EVAL-AD9467-FMC-250EBZ

16-bit, IF Sampling Analog-to-Digital Converter.

Overview

The EVAL-AD9467 is an FMC radio card designed to showcase the AD9467, a 16-bit, monolithic, IF sampling analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with a conversion rate of up to 250 MSPS. This reference design includes a data capture interface and an external DDR-DRAM interface for sample storage. It allows programming the device and monitoring its internal status registers.

The board provides multiple clock path options for clocking the AD9467, and configurable analog input conditioning through the ADL5565 differential amplifier.

Features:

• 16-bit, IF sampling ADC

• Conversion rate up to 250 MSPS

• LVDS data interface with buffering and DMA transfer capability

• External DDR-DRAM interface for sample storage

• Multiple clock path options:

  • Default transformer-coupled clock input

  • Crystal oscillator option

  • AD9517-4 clock generator (LVPECL or LVDS)

• SPI interface for device configuration and status monitoring

• Configurable analog input with differential amplifier

Applications:

• IF sampling in communications systems

• Wideband signal capture

• RF measurement and monitoring

• Signals intelligence (SIGINT)

Recommendations

People who follow the flow that is outlined, have a much better experience with things. However, like many things, documentation is never as complete as it should be. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on our EngineerZone forums, but before that, please make sure you read our documentation thoroughly.

To better understand the AD9467, we recommend to use the EVAL-AD9467 evaluation board.

Table of contents

1. Using the evaluation board/reference design that we offer:

   1. Prerequisites - what you need to get started

   2. Quick start guides:

      1. Using the ZedBoard

      2. Using the ZCU102

   3. Configure an SD Card with Kuiper

   4. Linux Applications

      1. IIO Oscilloscope

2. Design with the AD9467

   • AD9467 product page

   • Full data sheet

   • Hardware in the Loop / How to design your own custom BaseBand

     • GNU Radio

     • Transceiver Toolbox

   • Resources for designing custom AD9467-based platform software

     1. For Linux software:

        1. About the device driver:

           • AXI_AD9467 IP documentation

           • AD9467 Linux driver

        2. About the device tree:

           • Customizing the device tree on the target

           • Building Zynq Linux kernel and devicetree

           • Building ZynqMP Linux kernel and devicetree

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

3. Help and Support

Additional information

• EVAL-AD9467

• UG-200 FMC Interposer User Guide

• AD9467_FMC HDL project source code with ZedBoard and ZCU102 carriers

• AD9467_FMC/Zed Linux devicetree

• AD9467_FMC/ZCU102 Linux devicetree

• AD9467 Linux driver

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.