Wideband Solutions

The ADRV9002NP/W1/PCBZ and ADRV9002NP/W2/PCBZ are radio cards designed to showcase the ADRV9002, dual-channel Narrow/Wide-band RF transceiver. The radio cards provide a 2x2 transceiver platform for device evaluation. All peripherals necessary for the radio card to operate include high efficiency power circuit board, and a high-performance clocking/MCS distribution included on the radio board. Connecting one of the radio cards with the FPGA motherboard through the FMC connector form a complete evaluation platform for ADRV9002.

Schematic/CAD/BOM/S-Parameters/IBIS Files/BSDL

This hardware together with TES software can be used to emulate ADRV9003 and ADRV9004 transceiver. When ADRV9003 or ADRV9004 transceiver is selected in TES, software can generate required initialization sequence that is tailored to particular transceiver.

The ADRV9029 and ADRV9026 radio cards designed to showcase the ADRV9026 (quad-channel wideband RF transceiver) and ADRV9029 (quad-channel wideband RF transceiver with integrated DPD & CFR). The radio cards provide a 4x4 transceiver platform for device evaluation. All peripherals necessary for the radio card to operate include a separate high efficiency power circuit board, and a high-performance clocking solution included on the radio board. Connecting one of the radio cards with the FPGA motherboard ADS9-V2EBZ through the FMC connector form a complete evaluation platform for ADRV9026 and ADRV9029. The ADRV9026 evaluation kit can also be used to evaluate the performance of the ADRV9010.

The ADRV9009-W/PCBZ is a radio card designed to showcase the ADRV9009, the widest bandwidth, highest performance RF integrated transceiver. The radio card provides a single 2x2 transceiver platform for device evaluation and rapid prototyping of radio solutions. All peripherals necessary for the radio card to operate including a high efficiency switcher only power supply solution, and a high performance clocking solution are populated on the board. The ADRV9009-W/PCBZ is a single-chip TDD solution of dual receivers, dual transmitters with observation receiver.

The ADRV9009-W/PCBZ operates over a wide tuning range 75MHz – 6GHz, however the RF performance is tempered by the very wide band front end match. This board is primarily intended for system investigation and bringing up various waveforms from a software team before custom hardware is complete. The objective being for designers to see waveforms, but not being concerned about the last 1dB or 1% EVM of performance.

The ADRV9008-1W/PCBZ is an evaluation kit to showcase the ADRV9008-1, offering dual receivers over a tuning range 75MHz – 6GHz. The ADRV9008-2W/PCBZ is an evaluation kit to showcase the ADRV9008-2, offering dual transmitters with observation receiver over a tuning range 75MHz – 6GHz.

ADRV9008/ADRV9009 Evaluation and Prototyping Platforms
ADI provides a full set of software and hardware tools for evaluation, prototyping and reference design. The following table outlines the available hardware and software tools.

The ADRV9371-N/PCBZ and ADRV9371-WPCBZ are radio cards designed to showcase the AD9371, a high performance wideband integrated RF transceiver intended for use in RF applications such as 4G base station, test and measurement applications and software defined radios. The radio cards provide hardware engineers, software engineers and system architects with a single 2x2 transceiver platform for device evaluation and rapid prototyping of radio solutions. All peripherals necessary for the radio card to operate including a high efficiency switcher only power supply solution, and a high performance clocking solution are populated on the board.

Both narrow tuning range and wide tuning range options exist.

The ADRV9371-N/PCBZ is optimized for performance over a narrow tuning range1.8GHz – 2.6GHz. It will exhibit diminished RF performance on tuned RF frequencies outside of this band. This board is primarily intended to provide RF engineers with the ability to connect the AD9371 to an RF test bench (Vector Signal Analyzer, Signal Generator, etc.) and achieve its optimum performance.

The ADRV9371-W/PCBZ operates over a wide tuning range 300MHz – 6GHz, however the RF performance is tempered by the very wide band front end match. This board is primarily intended for system investigation and bringing up various waveforms from a software team before custom hardware is complete. The objective being for designers to see waveforms, but not being concerned about the last 1dB or 1% EVM of performance.

The board interfaces to the Xilinx ZC706 motherboard (EK-Z7-ZC706-G) (ordered separately).

The ADRV9375-N/PCBZ and ADRV9375-W/PCBZ are radio cards designed to showcase the AD9375, the first wideband RF transceiver with integrated DPD targeting 3G/4G small cell and massive MIMO. The radio card provides a single 2x2 transceiver platform for device evaluation and rapid prototyping of radio solutions. All peripherals necessary for the radio card to operate including a high efficiency switcher only power supply solution, and a high performance clocking solution are populated on the board. In addition, a 3^rd party PA evaluation card is included in the package for DPD evaluation.

The ADRV9375-N/PCBZ has the same matching network as the ADRV9371-N/PCBZ. The ADRV9375-W/PCBZ has the same matching network as the ADRV9371-W/PCBZ. For more information, please click here.

The ADRV-DPD1/PCBZ is a 24 dBm per path, 2 × 2 multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) radio board, which uses the AD9375, a highly integrated radio frequency (RF) transceiver with integrated digital predistortion (DPD). The radio board is designed to be used with the dual connector interposer board to interface with the EVAL-TPG-ZYNQ3 or other Xilinx^® or Avnet evaluation boards for the Xilinx Zynq^™-7000 field programmable gate array (FPGA) platform, which has a dual core ARM Cortex^®-A9 processor running a Linux^® variant.

The AD9375 small cell evaluation software (SCES), AD9375 Small Cell Radio Reference Design Evaluation Software GUI, can configure and control the ADRV-DPD1/PCBZ board. Note that the Mykonos transceiver evaluation software (MTES) and DPD graphical user interface (GUI) software are not compatible with the ADRV-DPD1/PCBZ.

Full specifications on the AD9375 are available in the AD9375 data sheet available from Analog Devices, Inc., and must be consulted in conjunction with this user guide when using the evaluation board.

• General purpose design suitable for any software-designed radio application
• MIMO radio
• Transmit beamforming and receive angle of arrival detection
• Point to point communication systems
• Femtocell/picocell/microcell base stations

In the wideband configuration, the AD-FMCOMMS4-EBZ will operate over the full 70 MHz to 6 GHz tuning range of the AD9364, however, the RF performance expectations of this configuration must be tempered with the very wide band front end. It will meet the AD9364 datasheet specifications at 2.4 GHz, but does not over the entire RF tuning range that the board can support. Typical performance data for the platform’s entire tuning range is published within the board documentation. This configuration is primarily intended for system investigation and bringing up various waveforms from a software team before custom hardware is complete. The objective being for designers to see waveforms, but not being concerned about the last 1dB or 1% EVM of performance.

The AD-FMCOMMS4-EBZ can also be user-configured for optimum performance in the 2400 – 2500 MHz band. In this configuration it may exhibit diminished RF performance on tuned frequencies or programmed configurations, outside of this band. This configuration is primarily intended to provide RF engineers with the ability to connect the AD9364 to an RF test bench (Vector Signal Analyzer, Signal generator, etc.) and achieve its optimum performance. The AD-FMCOMMS4-EBZ is a high-speed 1 x 1 agile RF transceiver analog FMC module software-tunable over the 56 MHz to 6 GHz band.

The pair of radios in the ADRV-PACKRF kit provides a radio frequency (RF) platform to software developers, system architects, algorithm developers, and product teams who want a single platform that operates over a wide tuning range (70 MHz to 6 GHz) with a wide bandwidth (200 kHz to 56 MHz). The open source hardware device language (HDL) and Linux software can stream to MATLAB^®, Simulink^®, or GNU Radio and allows algorithm deployment to the built in the field programmable gate array (FPGA). The radio modules accelerate development from initial evaluation and concepts to prototype to field deployment.

Included with the radio module is a complete single carrier modem reference design. The modem is designed as a constantly transmitting frequency division duplexing (FDD) system with a single transmit channel (uplink) and a single receive channel (downlink), enabling a single bidirectional point-to-point link between two nodes. A complete wireless video link can be demonstrated with the webcams provided in this kit between disjoint nodes.

The radio is contained inside an aluminum enclosure with access to connections for power, Ethernet, USB, OLED display, audio, and micro SD card. The antennas connect to SMAs on the back of the device for transmit (Tx), receive (Rx), Tx monitoring, and global positioning satellite (GPS) input/outputs.

The easy to use ADALM-PLUTO active learning module (PlutoSDR) helps introduce electrical engineering students to the fundamentals of software-defined radio (SDR), radio frequency (RF), and wireless communications. Designed for students at all levels and from all backgrounds, the module can be used for both instructor-led and self-directed learning to help students develop a foundation in real-world RF and communications that they can build on as they pursue science, technology, or engineering degrees.

Connecting RF Theory with RF Practice

The PlutoSDR works as a portable lab that, when used with a host, can augment classroom learning. MATLAB and Simulink are two of the many software packages supported by PlutoSDR, and it provides an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) so students can learn faster, work smarter, and explore more.

Made for Teachers, Students, and Self-Learners

The PlutoSDR features independent receive and transmit channels that can be operated in full duplex. The active learning module can generate or acquire RF analog signals from 325 MHz to 3800 MHz at up to 61.44 megasamples per second (MSPS). Small enough to fit in a shirt pocket, the PlutoSDR is completely self-contained and entirely USB powered with the default firmware. Because PlutoSDR is enabled by libiio drivers, it supports OS X^®, Windows^®, and Linux^®, which allows students to learn and explore on a variety of devices.

With dozens of available online tutorials for SDR-based projects, PlutoSDR boasts labs and teaching material covering topics such as ADS-B aircraft position, receiving NOAA and Meteor-M2 weather satellite imagery, GSM analysis, listening to TETRA signals, pager decoding, and many more!

ADRV9364-Z7020 SDR 1x1 System-On-Module (SOM) is a Software Defined Radio (SDR) that combines the Analog Devices AD9364 integrated RF Agile Transceiver^™ with the Xilinx Z7020 Zynq^®-7000 All Programmable SoC.

ADRV9364-Z7020 offers a wideband single receive and transmit path in the 70 MHz to 6.0 GHz range, making it ideal for prototyping across a broad range of fixed and mobile SDR applications.

ADRV9364-Z7020 combines the RF signal path with the high-speed programmable logic. It also forms the RF-to-baseband signal processing core of a wireless communications system, allowing the designer to focus on application specific differentiating features.

ADRV9364-Z7020 has available carrier cards for fast prototyping and is supported by simulation and code generation tools that integrate seamlessly with Xilinx Vivado^® Design Suite.

ADRV9364-Z7020 enables reduced time to market of SDR product designs.

ADRV9361-Z7035 SDR 2x2 System-On-Module is a Software Defined Radio (SDR) that combines the Analog Devices AD9361 integrated RF Agile Transceiver^™ with the Xilinx Z7035 Zynq^®-7000 All Programmable SoC.

ADRV9361-Z7035 offers wideband 2x2 receive and transmit paths in the 70 MHz to 6.0 GHz range, making it ideal for prototyping across a broad range of fixed and mobile SDR applications.

ADRV9361-Z7035 combines the RF signal path with the high-speed programmable logic. It also forms the RF-to-baseband signal processing core of a wireless communications system, allowing the designer to focus on application specific differentiating features.

ADRV9361-Z7035 has available carrier cards for fast prototyping and is supported by simulation and code generation tools that integrate seamlessly with Xilinx Vivado^® Design Suite.

ADRV9361-Z7035 enables reduced time to market of SDR product designs.