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AD-FMCOMMS2-EBZ User Guide

The AD-FMComms2-EBZ is an FMC board for the AD9361, a highly integrated RF Agile Transceiver™. While the complete chip level design package can be found on the the ADI web site. Information on the card, and how to use it, the design package that surrounds it, and the software which can make it work, can be found here.

The purpose of the AD-FMComms2-EBZ is to provide an RF platform to which shows maximum performance of the AD9361. It’s expected that the RF performance of this platform can meet the datasheet specifications without issues at 2.4 GHz, and not much anywhere else. This is due to the external Johanson Technology's 2450BL15B050E 2.45 GHz Balun that is on the board. This balun is rated for a operating frequency of 2400~2500 MHz.

This platform is primarily for hardware / RF investigation and bring up of various waveforms from a RF team before their custom hardware is complete, where they want to see waveforms at their frequency of interest, and are not afraid of changing out the balun if necessary. (Have a look in the Configuration sections).

The AD-FMComms2-EBZ board is very similar to the AD-FMComms3-EBZ board with only one exception, the RX/TX RF differential to single ended balun/transformer. The AD-FMComms3-EBZ is more targetted for wider tuning range applications, that is why we use the TCM1-63AX+ from mini Circuits as the RF transformer of choice. We affectionately call the FMCOMMS3-EBZ the “Software Engineers” platform, and the FMCOMMS2-EBZ, the “RF Engineers” platform to denote the difference.

Table of Contents

People who follow the flow that is outlined, have a much better experience with things. However, like many things, documentation is never as complete as it should be. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

  1. FMCOMMS2 Hardware: This provides a brief description of the AD-FMCOMMS2-EBZ board by itself, and is a good reference for those who want to understand a little more about the board. If you just want to use the board, you can skip this section, and come back to it when you want to incorporate the AD9361 into your product.
    1. Hardware (including schematics)
  2. Use the AD-FMCOMMS2-EBZ Board to better understand the AD9361
    1. Push custom data into/out of the AD-FMCOMMS2-EBZ
  3. Design with the AD9361
    1. Basics
    2. Simulation
    3. Hardware in the Loop
    4. Design a custom AD9361 based platform
      1. HDL Reference Design which you must use in your FPGA.

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Warning

All the products described on this page include ESD (electrostatic discharge) sensitive devices. Electrostatic charges as high as 4000V readily accumulate on the human body or test equipment and can discharge without detection.

Although the boards feature ESD protection circuitry, permanent damage may occur on devices subjected to high-energy electrostatic discharges. Therefore, proper ESD precautions are recommended to avoid performance degradation or loss of functionality. This includes removing static charge on external equipment, cables, or antennas before connecting to the device.

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