Analog Devices AD9161 User Manual

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Evaluating the AD9161, AD9162, AD9163, and

FEATURES

Full featured evaluation board for the AD9161, AD9162,
AD9163, and AD9164
ACE software for control
Direct clocking vs. on-board clocking
Showing RF modes of the DAC, including mixed mode and 2×
NRZ
NCO only mode
JESD204B interface mode

EVALUATION KIT CONTENTS

AD9162-FMC-EBZ, AD9164-FMC-EBZ, AD9162-FMCB-EBZ,
AD9164-FMCB-EBZ, AD9161-FMCC-EBZ, AD9162-FMCC-
EBZ, AD9163-FMCC-EBZ, or AD9164-FMCC-EBZ
Mini USB cable
Evaluation board DVD

RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT LIST

12 V dc power supply
Dual sinusoidal clock source (5 GHz, <0.5 ps rms jitter)
Spectrum analyzer
ADS7-V2EBZ pattern generator and data capture board
AD9161, AD9162, AD9163, AND
PLEASE SEE THE LAST PAGE FOR AN IMPORTANT
WARNING AND LEGAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
AD9161/AD9162/AD9163/AD9164

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

This user guide is for the AD9161, AD9162, AD9163, and
evaluation board. The evaluation board connects to an
V2EBZ
AD9162, AD9163, and AD9164, high speed, RF digital-to-analog
converters (RF DACs). The
the data and sends it to the evaluation board, which simplifies
evaluation of the device. The evaluation board runs from the
FPGA mezzanine card (FMC) power supply.
Figure 1 shows the top side of the evaluation board. The evaluation
board includes a clock buffer, the AD9508, which provides the
reference clock and SYSREF± pins to the ADS7-V2EBZ, and the
SYSREF± pins signal to the DAC.
The evaluation board can be driven by an external clock or the
on-board clock (ADF4355), as shown in Figure 2. There is a
single-pole, double throw (SPDT) switch on the board for
selecting the clock source.
AD9164 EVALUATION BOARD PHOTOGRAPH
Figure 1.
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AD9164 High Speed, RF DACs
pattern generator for quick evaluation of the AD9161,
ADS7-V2EBZ
User Guide
UG-1526
AD9164
ADS7-
automatically formats