AD9865 and AD9866 Evaluation Kit
This evaluation board kit supports the AD9865 and AD9866 MxFE™ broadband family. Since these MxFEs are highly integrated and software configurable, it is recommended that users familiarize themselves with the operation and performance capabilities of these devices using an evaluation board kit. The evaluation kit consists of a PCB, software and documentation to facilitate its test bench analysis. Besides allowing independent testing of the AD9865/66 Tx and Rx signal paths, the PCB also supports a complete analog front-end (AFE) reference design for power-line modems. The digital interface for the PCB is highly flexible supporting half- or full-duplex interfaces to test equipment or DSP, FPGA, or ASIC development boards.
Documentation
Technical notes are available in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF).
To view the AD9865/AD9866 Evaluation Board documentation, select the links below:
- AD9865/AD9866 Rev. B Evaluation Board Schematics (pdf, 224,919 bytes)
- AD9865/AD9866 Rev. B Evaluation Board Layout (pdf, 863,579 bytes)
Software
The software included with the AD9865 and AD9866 evaluation kit provides a convenient graphical user interface allowing for easy access to the various SPI port configuration registers. Upon proper configuration of the AD9865/AD9866, the user can then evaluate the Tx and Rx signal path's performance and optimize the settings of various registers for a given application.
To download the software for Windows 95 and 98, select the link below:
- Evaluation Board Windows 95/98 Executable Labview™ Software (zip, 117,217 bytes)
To download the software for Windows 2000 and NT, select the link below:
- Evaluation Board Windows 2000 and NT Executable Labview™ Software (zip 225,245 bytes)
To download the instructions for the software, select the link below:
- Instructions for the AD9865/AD9866 Evaluation Software (pdf, 428,257 bytes)