Evaluation Board Software; Installing The Software; Initial Set Up; Block Diagram And Description - Analog Devices EVAL-ADGS1612SDZ User Manual

EVAL-ADGS1612SDZ

EVALUATION BOARD SOFTWARE

INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE

The EVAL-ADGS1612SDZ evaluation board uses the Analog
Devices Analysis Control Evaluation (ACE)
desktop software application that allows the evaluation and
control of multiple evaluation systems.
The ACE installer installs the necessary SDP drivers and .NET
Framework 4 by default. Install
The ACE software and access to full instructions on how to
install and use ACE can be found on the Analog Devices
website.
After the installation is finished, the EVAL-ADGS1612SDZ
evaluation board plug-ins appear when opening ACE.

INITIAL SET UP

To set up the evaluation board, complete the following steps:
1. Connect the evaluation board to the SDP board and
connect the SDP board to the computer via a USB cable.
2. Power the evaluation board as described in the Power
Supplies section.
3. Run the ACE application. The EVAL-ADGS1612SDZ
board plug-ins appear in the attached hardware section of
the Start tab.
4. Double-click on the evaluation board plug-in to open the
evaluation board view seen in Figure 2.
5. The chip block diagram can be accessed by double-clicking
on the ADGS1612 chip (see Figure 2). This view provides a
basic representation of functionality of the evaluation board.
The main functions are labeled in Figure 3.
Figure 2. Evaluation Board View of the EVAL-ADGS1612SDZ
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software. ACE is a
ACE before connecting the SDP.
Figure 3. Chip Block Diagram View for the

BLOCK DIAGRAM AND DESCRIPTION

The EVAL-ADGS1612SDZ software is organized so that it
appears similar to the functional block diagram shown in the
data sheet. In this way, it is easy to correlate the functions on the
EVAL-ADGS1612SDZ board with the full description of each
block, register, and settings is given in the
Some of the blocks and their functions are described here as they
pertain to the evaluation board. The full screen block diagram,
shown in Figure 4, describes the functionality of each block.
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Figure 4. EVAL-ADGS1612SDZ Block Diagram with Labels
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