Analog Devices AD9161/AD9162/AD9163/AD9164 User Guide

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Evaluating the AD9161, AD9162, AD9163, and AD9164 High Speed, RF DACs

This user guide is for the AD9161, AD9162, AD9163, and AD9164 evaluation board. The evaluation board connects to an ADS7-V2EBZ pattern generator for quick evaluation of the AD9161, AD9162, AD9163, and AD9164 high-speed, RF digital-to-analog converters (RF DACs). The ADS7-V2EBZ automatically formats the data and sends it to the evaluation board, which simplifies evaluation of the device. The evaluation board runs from the FPGA mezzanine card (FMC) power supply.

Figure 1 shows the top side of the evaluation board. The evaluation board includes a clock buffer, the AD9508, which provides the reference clock and SYSREF° pins to the ADS7-V2EBZ, and the SYSREF± pins signal to the DAC.

The evaluation board can be driven by an external clock or the on-board clock (ADF4355), as shown in Figure 2. There is a single-pole, double throw (SPDT) switch on the board for selecting the clock source.

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AD9161, AD9162, AD9163, AND AD9164 EVALUATION BOARD PHOTOGRAPH

Figure 3 shows the top side of the evaluation board, highlighting key connectors and components such as the FMC connector, DAC output (J32), external clock input (J31), ADF4355 reference clock input (J61), ADF4355 output (J62), and USB connection (XP2). It also indicates the board version (Y61) and power input points (TP41, TP64).

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