Overview

Features and Benefits

  • Fully-featured evaluation board for the AD4884
  • Analysis | Control | Evaluation (ACE) Software plug-in available for device configuration, data capture, and performance evaluation
  • Flexible analog front end
  • On-board power solution and precision reference
  • On-board clock generation circuitry with sampling frequency control via the ACE software
  • FMC compatible

Product Details

The EVAL-AD4884-FMCZ evaluation board is designed to demonstrate the performance of the AD4884 dual channel ADC with integrated analog front end (AFE) and provide access to a limited set of features from the chip in the ACE software environment. The EVAL-AD4884-FMCZ evaluation kit supports the following AD4884 features:

  • Low-voltage digital signaling (LVDS) data output interface.
  • Analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configuration via serial peripheral interface (SPI).
  • Internal or external generation of 1.1V regulated supply rails.
  • Sampling rate capability between 1.25MSPS and 20MSPS.

The EVAL-AD4884-FMCZ evaluation board is designed for use with the Digilent ZedBoard via the field programmable gate array (FPGA) mezzanine card (FMC) connector. The ZedBoard uses a Xilinx Zynq7000 system on chip (SoC) that runs Analog Devices, Inc., Kuiper Linux and LIBIIO included on the SD card supplied in the evaluation board kit to facilitate communication with the EVALAD4884- FMCZ, enabling ADC configuration and data capture. The ZedBoard also provides the communication link to the host PC and the ACE Software plug-in.

Full specifications on the AD4884 are available in the AD4884 data sheet available from Analog Devices, Inc., and must be consulted with this user guide when using the EVAL-AD4884-FMCZ evaluation board.

For the current schematics, layouts, and bill of materials, refer to the EVAL-AD4884-FMCZ product page.

Applicable Parts

Getting Started

EQUIPMENT NEEDED

  • PC running Windows® 10 operating system or higher
  • Digilent ZedBoard with 12V wall adapter power supply
  • Precision signal source
  • SMA cables to connect a signal source to the EVAL-AD4884-FMCZ

Software

ACE Software

ZIP
37 MB
ACE plug-in for Board.AD488x 1.2025.4821454 [Jan 13 26]
The AD488x Plugin supports the EVAL-AD4880-FMCZ and EVAL-AD4884-FMCZ board. The main device support is the AD4880/4884 which is a 2 channel, 20-Bit/16-Bit, 40MSPS/20MSPS, Differential SAR ADC. The plug in also provides configuration support for the onboard clock generation, AD9508 and ADF4350
EXE
157 MB
ACE Installer Software 1.30.3369.1491 [Jul 10 25]
Analysis | Control | Evaluation (ACE) Software. Requires internet access. Run this executable to install ACE onto your computer. Required before installing the plug-in(s) above. Once ACE is installed, double-click on the plug-in package to install the plug-in.