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Board Setup Examples
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SLAU711 – March 2017
Copyright © 2017, Texas Instruments Incorporated
HSDC Pro With Xilinx
®
KCU105
7.6.1
External Clock Mode DAC38RF82EVM
This section shows how to set up an DAC38RF82EVM using an external clock. This example will
configure the JESD204B DAC in an 841 mode.
Set up the hardware as follows:
1. Connect a 6 GHz, 14-dBm output from a signal generator to DACCLK (J1) of the DAC38RF82EVM.
2. Verify that jumper labeled JP10 is SHUNT 1-2 to enable external clock mode.
3. Connect a power cable to the DAC38RF82EVM and open the DAC38RFXX GUI. The GUI is found
under "Software" on
featuring the
4. On the
Quick Start
tab, toggle
DAC RESETB Pin
and press the
Load Default
button.
5. Configure the GUI as shown in
:
(a)
DAC Clock Frequency (MHz)
– "6000"
(b)
# of DACs
– "Dual DAC"
(c)
# of IQ pairs per DAC
– "1 IQ pair"
(d)
# of serdes lanes per DAC
– "4 Lanes"
(e)
Desired Interpolation
– "16x"
Figure 26. DAC38RFXX EVM GUI in External Clock Mode
6. Press the
CONFIGURE DAC
button, then the
PLL AUTO TUNE
button, then the
Reset DAC JESD
Core & SYSREF TRIGGER
button.
7. Navigate to the
LMK04828
tab. Change the
DCLK Divider
on
CLKout 0 and 1
to "8" as shown in
. This will provide the right reference clock to send to the KCU105.