Prerequisites

Hardware Prerequisites

1. One of the DAC-FMC-EBZ evaluation boards:

   • EVAL-AD9135 / EVAL-AD9136

   • EVAL-AD9144

   • EVAL-AD9152

   • EVAL-AD9154

   • EVAL-AD9172 (AD917x-FMC-EBZ)

2. One of the following FPGA carrier platforms:

   • ZCU102

   • ZC706

   • VCU118

   • Arria 10 SoC Development Kit

   Note

   ADI does not sell or loan FPGA carrier platforms. These must be purchased separately from the FPGA vendor.

3. Depending on the carrier platform and interaction method:

   • For ARM/FPGA SoC carriers (ZCU102, ZC706, A10SoC): HDMI/DisplayPort monitor, USB keyboard, USB mouse

   • For all carriers: LAN cable and host PC

4. RF test equipment:

   • Spectrum analyzer

   • Signal generator (low phase noise clock source)

   • SMA cables

5. SD card with at least 16GB of memory

Software Prerequisites

• Analysis | Control | Evaluation (ACE) Software – for DPG3/ADS7-based evaluation

• DPG Downloader – for vector generation and download

• For Linux-based evaluation: ADI Kuiper Linux SD card image