
Preliminary Technical Data EVAL-AD76MUXCBZ
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OVERVIEW
Figure 1 shows the EVAL-AD76MUXCBZ evaluation board.
When used in conjunction with the EVAL-CONTROL BRD3Z,
the FPGA, U6, provides the necessary control signals for
conversion and buffers the ADC serial output data into 16-bit
wide transfers. The evaluation board is a flexible design that
enables the user to choose among many different board
configurations, analog signal conditioning, reference, and
different interfaces for conversion results.
CONVERSION CONTROL
Conversion start (CNV) controls the sample rate of the ADC
and is the only input needed for conversion; all SAR timing is
generated internally. CNV is generated by the gate array and the
frequency is selected with the software.
While the ADC is converting, activity is indicated by the green
LED, CR1. Operating the software in Burst mode as opposed to
Continuous mode, will only light the LED when conversion is
taking place.
ANALOG INPUTS
SMB connectors, J1 and J2, are provided for the ADC input
channels IN0 and IN1 (IN0 only on AD7682). These inputs are
also on the IDC connector P1-2 and P1-4. The remaining inputs
are also on P1-6 through P1-16 (even pins only). J3 can be
configured for providing a common point (COM) for all input
signals or for any analog input IN0-IN7. For using J3 as an
external common point, remove the solder pad (bottom of
PCB) from “COMS to COM” and solder “EXT_COM to COM”
as shown below.
To configure J3 to drive any of the analog input channels,
remove R35 from the left pads (bottom of PCB) and solder it to
the rightmost pads.
The analog input amplifier circuitry U13 – U20 (see schematic -
Figure 2) allows flexible configuration changes such as positive
or negative gain, input range scaling, filtering, addition of a DC
component, use of different op-amp and supplies. The analog
input amplifiers are set as unity gain buffers at the factory. The
supplies are selectable with solder pads VDRV- and VDRV+
and are set for the +7V, -5V range.
Note that when using the unipolar configuration, COMS (P8) is
set to (P8, 2-3) and for bipolar input configuration set to (P8, 1-
2) with pin 1 being the leftmost pin.
SERIAL INTERFACE
The 3-wire serial interface DIN, SCK, and SDO along with CNV
are present on test points. FPGA buffered versions are on 40-pin
IDC connector, P3 pins 2, 4, 6 and 8.
REFERENCE
All of the ADCs for this evaluation board can use a precision
trimmed on-chip band gap reference, an on-board precision
ADR435 band gap reference, or an external reference connected
to the EXTREF test point (TP17). The on-chip reference is
enabled or disabled with the software. The on-chip reference
can be set for 2.5V or 4.096V outputs and also includes an
internal buffer, useful for external reference applications. When
using the on-chip reference, remove the jumper on TP7 since
this will overdrive the on-chip reference with the external one.
The default configuration is for on-board ADR435 reference
with a buffered output (P5 2-3), (P6 1-2) and (P7 1-2).
For using an external reference connect to the EXTREF test
point (TP17), select a buffer or not with P6 and select if driving
the ADC REF directly or using the ADC’s internal reference
buffer. When using the internal reference buffer with gain=1,
the maximum output is limited to 4.096V (headroom from 5V
supply).
The default configuration sets the amplifiers output to be at
VREF/2 (mid-scale) from the voltage divider at U1B (VBIAS).
POWER SUPPLIES AND GROUNDING
To attain high resolution performance, the board was designed
to ensure that all digital ground return paths do not cross the
analog ground return paths by connecting the planes together
directly under the converter. Power is supplied to the board
through P3 when using with the EVAL-CONTROL-BRDXZ
SCHEMATICS/PCB LAYOUT
The EVAL-AD76MUXCBZ is a 6-layer board carefully laid out
and tested to demonstrate the specific high accuracy
performance of the ADC. Figure 2 through Figure 8 shows the
schematics of the evaluation board. The silkscreens for the PCB
are given in Figure 9 and Figure 11.
HARDWARE SETUP
System Requirements
• Evaluation Board
• Evaluation Control Board 3, EVAL-CONTROL BRD3Z
• AC Power Supply (AC 14V/1A source - can be purchased
from ADI)
• IEEE 1284 Compliant Parallel Port Cable (if not supplied)
• DC source (low noise for checking different input ranges)
• AC source (low distortion)
• Band pass filter suitable for 16 or 18 bit testing (value based
on signal frequency)