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[AKD5538-B] AKD5538-B AK5538 Evaluation Board Rev.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION The AKD5538-B is an evaluation board for AK5538, which is 32bit, 8k – 768kHz, 8ch ADC. The AKD5538-B has the analog input circuit and a digital audio interface transmitter (DIT). In addition, the regulators and crystal oscillator on the board generate the necessary power and clock for the ICs.
[AKD5538-B] Evaluation Board Setting Operation sequence [1] Power Supply Path Settings [2] Clocks and Data Path Settings [3] Control Mode Settings [4] Analog Input Settings [5] Slave Mode/Master Mode Setting [6] AK4118A Settings [7] AK5538 Setting Tables [8] Start-up Sequence <KM131002>...
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[AKD5538-B] [1] Power supply Path settings (1-1) Power supply Jacks setting : Voltage Name Color Supply Destination Comments Default Usage (Typ) J1000 +15V Green +15V Regulator and Op-amps Should always be connected. Supply +15V J1001 -15V Blue -15V Regulator and Op-amps Should always be connected.
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[AKD5538-B] When you want to operate the IO pins of AK5538 at 1.8V, turn off the internal LDO and supply 1.8V to TVDD pin and VDD18 pin. LDOE TVDD pin VDD18 pin Status SW803-1 Power Supply Voltage External Power Supply Input 1.7 - 1.98V 1.7 - 1.98V LDO Power Output 3.0 - 3.6V...
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[AKD5538-B] [2] Clock and Data path settings (2-1) Connecters for Clocks and Data Name Function Default Status PORT800 LRCK LRCK Input or Output Not connected anywhere BICK BICK Input or Output Not connected anywhere MCLK MCLK Input Not connected anywhere PORT801 SDTO1 CH1 and CH2 A/D Data Output...
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[AKD5538-B] (2-2) Jumper Setting for Clocks and Data Names Functions Setting Select output connector for the digital audio COAX: BNC (default) JP600 TXDATA-SEL interface TX data from AK4118A. OPT: Optical Connector DIT: AK4118A output (default) PORT: Pin Header PORT800-BICK JP801 BICK-SEL Select clock source for BICK.
[AKD5538-B] [3] Control Mode Settings AK5538 can be controlled by pins or registers. The pin control mode is called parallel control mode in the AK5538 datasheet. The register control mode is called serial control mode. The register access is made by I2C bus or 3-wire serial bus.
[AKD5538-B] (3-2) 3-wire Serial Bus Control Mode Switch Setting SW804 SW802 SW803 9 10 9 10 2 3 4 : Selected Position Set chip address by CAD0-SPI bit and CAD1 bit. Figure 3-2-1. Switch Settings for 3-wire serial bus control mode The USB I/F BOX and control software don’t support 3-wire serial bus control mode.
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[AKD5538-B] (3-3) Parallel Control Mode Switch Settings SW803 SW804 SW802 9 10 9 10 : Selected Position Figure 3-3-1. Switch Settings for Parallel Control mode In parallel control mode, set the operation mode with the DIP switches. USB I/F BOX and control software are not used. <KM131002>...
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[AKD5538-B] [4] Analog Signal Input Settings Differential signals can be connected to the cannon connectors. The table below shows the relationship between channel number and connector number. AIN1 AIN2 AIN3 AIN4 AIN5 AIN6 AIN7 AIN8 Channel J200 J201 J300 J301 J400 J401 J500...
[AKD5538-B] [5] Slave Mode/Master Mode Setting (5-1) Slave Mode (Default) The default setting for the board is slave mode. The MCLK, LRCK and BICK are supplied from AK4118A (DIT) on the board to AK5538. SW802 PORT800 PORT801 PORT802 MCLK-SEL BICK-SEL LRCK-SEL PORT PORT...
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[AKD5538-B] [6] AK4118A settings The onboard AK4118A converts A/D data to digital audio interface format. Select the data format with the DIP switch SW600. SW600 : Selected Position Figure 6. SW400 Assignment (AK4118A) (3-1). Setting for SW600 (Sets AK4118A (U4) audio format and master clock setting) Switch Name Function default...
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[AKD5538-B] [7] AK5538 setting tables (7-1) Serial Control mode (I2C bus) The AK5538 operation modes are set by the control software in I2C control mode. Figure 7-1. Control Software Main Window (AK5538) Register data is indicated on the register map. Each bit on the register map is a push-button switch. Button DOWN with red lettering indicates “1”...
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[AKD5538-B] MONO2-1: Channel Summation Select Data on Slot MONO2 MONO1 Slot 8 Slot 7 Slot 6 Slot 5 Slot 4 Slot 3 Slot 2 Slot 1 All “0” or All “0” or All “0” or All “0” or All “0” or All “0”...
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[AKD5538-B] DIF1-0: Audio Data Format Modes Select (default = 00b) TDM1-0: TDM Modes Select (default = 00b) The format of AK4118A is I2S at the default of the board. When using DIT output, set DIF1-0 bits to "01b". *: Don’t Care LRCK BICK...
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[AKD5538-B] CKS3-0: Sampling Speed Mode and MCLK Frequency Select In default setting for the board, AK4118A supplies LRCK and MCLK to AK5538. The LRCK (fs) is 48kHz and the MCLK is 512fs. When using the board in default settings, set CKS3-0 bits to "0000b". CKS3 CKS2 CKS1...
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[AKD5538-B] DSDSEL1-0: Select the Frequency of DCLK (DSD Clock) Frequency DSD Sampling Frequency DSDSEL1 DSDSEL0 Mode fs=32kHz fs=44.1kHz fs=48kHz 64fs 2.048MHz 2.8224MHz 3.072MHz default 128fs 4.096MHz 5.6448MHz 6.144MHz 256fs 8.192MHz 11.2896MHz 12.288MHz Reserved Reserved Reserved Table 7-1-5. DSD Sampling Frequency Select ...
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[AKD5538-B] (7-2) Parallel Control mode (DIP Switches) The AK5538 operation modes are set by the DIP switches in parallel control mode. SW804 SW803 SW802 2 3 4 9 10 9 10 : Selected Position Figure 7-2. DIP Switches for AK5538 Operation Settings Switch Name Function default...
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[AKD5538-B] Switch Name Function default CAD0-SPI Chip Address0 Pin in 3-wire serial control mode. CAD0-I2C Chip Address0 Pin in I2C bus serial control mode. CAD1 Chip Address1 Pin in I2C bus or 3-wire serial control mode. See Table 7-2-6. CKS0 Clock Mode Setting #0 See Table 7-2-6.
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[AKD5538-B] PW2-0: Power Down control for channel 8-1 (default=”HHH”) ODP pin = “L” Table 7-2-4. Channel Power & Mono Mode Select (ODP pin = “L”) (AK5538) PW2 pin PW1 pin PW0 pin SW802_4 SW802_3 SW802_2 default Table 7-2-4-1. Channel Power ON/OFF Select (ODP pin = “L”) (AK5538) PW2 pin PW1 pin PW0 pin...
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[AKD5538-B] DSDSEL1-0: Select the Frequency of DCLK (DSD Clock) Frequency DSD Sampling Frequency DSDSEL1 DSDSEL0 Mode SW803-7 SW803-8 fs=32kHz fs=44.1kHz fs=48kHz L (0) L (0) 64fs 2.048MHz 2.8224MHz 3.072MHz default L (0) H (1) 128fs 4.096MHz 5.6448MHz 6.144MHz H (1) L (0) 256fs 8.192MHz...
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[AKD5538-B] [8] Start-up and stop sequence [SW800] Power Down (PDN) for AK5538 Reset AK5538 (U100) once by brining SW800 to “L” once upon power-up. Keep “H” when AK5538 is in use; keep “L” when AK5538 is not in use. [SW801] Power Down (PDN) for AK4118A Reset AK4118A (U600) once by brining SW801 to “L”...
[AKD5538-B] Control Software Manual Set-up evaluation board and control software 1. Set up AKD5538-B evaluation board according to above instructions. 2. Connect PC with AKD5538-B evaluation board by USB cable (included in package). 3. Insert the CD-ROM labeled “AKD5538-B Evaluation Kit” into the CD-ROM drive. 4.
[AKD5538-B] Click the “Write” button on right side of Addr 01H register. Figure 9-2. Register set window Input dummy command settings and click “OK” to write dummy command to AK5538. The following No Ack error message will pop up. Click “OK”. Figure 9-3.
[AKD5538-B] Dialog boxes 1. [All Register Write]: Dialog box to write register setting files Clicking the [All Reg Write] button in the main window opens the dialog box below. Multiple register setting files created by the [SAVE] button can be set and applied. Figure 9-4.
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[AKD5538-B] 2. [Data Read/Write]: Dialog box to manually enter register setting Click the [Data R/W] button in the main window to open the data read/write dialog box. Data manually entered into Data box is written to the specified address. Figure 9-5. Window of [Data R/W] Textbox Functions: [Address] : Input register address in 2 hexadecimal digits.
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[AKD5538-B] Tab Functions 1. [REG]: Register Map Register data is indicated on the register map. Each bit on the register map is a push-button switch. Button DOWN and red lettering indicates “1” and button UP with blue lettering indicates “0”. Buttons with “---“are undefined in the datasheet.
[AKD5538-B] 2. [Tool]: Testing Tools This tab screen is for the evaluation testing tool. Click button for each testing tool. Figure 9-7. [Tool] window <KM131002> 2022/01 - 33-...
[AKD5538-B] REVISION HISTORY Date Manual Board Reason Page Contents (YY/MM/DD) Revision Revision 18/10/29 KM131000 First edition 20/10/01 KM131001 Change Change the overall configuration Board revision update(Rev.0→1). 22/01/26 KM131002 Modification Change of U100. <KM131002> 2022/01 - 47-...
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[AKD5538-B] IMPORTANT NOTICE 0. Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation (“AKM”) reserves the right to make changes to the information contained in this document without notice. When you consider any use or application of AKM product stipulated in this document (“Product”), please make inquiries the sales office of AKM or authorized distributors as to current status of the Products.
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AVSS R100 short R153 0 SD/PMOD AVSS SD/PMOD AVSS AVSS1 SD/PMOD R101 open C100 C101 R102 short 0.1u R152 0 AVDD1 SLOW/DCKB AVDD SLOW/DCKB AVDD1 SLOW/DCKB R103 short R151 0 AIN3-P0 CKS3/CAD1 AIN3P CKS3/CAD1 AIN3P CKS3/CAD1 C102 0.015u R104 short R150 51 AIN3-N0 CKS2/SCL/CCLK...
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