Quickstart

The Quick Start Guides provide simple step by step instructions on how to do an initial system setup for the EVAL-AD7380FMCZ / EVAL-AD7381FMCZ / EVAL-AD7386FMCZ boards.

FPGA-based evaluation

Use these guides when evaluating with an FPGA carrier board. They cover bitstream programming, no-OS programs and Linux boot.

• On ZedBoard
  • Using Linux as software
    • Necessary files
    • Required Software
    • Required Hardware
    • Testing
      • Creating the setup
      • Boot messages
      • Useful commands for the serial terminal
    • EVAL-AD7380FMCZ
      • Scopy
      • IIO Oscilloscope
    • EVAL-AD7381FMCZ
      • Creating the setup
      • Scopy
      • IIO Oscilloscope
    • EVAL-AD7386-4FMCZ
      • Creating the setup
      • Scopy
      • IIO Oscilloscope
  • Using no-OS as software
    • Necessary files
    • Required Software
    • Required Hardware
    • Testing
      • Creating the setup
      • Console output
      • Scopy
      • IIO Oscilloscope

Supported carriers

The EVAL-AD7380FMCZ / EVAL-AD7381FMCZ / EVAL-AD7386FMCZ are, by definition, “FPGA mezzanine cards” (FMC); that means they need a carrier to plug into.

The carriers we support are:

FPGA board	EVAL-AD7380FMCZ	EVAL-AD7381FMCZ	EVAL-AD7386FMCZ
ZedBoard	FMC LPC	FMC LPC	FMC LPC

Supported environments

The supported OS are:

Eval Board	FPGA board	HDL	Linux software	No-OS software
EVAL-AD7380FMCZ	ZedBoard	Yes	Yes	Yes
EVAL-AD7381FMCZ	ZedBoard	Yes	Yes	Yes
EVAL-AD7386FMCZ	ZedBoard	Yes	Yes	No

Hardware setup

On the ZedBoard, the AD738x evaluation boards connect to the FMC LPC connector. The carrier setup requires power, UART (115200), Ethernet (Linux), HDMI (if available) and/or JTAG (no-OS) connections. A few typical setups are shown below.

ZedBoard + EVAL-AD7380FMCZ

ZedBoard + EVAL-AD7381FMCZ

ZedBoard + EVAL-AD7386FMCZ