DAC-FMC-EBZ

High-Speed JESD204B Digital-to-Analog Converter Evaluation Boards.

Overview

The DAC-FMC-EBZ family of evaluation boards provides a platform for evaluating Analog Devices’ high-speed, JESD204B-based digital-to-analog converters (DACs). These boards are designed to work with the AD-DAC-FMC-EBZ HDL reference design, supporting a range of DAC devices from the AD9135/AD9136 through the AD9172/AD9176.

The evaluation boards connect to a Data Pattern Generator (DPG3) or an ADS7-V2 controller board via DPG or FMC connectors, enabling quick characterization of DAC performance including single-tone output, NCO frequency shifting, and multi-carrier waveform generation.

Supported devices:

• AD9135 / AD9136 – Dual, 16-bit, 2.8 GSPS DAC

• AD9144 – Quad, 16-bit, 2.8 GSPS DAC

• AD9152 – Dual, 16-bit, 2.25 GSPS DAC

• AD9154 – Quad, 16-bit, 2.4 GSPS DAC

• AD9172 / AD9174 / AD9176 – Dual, 16-bit, 12.6 GSPS DAC

Table of contents

1. Using the evaluation board:

   1. User Guide – what you need to know about the evaluation boards

   2. Prerequisites – what you need to get started with the setup

   3. Quick Start Guides:

      1. Using the ZCU102

      2. Using the ZC706

2. DAC-FMC-EBZ HDL Reference Design which you must use in your FPGA.

3. Resources for designing a custom AD9081/AD9082-based platform software

   1. For Linux software:

      1. About the device driver:

         • JESD204B Transmit Linux driver

         • JESD204B Receive Linux driver

         • JESD204B/C AXI_ADXCVR High-speed transceivers Linux driver

         • AXI DAC HDL Linux driver

         • AXI-DMAC DMA Controller Linux driver

         • AD9172 Linux device driver

      2. About the device tree:

         • Customizing the device tree on the target

      3. About the JESD204 utilities:

         • JESD204 (FSM) interface Linux Kernel framework

         • HMC7044 Clock Jitter Attenuator with JESD204B Linux Driver

         • JESD204 status utility

         • JESD204 Eye Scan

         • JESD204 Interface Framework

      4. Building Zynq Linux kernel and devicetree

      5. Building ZynqMP Linux kernel and devicetree

   2. For No-Os software:

      • AD9172 no-OS Example Project - no-OS project documentation

4. AD9135 / AD9136

   1. AD9136 & AD9135 Evaluation Boards – overview, schematics, BOM, and design files

   2. AD9136/AD9135-EBZ Quick Start Guide (ACE)

   3. AD9136/AD9135-EBZ Quick Start Guide (SPIPro)

   4. AD9136-FMC-EBZ Quick Start Guide (ACE)

5. AD9144

   1. AD9144 Evaluation Boards – overview, schematics, BOM, and design files

   2. AD9144-EBZ Quick Start Guide (ACE)

   3. AD9144-FMC-EBZ Quick Start Guide (ACE)

   4. AD9144-ADRF6720-EBZ Quick Start Guide

   5. AD9144-EBZ Quick Start Guide (SPIPro)

   6. AD9144-FMC-EBZ Quick Start Guide (SPIPro)

6. AD9152

   1. AD9152 Evaluation Board – overview, schematics, BOM, and design files

   2. AD9152-ADRF6720-EBZ Quick Start Guide

   3. AD9152-EBZ Quick Start Guide

   4. AD9152-FMC-EBZ Quick Start Guide (ACE)

7. AD9154

   1. AD9154 Evaluation Boards – overview, schematics, BOM, and design files

   2. AD9154-EBZ Quick Start Guide (ACE)

   3. AD9154-FMC-EBZ Quick Start Guide (ACE)

   4. AD9154-ADRF6720-EBZ Quick Start Guide

   5. AD9154-EBZ Quick Start Guide (SPIPro)

   6. AD9154-FMC-EBZ Quick Start Guide (SPIPro)

   7. AD9154-ADRF6720-EBZ Quick Start Guide (M6720)

8. AD917x

   1. AD9171/AD9172/AD9173/AD9174/AD9175/AD9176 Evaluation Board

9. Help and Support

ADI articles

About JESD standard:

1. JESD204B Survival Guide

2. JESD204C Primer: What’s New and in It for You—Part 1

3. JESD204C Primer: What’s New and in It for You—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.