 Configuration 1.1 Butterfly Package Pin-out Diagram and Description PR-30 is packaged inside a 14-pin butterfly package. For your reference, we have included a table of the pin-out diagram for PR-30. Figure 1 Butterfly Package Pin-out Diagram Table 1.
  • Page 5: Bandwidth Adjustment

    PR EVB User’s Manual 2 of 7 1.2 Bandwidth Adjustment PR-30 offers a bandwidth adjustment feature that allows users to optimize optical receiver performance for different applications. PR-30 bandwidth can be adjusted as needed. The table below gives the bandwidth based on BWH and BWL settings when photo diode is reversed biased at 3.3V.
  • Page 6: Evaluation Board

    The base plate can be further mounted to other structures using the four ¼-20 threaded through holes 2.1 Device Mounting Procedure Place PR-30 onto the evaluation board as show in Fig. 2. Pay attention to its orientation. The label P and N denotes the positive and negative RF output ports.
  • Page 7: Schematic Of Evaluation Board

    PR EVB User’s Manual 4 of 7 Figure 3. PR-30 clamped down on the EVB 2.2 Schematic of Evaluation Board Figure 4. Schematic of Evaluation Board An external power supply is connected through the power connecting plug. BWH (JP3) and BWL (JP4) are used to select bandwidth setting. Mode (JP6) is for operation mode selection.
  • Page 8: Default Setting

    Mode Pin (JP6) is jumped to pin 2 and 3. Adjust the differential gain by adjusting the potentiometer GC (R1), clockwise to increase gain. Optilab, LLC 600 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix, AZ 85012 Phone: (602) 343-1496, Fax: (602) 343-1489, Email: sales@oequest.com...
  • Page 9: How To Use Automatic Gain Control (Agc) Mode

    OA ADJUST JUMPERS REMOVED Figure 7. PR-30 EVB in AGC Mode 2.4.3 How to monitor received signal strength Received signal strength indicator (RSSI) allows end user to monitor signal strength by simply probing onto two pin connector labeled RSSI (JP2).
  • Page 10: Operation Instruction

    To power off device, ramp DC power supply down until current consumption is low (typically around 1V) then turn off DC power supply. Optilab, LLC 600 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix, AZ 85012 Phone: (602) 343-1496, Fax: (602) 343-1489, Email: sales@oequest.com...

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