Prerequisites

What you need depends on what you are trying to do. As a minimum, you need to start out with:

Hardware prerequisites

1. One of the AD974x evaluation boards:

   • EVAL-AD9740 - 10-bit variant

   • EVAL-AD9742 - 12-bit variant

   • EVAL-AD9744 - 14-bit variant

   • EVAL-AD9748 - 8-bit variant

#. ZedBoard Rev D or later (Zynq-7000 SoC)Rev D or later (Zynq-7000 SoC) #. 16 GB (or larger) Class 10 micro-SD card #. 12 V, 3 A power supply for the ZedBoard #. Micro-USB cable (UART, J14 on ZedBoard) #. Ethernet cable #. An oscilloscope for monitoring DAC outputs (J4, J5 SMB connectors)

Software prerequisites

The following files must be placed on the micro-SD card boot partition before powering on the Zedboard. They are available as part of the ADI Kuiper Linux image:

• BOOT.BIN - pre-built boot binary for the EVAL-AD9740 / EVAL-AD9742 / EVAL-AD9744 / EVAL-AD9748 on Zedboard

• uImage - Linux kernel image

• devicetree.dtb - device tree blob for the Zedboard + EVAL-AD9740 / EVAL-AD9742 / EVAL-AD9744 / EVAL-AD9748

For basic data visualization and DAC control we use:

1. libiio (required by pyadi-iio on the host PC)

2. PyADI-IIO - optional Python scripting interface

Note

ADI does not offer FPGA carrier platforms for sale or loan; obtaining a Zedboard is a normal part of evaluation and development.