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ADC08D1520RB 

Reference Board Users’ Guide 

 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

Summary of Contents for ADC08D1520RB

Page 1: ...SNAU127 Page 1 ADC08D1520RB Reference Board Users Guide ...

Page 2: ...Software 2 2 Installing the ADC08D1520RB Hardware 2 3 Launching the WaveVision 5 Software 2 4 WaveVision 5 User Interface Overview 2 5 System Device Configuration 2 6 Data Capturing 3 0 Secondary Panel Description 4 0 Reference Board Functional Description 4 1 System Block Diagram 4 2 System Description 5 0 Electrical Specification ...

Page 3: ...ng rate of 3 0 GHz The board showcases the following Texas Instruments devices ADC08D1520 analog to digital converter LMX2541 clock synthesizer LP3878 and LP38513 ADJ linear LDO regulators LM20242 LM25576 and LM26400 switching regulators LM3880 power sequencing controller LM95233 temperature sensor In addition the board also employs the Xilinx XC4VLX25 11FFG668 Virtex 4 FPGA for the critical funct...

Page 4: ...licity and performance of USB 2 0 connection to the PC Functions with TI s latest WaveVision 5 signal path control and analysis software 1 2 Packing List The ADC08D1520RB kit consists of the following components ADC08D1520RB Reference Board Documentation on CD Including o ADC08D1520RB Users Guide this document o Wavevision 5 Software o ADC08D1520RB schematic layout o ADC08D1520RB bill of materials...

Page 5: ...e 1 ADC08D1520RB Board Layout Power Switch I ch Sig Q ch Sig Ext Clock Ext Trigger DCLK_RST LMX2541 Int Clock FPGA Xilinx LEDs ADC08D1520 USB Controller USB ADC Control Jumpers Power section Power 7 5 Auxiliary Data Port FMC connector on bottom ...

Page 6: ...one shown in Figure 2 as possible This setup along with the board and software configuration described below is what was used to test the reference board at TI s lab This set of conditions produces the stated reference performance which is normally included with each board shipped to customers The objective is to assure that the user can achieve the same performance as that recorded at TI s lab pr...

Page 7: ...hannel input connectors Set the signal generator at one of the frequencies and signal levels stated in the reference performance report Always use high quality RF SMA cables for optimum performance Do not overdrive the signal and clock inputs as the ADC may be damaged Refer to the Electrical Specification section of the datasheet for the voltage tolerance of these inputs Including insertion loss f...

Page 8: ...OCKED OVER RANGE_Q CH TRIGGER_ARMED ADC_POWER ADC_CALIBRATION OVER RANGE_I CH FPGA_OPERATIONAL ECM_ENABLED RCOUT1 2_ENABLED NOTE The status LEDs are valid only if the FPGA_OPERATIONAL LED is lit Meaning of the status LED s DCLK_LOCKED If FPGA detects DCLKI and DCLKQ toggling this LED lights OVER RANGE_Q CH ADC s overrange Q ch pin pulse stretched to around a half second when overranged TRIGGER_ARM...

Page 9: ...control of features The tabs available on the left side access panels that are pertinent to the current plot window such as channel selection grid selection FFT Readouts and FFT controls The right side panels allow the user to take control of the hardware These include the Signal Source Signal Control and Registers panels the most relevant for this board In addition a small FFT parameter summary b...

Page 10: ...ntrol jumper area The board should be sent with this jumper in place This means that the ADC will be controlled through the SPI interface and not with jumpers driving the control pins This allows the user to control the ADC s behavior through the WaveVision 5 Registers panel Figure 4 WaveVision 5 overview of control buttons Figure 5 WaveVision 5 main window command buttons ...

Page 11: ...stogram plot Hardware histograms are available only in conjunction with evaluation boards which can gather histogram data internally This button is enabled only when an evaluation board which supports hardware histograms is attached 5 Acquire Data Click this button to acquire data to the active plot If you have created more than one plot the Active plot has a highlighted title bar 6 Continuous Acq...

Page 12: ...w 2 Save Plot Displays the Plot Save dialog this button is only active when the plot contains one or more channels with data 3 Reset Zoom Reset X and Y axis zoom to 100 4 Clear Clear data from all channels 5 Print Print the plot 6 Time Domain Display the plot as time domain data 7 FFT Display the plot as an FFT 8 Histogram Display a histogram of the data 9 Close Close this plot ...

Page 13: ...channel mode capturing and viewing both the I and Q channel data DESI Mode Double Edge Sample interleaved mode with I input DESQ Mode Double Edge Sample interleaved mode with Q input Double Edge Sampling DES Double edge sampling works much in the same way as single edge sampling except that the signals is sampled both on the rising and falling edge of the sample clock This effectively doubles the ...

Page 14: ...y to select the Channels tab and deselect the Automatically hide inactive channels option box in order to allow both channels to appear on the plot Alternatively one channel may be displayed per plot Figure 7b I and Q mode both channels displayed on one plot ...

Page 15: ... correct subsequent data captures and display will not be correct Resolution This will always be set to the ADC08D1520 resolution which is 8 bits Acquisition Size This setting displays and selects the number of samples captured in each acquisition 4K samples is the default with settings up to 32K samples A larger sample size increases the equivalent FFT bandwidth resolution but at the expense of m...

Page 16: ...s The following is a short description of each tab under the Register panel Settings This tab gives choice of either External Clock or Internal Clock and buttons to initiate FPGA Reset Reset Registers and Calibrate ADC Calibration of the ADC should be performed if changes occur such as device temperature mode changes single channel to dual channel single edge sampling Non DES to double edge sampli...

Page 17: ...e of DCLK When this bit is to a 1b data bus clocking follows the SDR mode whereby each data word is output with either the rising or falling edge of DCLK as determined by the OutEdge bit OV Output Voltage This bit determines the LVDS outputs voltage amplitude and has the same function as the OutV pin that is used in the Non extended Control Mode When this bit is set to 1b the normal output amplitu...

Page 18: ...SNAU127 Note No changes will take effect until the Write Config Reg button is clicked ...

Page 19: ... in the SDR DDR and the Non demux Modes DES and Non DES RTD Resistor Trim Disable When this bit is set to 1b the input termination resistor is not trimmed during the calibration cycle and the DCLK output remains enabled Note that the ADC is calibrated regardless of this setting DLF DES Low Frequency When this bit is set to 1b the dynamic performance of the device is improved when the input clock i...

Page 20: ...pointer or using left right arrow keys once the slider has been selected Although the offset is entered in an 8 bit 0 to 255 relative form it is also displayed in approximate mV I Channel Full Scale The approximate I Channel input full scale range mV peak to peak is selected ranging from a minimum of 560mV to a maximum of 840mV The default setting is 700mV Note No changes will take effect until th...

Page 21: ... Adjust Sets the approximate amount of coarse Aperture Delay applied IPA Intermediate Phase Adjust Each code value in this field delays the sample clock by approximately 11 ps A value of 000b in this field causes zero adjustment Maximum combined adjustment using Coarse Phase Adjust and Intermediate Phase adjust is approximately 2 1 ns Fine Phase Adjust Sets the approximate amount of fine Aperture ...

Page 22: ...Ambient Temperature Provides the local board temperature of the LM95233 IC ADC Temperature Provides the approximate die temperature of the ADC08D1520 FPGA Temperature Provides the approximate die temperature of the Xilinx Virtex 4 FPGA Note No changes will appear until the Update Temperatures button is clicked ...

Page 23: ... Switch to the frequency domain window FFT using the WaveVision 5 controls Type Ctrl r to obtain the summary of the acquisition Place the software in continuous mode Item 6 of Figure 6 and then acquire again At this point dynamic performance metrics similar to those shown on the reference data shipped with the board may be obtained One of the basic variables that you may experiment with at this po...

Page 24: ...this insertion loss use the recommended values in Table 1 The magnitude shown is for the signal at J11 the External Clock Input SMA in order to maintain the proper level at the ADC s CLK inputs For example measure and adjust the amplitude of the external signal generator filter on a power meter or spectrum analyzer before connecting to the External Clock Input Figure 15 External internal clock sel...

Page 25: ...Clock DCLK_RST VinI VinQ Analog_3 3V Digital_3 3V Analog_1 9V 7 5V EEPROM Local Clock 96 MHz DCLKI Q SPI 1 8V USI 1 Conx x2 for external devices Vcmo Analog Front End Boards Plug in Here LMH6518 Balun RF Digital_2 5V Digital_1 8V Digital_1 2V 3 3V 5V GND Analog_3 3 5 0V for off board use Vreg 5V 3 3V Power Sequencing Control Temp Sensor LM95233 I2C ADR DATA FIFO I F uWire SPI 3 3V SE2DIFF Trigger ...

Page 26: ...ily provides a single chip very low jitter clock solution at frequencies up to 4 0 GHz In this application the LMX2541SQ3030E is used which can be programmed to operate over a range of 2810 3230MHz This output frequency from the VCO is divided to achieve the desired clocking frequency of the ADC On the ADC08D1520RB board the device is configured for a 1 5 GHz output through the serial interface Th...

Page 27: ... trigger voltage is in the range of 2 5V 3 3V The low trigger voltage should be 0V Note that this may be a single shot data capture or a continuous trigger If the trigger is armed but Vtrigger is not greater than Vth within approximately 3 minutes then the software will time out and show the error message Board failed to collect samples Figure 17 Trigger circuit on reference board 1 Connect a sign...

Page 28: ...erride power good M2C indicates power good from Mez to Carrier J155 Override power good C2M FPGA will output data on FMC FMC_PG_C2M Figure 18 Explanation of Power Good override jumpers for FMC port Figure 19 Bottom of ADC08D1520RB showing FMC port ADC08D1520RB ...

Page 29: ...age 29 2 8 4 LM95233 Temperature Sensor Using the TI LM95233 temp sensor chip the ambient ADC08D1520 and Xilinx FPGA temperatures can be monitored The temperature readings are available through the WV 5 software ...

Page 30: ...The maximum level at the signal generator is dependent upon the insertion loss from other hardware before the ADC inputs Care should be taken not to exceed the Operating Ratings at the ADC input Clock Input Signal Maximum Operating Voltage 2 0V Recommended generator setting 1 dBm The maximum level at the signal generator is dependent upon the insertion loss from other hardware before the clock inp...

Page 31: ...vices described herein Mailing Address Texas Instruments Post Office Box 655303 Dallas Texas 75265 Copyright 2012 Texas Instruments Incorporated REGULATORY COMPLIANCE INFORMATION As noted in the EVM User s Guide and or EVM itself this EVM and or accompanying hardware may or may not be subject to the Federal Communications Commission FCC and Industry Canada IC rules For EVMs not subject to the abov...

Page 32: ...ergy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correc...

Page 33: ...nnée équivalente p i r e ne dépasse pas l intensité nécessaire à l établissement d une communication satisfaisante Le présent émetteur radio a été approuvé par Industrie Canada pour fonctionner avec les types d antenne énumérés dans le manuel d usage et ayant un gain admissible maximal et l impédance requise pour chaque type d antenne Les types d antenne non inclus dans cette liste ou dont le gain...

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