Quick start guides

The Quick start guides provide simple step by step instructions on how to do an initial system setup for the EVAL-AD9081 / EVAL-AD9082 boards on various FPGA development boards. In these guides, we will discuss how to program the bitstream, run a no-OS program or boot a Linux distribution.

• On A10SoC
  • Using Linux as software
    • Necessary files
    • Required software
    • Required hardware
      • A10SoC required hardware changes
    • Testing
      • Creating the setup
      • Boot messages
      • Useful commands for the serial terminal
• On VCK190
  • Using Linux as software
    • Necessary files
    • Required Software
    • Required Hardware
    • Testing
      • Creating the setup
      • ACAP SD card boot files
      • Setting up UART
      • Boot messages
      • Useful commands for the serial terminal
• On ZC706
  • Using Linux as software
    • Necessary files
    • Required Software
    • Required Hardware
    • Testing
      • Creating the setup
      • Boot messages
      • Useful commands for the serial terminal
  • Using no-OS as software
    • Necessary files
    • Required Software
    • Required Hardware
    • Testing
      • Creating the setup
      • Console output
• On VCU118
  • Using Linux as software
    • Necessary files
    • Required Software
    • Required Hardware
    • Testing
      • Creating the setup
      • Boot messages
      • Useful commands for the serial terminal
  • Using no-OS as software
    • Necessary files
    • Required Software
    • Required Hardware
    • Testing
      • Creating the setup
      • Console output
• On ZCU102
  • Using Linux as software
    • Necessary files
    • Required Software
    • Required Hardware
    • Testing
      • Creating the setup
      • Boot messages
      • Useful commands for the serial terminal
  • Using no-OS as software
    • Necessary files
    • Required Software
    • Required Hardware
    • Testing
      • Creating the setup
      • Console output

Supported carriers

The EVAL-AD9081 / EVAL-AD9082, is, by definition a “FPGA mezzanine card” (FMC); that means it needs a carrier to plug into.

Note

EVAL-AD9988 can be an alternative to AD9081-FMCA-EBZ and EVAL-AD9986 can be an alternative to AD9082-FMCA-EBZ.

Both AD9081 and AD9988 have MxFE Quad, 16-bit, 12 GSPS RF DAC & Quad, 12-bit, 4 GSPS RF ADC,

The same goes for AD9082 and AD9986, both have MxFE Quad, 16-bit, 12 GSPS RF DAC & Dual, 12-bit, 6 GSPS RF ADC.

The carriers we support are:

FPGA board	EVAL-AD9081	EVAL-AD9082
Arria 10 SoC	FMCA	—
FM87	FMCA	—
VCK190	FMCP1 (J51)	FMCP1 (J51)
VPK180	FMCP1	FMCP1
VCU118	FMC+	FMC+
ZC706	FMC HPC	FMC HPC
ZCU102	FMC HPC0	FMC HPC0

Supported Environments

The supported OS are:

FPGA board	HDL	Linux software	No-OS software
Arria 10 SoC	Yes	Yes	—
FM87	—	—	—
VCK190	Yes	Yes	Yes
VPK180	Yes	Yes	Yes
VCU118	Yes	Yes	Yes
ZC706	Yes	Yes	Yes
ZCU102	Yes	Yes	Yes

Hardware setup

On most carriers, the EVAL-AD9081 / EVAL-AD9082 boards connect to the HPC1 connector (unless otherwise noted). 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.

ZCU102 + EVAL-AD9081

VCK190 + EVAL-AD9081