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Application Note 1809

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AN1809.0

December 5, 2012

Running the Software

Once the installation is complete, the software can be launched 
by double clicking on the shortcut located on the desktop, by 
default called “iEvalADC”. There is no need to attach the 
evaluation kit hardware to launch the software. The first time the 
program is launched, you may experience a delay as the Java 
runtime environment unpacks the required libraries. Subsequent 
runs will be much shorter. A window similar to the following will 
be displayed once iEvalADC has launched.

Thank you for installing the iEvalADC software. For a complete 
user guide for iEvalADC, please refer to 

Application Note 1809

Appendix A

Source Requirements

Source jitter and noise will degrade performance. For best test 
results, a combined jitter (for both clock and signal sources) that 
does not exceed 200fs is recommended.

Sample Clock and Input Signal Source Setup

Sample clock settings:

• 40MHz to 500MHz sine, +10dBm
Signal settings:

• 4.5MHz to 250MHz, +10dBm to +16dBm (depending on 

analog input attenuation)

Appendix B

Sometimes there are multiple drivers that match the VID/PID 
characteristics of the hardware. In those cases, a window similar 
to the following will be displayed when trying to automatically 
install the driver. When this occurs, select the driver with the 
location of “c:\windows\inf\Icyusb.inf” and click “Next”.

Occasionally, windows will prompt for the ‘ICYUSB.sys’ file after 
selecting the icyusb.inf file. If so, the prompt will look something 
like the window displayed in Figure 13. If this prompt is 
displayed, fill in the install directory of iEvalADC along with the 
subdirectory, lib. Alternatively, browse to this directory. If you 
accepted the defaults during installation, the correct path will be 
C:\Program Files\Intersil\iEvalADC\lib. After entering the 
appropriate directory, click “OK”, then, click “Search for the best 
driver in these locations”. Also, make sure the check box “Include 
this location in the search” is selected and the directory 
highlighted is the install directory of iEvalADC with the “lib” 
subdirectory, and click “Next” or ”OK”.

FIGURE 11.

FIGURE 12.

FIGURE 13.

 

 

Summary of Contents for JESD204B

Page 1: ...ersil iEvalADC is already installed on the machine a new installation may proceed without removing the prior version Features Complete high speed ADC measurement solution 40MSPS to 500MSPS operation Datasheet style live updated display with calculation of critical ADC parameters SNR SFDR SINAD ENOB Harmonics Power Multiple display modes frequency FFT time domain Integrated SPI control for ADC conf...

Page 2: ...on platform the following items are required 1 Intersil ADCMB HSFMCEV1Z motherboard 2 USB cable USB A to USB B 1 25 to 2M long supplied with ADCMB HSFMCEV1Z 3 5V power supply 18 W minimum supplied with ADCMB HSFMCEV1Z 4 Intersil daughter card containing ADC to be tested ordered separately 5 Suitable signal and clock sources see Appendix A on page 4 supplied by user 6 PC with free USB2 0 port logge...

Page 3: ...riate driver via the Found New Hardware Wizard Click No not this time then click Next 8 The Software Installation wizard window will open Click the Install the software automatically Recommended radio button then click Next 9 The Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard window will open Click Finish For common issues encountered during this process and solutions to these issues please refer to App...

Page 4: ...er for both clock and signal sources that does not exceed 200fs is recommended Sample Clock and Input Signal Source Setup Sample clock settings 40MHz to 500MHz sine 10dBm Signal settings 4 5MHz to 250MHz 10dBm to 16dBm depending on analog input attenuation Appendix B Sometimes there are multiple drivers that match the VID PID characteristics of the hardware In those cases a window similar to the f...

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