UG-076
Evaluation Board User Guide
Rev. A | Page 2 of 16
TABLE OF CONTENTS
General Description ......................................................................... 1
AD9520 Evaluation Board ............................................................... 1
Revision History ............................................................................... 2
Evaluation Board Hardware ............................................................ 3
Power and PC Connections ........................................................ 3
Signal Connections ...................................................................... 3
Bypassing the Wall Power Supply ............................................... 3
Bypassing the PLL (Clock Distribution Only) ............................. 3
Using an External VCXO ............................................................ 3
C Serial Port Mode ......................................................... 3
Evaluation Board Software .............................................................. 4
Software Installation .................................................................... 4
Running the Software .................................................................. 4
Quick Start Guide to the AD9520 PLL .......................................... 5
Evaluation Software Components .................................................. 7
Main Window ............................................................................... 7
PLL Reference Input Window .................................................... 8
PLL Configuration Window ....................................................... 8
REFMON, STATUS, and LD Buttons ........................................ 8
Register W/R Box ..........................................................................9
SYNC, PD (Power Down), and RESET Buttons .......................9
EEPROM Control Window .........................................................9
Reference (R) Divider Window ...................................................9
Feedback (N) Divider Window ................................................ 10
R and N Delay Window ............................................................. 10
Phase Frequency Detector (PFD) Window ............................ 10
Charge Pump Setup Window ................................................... 11
Zero Delay Window ................................................................... 11
VCO Calibration Window ........................................................ 11
Channel Divider Window ......................................................... 11
Output Driver Window ............................................................. 12
Debug Window ........................................................................... 12
Evaluation Software Menu Items.................................................. 13
Menu Bar ..................................................................................... 13
AD9520 PLL Loop Filter ............................................................... 14
AD9520 Binary File Generation ................................................... 16
Checksum Generation ............................................................... 16
Avoiding Checksum Mismatches ............................................. 16
REVISION HISTORY
5/2017—Rev. 0 to Rev. A
Changes to Title and General Description Section ...................... 1
Changes to Power and PC Connections Section, Signal
Connections Section, Bypassing the Wall Power Supply Section,
and Using I
2
C Serial Port Mode Section ........................................ 3
Changes to Software Installation Section and Running the
Software Section ............................................................................... 4
Added Table 1 Caption .................................................................... 5
Change to Figure 6 Caption ............................................................ 5
Changes to PLL Reference Input Window Section, PLL
Configuration Window Section, and REFMON, STATUS, and
LD Buttons Section ........................................................................... 8
Changes to SYNC, PD (Power Down), and RESET Buttons
Section, and Reference (R) Divider Window Section ................. 9
Changes to Feedback (N) Divider Window Section and R and
N Delay Window Section .............................................................. 10
Changes to Channel Divider Window Section........................... 11
Changes to Output Driver Window Section ............................... 12
Changes to Load Setup Section, Select Evaluation Board
Section, Configure Serial Port Section, Debug Section, and
Operational Modes Menu Section ............................................... 13
Changes to AD9520 PLL Loop Filter Section ............................. 14
Changes to Using the Evaluation Board to Program an AD9520
on a Customer Board Section ....................................................... 15
Changes to AD9520 Binary File Generation Section and
Avoiding Checksum Mismatches Section ................................... 16
1/2010—Revision 0: Initial Version
