Evaluation Board User Guide
UG-380
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Evaluation Board for the
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FEATURES
General-purpose evaluation board for
including
VCO, loop filter, and TCXO
Contains the ADF4150 frequency synthesizer (500 MHz to
5 GHz)
Accompanying software allows complete control of
synthesizer functions from a PC
EVALUATION KIT CONTENTS
EVAL-ADF4150EB1Z board
CD that includes
Self-installing software that allows users to control the
board and exercise all functions of the device
Electronic version of the
data sheet
Electronic version of the UG-380 user guide
ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT
PC running Windows XP or more recent version
Power supply
Spectrum analyzer
Oscilloscope (optional)
DOCUMENTS NEEDED
ADF4150 data sheet
REQUIRED SOFTWARE
Analog Devices ADF4150 software (Version 3 or higher)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This board is designed to allow the user to evaluate the perfor-
mance of the
frequency synthesizer for phase-locked
loops (PLLs). Figure 1 shows the board, which contains the
synthesizer, loop filter, voltage control oscillator
(VCO), reference oscillator (TCXO) of 25 MHz frequency for
the reference input, power supply connectors, and an RF output.
The evaluation kit also contains software that is compatible with
Windows® XP and later versions to allow easy programming of
the synthesizer.
A USB port in the PC is required to program the part.
EVALUATION BOARD
10552-
001
Figure 1.
