Teledyne e2v adds development kit for EV12Q60x ADC series
To support developers implementing mixed signal sub-systems, Teledyne e2v offers the EV12AQ600-FMC-EVM development kit for its EV12AQ60x ADC series.
The development kit will is intended for prototyping work in avionics, military, space, telecommunications, industrial and high energy physics applications, to evaluate the operation of the EV12AQ600 and EV12AQ605 12-bit quad channel ADCs. Engineers can construct functioning prototypes and check that the expected operational parameters can be achieved.
Each EV12AQ600-FMC-EVM board features either an EV12AQ600 or an EV12AQ605, along with four single ended signal inputs and a FMC connector for an appropriate programmable logic device. There is also a high-speed internal clock (supporting 6.4GHz operation), a 12V-rated power supply unit and an ESIstream serial interface, together with provision to connect an external clock and a temperature monitor.
The development kit joins the EV12AQ60x series demo kit and the multi ADC synchronisation kit, both of which have built-in FPGAs. The EV12AQ600-FMC-EVM allows engineers to add their own relevant FPGA, and begin creating the necessary code at the prototyping stage rather than having to start again from scratch after the prototyping work has been completed. The kit is compatible with a variety of FPGA plug-in boards from different vendors. There is also an alpha data evaluation board for XQRKU060 with an example code for ESIstream implementation. By utilising the ESIstream interface multiple kits can be synchronised to assist with the development of more complex arrangements, such as phased-array antennae.
The cross-point switch integrated into the EV12AQ60x series allows the cores of each EV12AQ600 and EV12AQ605 ADC to be used to sample independently of each other, or they can be interleaved. Sampling rate in four-channel mode is 1.6Gsamples per second, 3.2Gsamples per second in two-channel mode, or 6.4Gsamples per second across a single channel. The bit rate and the input analogue bandwidth can also be adjusted as required.
The boards are now available for order.
