SBAU392A July   2022  – January 2023 AFE7950 , TRF1208

 

  1.   TRF1208-AFE7950-EVM Evaluation Module User's Guide
  2.   Trademarks
  3. 1EVM Overview
    1. 1.1 Hardware
      1. 1.1.1 Recommended Test Environment
      2. 1.1.2 Required Hardware
    2. 1.2 Required Software
      1. 1.2.1 Software Installation Sequence
      2. 1.2.2 Software Installation Checks
    3. 1.3 Signal Chain of the EVM Board
  4. 2Hardware Setup (TSW14J56 Used as an Example)
    1. 2.1 Power Supply Setup
    2. 2.2 TRF1208-AFE7950-EVM and TSW14J56 EVM Connections
    3. 2.3 RF Test Equipment Setup
  5. 3Latte Overview
    1. 3.1 Latte User Interface
    2. 3.2 Useful Latte Short-Cuts
  6. 4TRF1208-AFE7950-EVM Automatic Configuration
    1. 4.1 Steps to Start Automatic Configuration
    2. 4.2 TXDAC Evaluation
    3. 4.3 RXADC and FBADC Evaluation
  7. 5Status Check and Troubleshooting Guidelines
    1. 5.1 TRF1208-AFE7950-EVM Status Indicators
    2. 5.2 TSW14J56 EVM
  8. 6TRF1208-AFE7950-EVM Manual Configuration
    1. 6.1 TSW14J5x DAC Pattern Setup
    2. 6.2 Connect Latte to Board
    3. 6.3 Compile Libraries
    4. 6.4 Program TRF1208-AFE7950-EVM
    5. 6.5 Modify Configuration
      1. 6.5.1 Data Rate and JESD Parameters
      2. 6.5.2 Data Converter Clocks Settings
  9. 7Setup the TSW14J5x With the HSDC Pro
    1. 7.1 DAC Pattern Setup and Send
    2. 7.2 DAC Synchronization Check
    3. 7.3 ADC Data Capture
    4. 7.4 ADC Synchronization Check
  10. 8Revision History

1 TRF1208-AFE7950-EVM Evaluation Module User's Guide

The evaluation module TRF1208-AFE7950-EVM is used to evaluate the performance of TI's AFE79xx family of integrated RF sampling transceivers with TI's TRF1208 differential amplifier. The AFE79xx devices support up to 4 transmit, 4 receive, and 2 feedback channels (4T4R2F) and integrates phase-locked loop (PLL) and voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) for generating data-converter clocks. The AFE79xx device integrates 8 JESD204B- and JESD204C-compatible serializer or deserializer (SerDes) transceivers capable of running up to 29.5 Gbps to transmit and receive digital data through the onboard FPGA mezzanine card (FMC) connector.

TRF1208 device is a fully differential amplifier that either drives the ADC of receive paths (in S2D configuration) or are driven by the DAC of the transmit path (in D2S configuration). The EVM includes the LMK04828 clock generator to provide reference clocks and SYSREF to the analog front end (AFE) and capture card (field-programmable gate array, FPGA). The evaluation module (EVM) works off a single 5.5-V input and includes complete power management circuitry. External clocking options include support for feeding the reference clock (for the on-chip PLL). The design interfaces with the TI pattern and capture card solution (TSW14J56 and TSW14J57), as well as many FPGA development kits.