AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A
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EVALUATION BOARD OVERVIEW
EVALUATION BOARD OPERATION
The AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A evaluation board is provided
to help users quickly become familiar with the operation of the
device and to evaluate the device performance. To operate the
evaluation board, the user needs a PC, a 5 V power supply, a
clock source, and a digital data source. The user also needs a
spectrum analyzer or an oscilloscope to observe the DAC output.
The typical evaluation setup is shown in Figure 100. A sine or
square wave clock can be used to source the DAC sample clock.
The spectral purity of the clock directly affects the device per-
formance. A low noise, low jitter clock source is required.
All necessary connections to the evaluation board are shown in
more detail in Figure 101.
DIGITAL
PATTERN
GENERATOR
ADAPTER
CABLES
CLOCK
GENERATOR
AD9776A/
AD9778A/
AD9779A
EVALUATION
BOARD
CLKIN
SPI PORT
DATACLK OUT
CLOCK IN
SPECTRUM
ANALYZER
1.8V POWER SUPPLY
3.3V POWER SUPPLY
0
6452
-0
97
Figure 100. Typical Test Setup
SPI PORT
AD9779A
J1 CLOCK IN
P4 DIGITAL INPUT CONNECTOR
S7 DCLKOUT
DVDD18
DVDD33
CVDD18
AVDD33
J2
5V SUPPLY
ANALOG
DEVICES
AD9776A/
AD9778A/
AD9779A
S5 OUTPUT 1
S6 OUTPUT 2
ADL537x
LOCAL OSC
INPUT
MODULATOR
OUTPUT
+5V
GND
JP4
JP15
JP8
JP14
JP3
JP16
JP2
JP17
06
45
2-
09
5
Figure 101. AD9776A/AD9778A/AD9779A Evaluation Board Showing All Connections