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Evaluation Board 400kSPS, 14-Bit ADC
EVAL-AD7899CB
Fig. 1: FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
FEATURES
Full-Featured Evaluation Board for the AD7899
Eval-Board Controller Compatible
Stand Alone Capability
On-Board Analog Buffering and Reference
Various Linking Options
PC Software for Control and Data Analysis when used
with Eval-Board Controller
INT R O D U C T IO N
T his T echnical Note describes the evaluation board for the
AD7899 high speed, low power, 14-bit A/D converter that
operates from a single 5 V supply. Full data on the AD7899
is available in the AD7899 data sheet available from Analog
Devices and should be consulted in conjunction with this
T echnical Note when using the Evaluation Board.
On-board components include an AD780 which is a +2.5V
ultra high precision bandgap reference and an op-amp for the
analog inputs. T here are various link options which are
explained in detail on page 2.
Interfacing to this board is through a 96-way connector. T his
96-way connector is compatible with the EVAL -BOARD
C ONT ROL L ER which is also available from Analog De-
vices. External sockets are provided for the optional, exter-
nal,
CONVST
and C L K IN and V
D RIVE
inputs and the
VIN1-VIN4 inputs.
OPE R AT ING T HE AD 7899 E VAL UAT ION BOAR D
Power Supplies
When using this evaluation board with the EVAL-BOARD
CONT ROLLER all supplies are provided from the EVAL-
BOARD CONT ROL L ER through the 96 way connector.
When using the board as a stand alone unit external supplies
must be provided. T his evaluation board has seven power
supply inputs: V
DD
, A
GND
, +12V, -12V, A
GND
, V
DRIVE
and
D
GND
. If the evaluation board is used in stand-alone mode
+5V must be connected to the V
DD
input to supply the
AD7899 V
DD
pin and the AD780 voltage reference. +12V and
-12V are used to supply the op-amps. T he V
DRIVE
pin can be
driven by a voltage between +3V and +5V allowing the
evaluation board to be connected to both +3V and +5V
systems. T he supplies are decoupled to the relevant ground
plane with 10μF tantalum and 0.1μF multilayer ceramic
capacitors at the point where they enter the board. T he supply
pins of all the op-amps and reference are also decoupled to
A
GND
with 10μF tantalum and a 0.1μF ceramic capacitor. T he
AD7899 AV
DD
supply pin is decoupled to A
GND
with 47uF
tantalum and 0.1μF multilayer ceramic capacitors.
Extensive ground planes are used on this board to minimize
the effect of high frequency noise interference. T here are two
ground planes, A
GND
and D
GND
. T hese are connected at one
location close to the AD7899.
AD7899
ANALOG
SIGNAL
CONDITIONING
EXTERNAL
REFERENCE
D
ANALOG
INPUT
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