EVAL-AD4630-16/24FMCZ / EVAL-AD4030-24FMCZ

Overview

The EVAL-AD4630-24FMCZ, EVAL-AD4030-24FMCZ and EVAL-AD4630-16FMCZ evaluation boards enable quick and easy evaluation of the AD4X3X family of 24-bit and 16-bit precision successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). The AD4630-24 and AD4630-16 are 2 MSPS per channel, low power, dual channel 24-bit or 16-bit SAR ADCs while the AD4030-24 is a single channel 24-bit precision SAR ADC that supports up to 2 MSPS per channel. The evaluation boards demonstrate the performance of either the AD4630-24, AD4030-24 or AD4630-16 and provide a configurable analog front end (AFE) for a variety of system applications.

Features:

• 2 MSPS per channel, 24-bit or 16-bit resolution with no missing codes

• Guaranteed maximum +/-0.9 ppm INL

• Low noise performance

• On-board voltage reference, clock source, and ADC drivers

• Versatile analog signal conditioning circuitry

• Flexi-SPI serial interface with multiple SDO lanes (1, 2, or 4 per channel)

• Optional DDR data clocking

• On-chip sample averaging (power of 2, up to 65536 samples)

• FMC-LPC system board connector

• ACE PC software for configuration and data analysis (time and frequency domain)

• Compatible with other off-the-shelf controller boards

Applications:

• Automatic test equipment (ATE)

• Precision data acquisition systems

• Power quality analysis and grid monitoring

• Vibration analysis and condition monitoring

• Medical and scientific instrumentation

• Industrial process control

Evaluation boards available:

• EVAL-AD4630-24FMCZ

• EVAL-AD4630-16FMCZ

• EVAL-AD4030-24FMCZ

Figure 1 EVAL-AD4030-24FMCZ. Rev A/B

Figure 2 EVAL-AD4630-24FMCZ and EVAL-AD4630-16FMCZ. Rev C

Figure 3 EVAL-AD4630-24FMCZ and EVAL-AD4630-16FMCZ. Rev E

Recommendations

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Table of contents

1. Using the evaluation board:

   1. Prerequisites - what you need to get started

   2. Quick start guide:

      1. Using the ZedBoard

   3. Configure an SD Card with ADI Kuiper Linux

2. Design with the AD4630/AD4030

   • Block diagram

     • AD4630-24 Product Page

     • AD4630-16 Product Page

     • AD4030-24 Product Page

   • User guide

   • Resources for designing a custom AD4630/AD4030-based platform software

     1. For Linux software:

        1. About the device driver:

           • AD463x Linux Driver

        2. About the device tree:

           • Customizing the device tree on the target

     2. HDL reference design which you must use in your FPGA.

3. Help and Support

Block diagram

Figure 4 AD4030-24 Block Diagram

Figure 5 AD4630-16 Block Diagram

Figure 6 AD4630-24 Block Diagram

ADI articles

About precision SAR ADCs and the AD4630 family:

1. Achieve 7.5 Digits Accuracy in Instrumentation Apps (Part 2)

Warning

All the products described on this page include ESD (electrostatic discharge) sensitive devices. Electrostatic charges as high as 4000V readily accumulate on the human body or test equipment and can discharge without detection. Although the boards feature ESD protection circuitry, permanent damage may occur on devices subjected to high-energy electrostatic discharges. Therefore, proper ESD precautions are recommended to avoid performance degradation or loss of functionality. This includes removing static charge on external equipment, cables, or antennas before connecting to the device.

Help and support

Technical support for the evaluation board hardware and software can be obtained by posting a question to ADI’s EngineerZone technical support community for precision ADCs.