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Detailed Description
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SLAU790A – October 2018 – Revised December 2018
Copyright © 2018, Texas Instruments Incorporated
DAC53608 Evaluation Module
3
Detailed Description
3.1
Hardware Description
The following sections provide detailed information on the EVM hardware and jumper configuration
settings.
3.1.1
Theory of Operation for BOOSTXL-DAC-PORT
The BOOSTXL-DAC-PORT is a generic evaluation platform for catalog DACs, which provide various
options for power supply, reference, communication interfaces, and GPIO for a DAC EVM. The DAC EVM
interfaces with a predefined set of signals common to a precision DAC. The block diagram of this board is
shown in
.
Figure 7. BOOSTXL-DAC-PORT Hardware Block Diagram
