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SLAU671A – October 2016 – Revised March 2017
Copyright © 2016–2017, Texas Instruments Incorporated
DAC38RF8xEVM
User's Guide
SLAU671A – October 2016 – Revised March 2017
DAC38RF8xEVM
The DAC38RF8xEVM is the family of circuit boards for evaluating the DAC38RFxx family of high-speed
digital-to-analog converters (DACs) from Texas Instruments. The DAC38RF8xEVM family consists of the
DAC38RF80EVM, DAC38RF87EVM, DAC38RF82EVM, DAC38RF86EVM, and DAC38RF89EVM. This
user's guide is applicable to all the EVMs in the DAC38RF8xEVM family. This document is intended to
guide the DAC38RF8xEVM user through the process of setting up the EVM successfully. For other
information on the DAC38RFxx device family, refer to the device datasheet (
, and
). Throughout this document,
italics
are used to refer to names of controls on graphical user
interfaces (GUI).
Contents
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Introduction
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1.1
Required Hardware and Software
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1.2
Hardware Description
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2
Quick Start
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2.1
TSW14J56 and DAC38RF8xEVM
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3
Generating Configuration Files for Custom Boards
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3.1
Status Log
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3.2
Low Level View
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Appendix A
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Appendix B
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List of Figures
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DAC38RF8xEVM Block Diagram
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2
Shunt Pin 1 and Pin 2 of JP10 Jumper Enabling External Clock Mode
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3
DAC38RF83 EVM Setup for External Clock Mode
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DAC38RF8xEVM GUI Quick Start Page Configured for External Clock Mode
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5
DAC38RF8xEVM GUI
External Clock Select
Checkbox
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Open Pin 1 and Pin 2 of JP10 Jumper to Enable On-Chip PLL Clock Mode
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DAC38RF83 EVM Setup for On-Chip PLL Mode
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DAC38RF8xEVM GUI Quick Start Page Configured for On-Chip PLL Mode
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9
Load Firmware to the TSW14J56
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10
Complex, Single Tone Generation at 100 kHz in HSDC Pro
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DAC A Digital Control Tab of the DAC38RF8x GUI
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DAC A Output at 1960 MHz and 2140 MHz, Mixer Gain Off, Dummy Date Enabled
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1×20 MHz LTE, TM3.1, Center Frequency = 1960 MHz, DAC Coarse Gain = 10, External Clock
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1×20 MHz LTE, TM3.1, Center Frequency = 2140 MHz, DAC Coarse Gain = 10, External Clock
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DAC Output Power vs Frequency (Fsampling = 8847.36 Msps)
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DAC38RF8xEVM GUI Status Log
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DAC38RF8xEVM GUI Low Level View
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DAC Output Circuit Schematic
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TCM3-452X-1+ Frequency Response
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Clock Input Path Circuit Diagram
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NCR2-113+ Frequency Response
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