This version (09 Feb 2021 15:30) was approved by Robin Getz.The Previously approved version (09 Jan 2021 00:32) is available.
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AD-FMCOMMS11-EBZ User Guide
The AD-FMComms11-EBZ board is a system platform board for communication infrastructure applications that demonstrates the Direct to RF (DRF) transmitter and observation receiver architecture. Using high sample rate RFDAC(s) and RFADC(s), a number of components in previous generation transmitters can be eliminated, such as mixers, modulators, IF amplifiers and filters. The objective being to bring the ADC or DAC as close to the antenna as possible, leading to possibly more cost effective and efficient communications solution. It is composed of multi-GSps RF ADC AD9625 and DAC AD9162, Cheetah and Barium respectively. The transmit path contains a balun, low pass filter, gain block and variable attenuation to produce an output appropriate for a power amplifier module. Along the observation path, the PA output is coupled back into the board through a variable attenuator, a balun and finally the ADC. Clock management is taken care of on board; all the necessary clocks are generated from a reference. Power management is present as well. We will provide typical performance data for the entire range (70 MHz – 6 GHz) which is supported by the platform. This is primarily for system investigation and bring up of various waveforms from a software team before their custom hardware is complete, where they want to see waveforms, but are not concerned about the last 1dB or 1% EVM of performance.
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- FMCOMMS11 Hardware: This provides a brief description of the AD-FMCOMMS11-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 one of the devices into your product.
- Hardware (including schematics)
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- Linux Applications
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- Design with the FMCOMMS11’s AD9625 and AD9162
- Understanding the FMCOMMS11
ADI Articles
- Four Quick Steps to Production: Using Model-Based Design for Software-Defined Radio
ADI Videos
MathWorks Webinars
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.
resources/eval/user-guides/ad-fmcomms11-ebz.txt · Last modified: 09 Feb 2021 15:30 by Robin Getz