ADS8688EVM-PDK Overview
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ADS8688EVM-PDK Overview
The ADS8688EVM-PDK is a platform for evaluating the ADS8688 device. The ADS8688EVM-PDK
consists of an ADS8688EVM board and a Simple Capture card. The Simple Capture card is an FPGA-
based controller card that functions as an serial peripheral interface (SPI™) host and transfers data to the
ADS8688EVM graphical user interface (GUI) via a USB interface. The ADS8688EVM GUI collects,
analyzes, and records data from the ADS8688EVM board. The ADS8688EVM GUI is capable of collecting
data from the ADS8688EVM in auto and manual modes, configuring the ADC program registers, and
performing FFT analysis of data captured from the ADC.
ADS8688EVM Features
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Includes support circuitry as a design example to match ADC performance.
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3.3-V slave SPI.
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Serial interface header for easy connection to the Simple Capture card.
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Designed for a 5-V analog supply.
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Integrated 4.096-V voltage reference.
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Bipolar (±10.24 V, ±5,12 V, ±2.56 V ) or unipolar (0 V to 10.24 V, 0 V to 5.12 V) input ranges for each
channel.
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Onboard, second-order, Butterworth, low-pass filters for four channels.
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Onboard regulator for generating a ±15-V bipolar supply for second-order, Butterworth, low-pass filters.
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Capable of accepting a ±100-mV signal on the negative analog inputs (AIN_xGND).
ADS8688EVM GUI Features:
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Captures data from the ADS8688EVM in auto and manual modes.
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Configures the ADS8688 device program registers.
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Enables and disables channels in auto mode.
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FFT analysis and calculates the SNR, THD, and SINAD ac performance parameters.
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Single and multiple graph views for captured data.
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Includes a dc histogram for dc inputs.
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Logs ADC data.
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ADS8688EVM-PDK Evaluation Module
SBAU230A – August 2014 – Revised December 2014
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