Quickstart

The Quick start guides provide simple step by step instructions on how to do an initial system setup for the EVAL-AD9656 board on various FPGA development boards.

FPGA-based evaluation

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

• On ZCU102
  • Using no-OS as software
    • Necessary files
    • Required software
    • Required hardware
    • Testing
      • Creating the setup
      • Console output

Supported carriers

The EVAL-AD9656, is, by definition a “FPGA mezzanine card” (FMC); that means it needs a carrier to plug into.

The carriers we support are:

FPGA board	EVAL-AD9656
ZCU102	FMC HPC0

Supported environments

The supported OS are:

FPGA board	HDL	Linux software	No-OS software
ZCU102	Yes	No	Yes

Hardware setup

On most carriers, the EVAL-AD9656 board connects to the HPC0 connector (unless otherwise noted). The carrier setup requires power, UART (115200), and JTAG (no-OS) connections. A few typical setups are shown below.

ZCU102 + EVAL-AD9656

Go to the setup guide.

Windows-based evaluation (HSC-ADC-EVALEZ)

Use this guide when evaluating with the HSC-ADC-EVALEZ data capture kit and VisualAnalog/SPIController software on a Windows PC.

• On HSC-ADC-EVALEZ
  • Equipment needed
  • Required software
  • Configuring the board
  • Setting up the ADC data capture
  • Setting up the SPI Controller software
  • Adjusting the amplitude of the input signal
  • Troubleshooting
  • Helpful documents