Evaluating the ADF4377 Microware Wideband Synthesizer with Integrated VCO

The EV-ADF4377SD1Z evaluates the performance of the ADF4377 frequency synthesizer with an integrated voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) for phase-locked loops (PLLs).

The evaluation board contains the ADF4377 frequency synthesizer with an integrated VCO, a USB interface, power supply connectors, and subminiature Version A (SMA) connectors.

This board requires an SDP-S board (not supplied with the kit). The SDP-S allows software programming of the EV-ADF4377SD1Z board with ACE software.

Supported Carriers

Required Hardware

Required Software

  • Xilinx SDK / Xilinx Vitis.

  • A UART terminal (Tera Term/PuTTY/Hyperterminal), Baud rate 115200.

Build Application

In order to build the application and generate the .elf file, please follow the no-OS build guide.

Source files for the application can be found in the Source code section.

Run Application

Start a UART terminal (set to 115200 baud rate), and program the device and run the elf file. An output example of the application is provided below:

ADF4377 Successfully initialized!
Output Frequency Locked!

Source code