The AD9129 evaluation boards range from a basic first Nyquist zone (normal mode) eval board to a mix-mode first, second, and third Nyquist zone board to a full cable transmit chain complete with clock generator, channel filter, and output power amplifier. To operate the evaluation boards, the user must apply power, a clock source (except on AD9129-CBLTX-EBZ), a digital data source, and be able to observe the DAC output on a spectrum analyzer. A low jitter sine or square wave clock will work well as a source. The evaluation board comes with software which allows the user to program the SPI port. Via the SPI port, the DUT (and clock circuitry on AD9129-CBLTX-EBZ) can be programmed into any of its various operating modes.

Documentation and software updates for using High-Speed DAC Evaluation Boards are included in individual, self-extracting update files.

• SPI Application
• DPGDownloader Panel
• AD9129 Data Sheet
• IBIS Model

Download the AD9129 Update