AD EVAL-AD1555

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Evaluation Board
AD1555/AD1556 24-Bit ⌺-⌬ ADC
Preliminary Technical Data
EVAL-AD1555/56EB
FEATURES :
On-Board Reference, Oscillator, Control Logic and
Buffers
Easy interface to printer port of PC
PC Software for Control and Data Analysis
Stand Alone Capability to ease design
Analog and Digital Prototype Area
The EVAL-AD1555/56EB is ideal for use either as a standalone evaluation board to interface with a customer application or with any compatible PC using the parallel printer port.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The EVAL-AD1555/56EB is an evaluation board for the
AD1555 and AD1556 24-bit ⌺-⌬ ADC chip-set. The
AD1555/AD1556 chip-set can convert a high dynamic range
input signal, operates from +5V and -5V supplies and uses a
serial interface.
The AD1555/AD1556 evaluation board is designed to
demonstrate the ADC's performance and operation. A full
description of the AD1555/AD1556 is available in the
AD1555/AD1556 data sheet and should be consulted when
utilizing this evaluation board.
Software is provided to allow simple demonstration and
evaluation of the AD1555/AD1556 chip-set.
On-board components include an AD780 3V ultra low noise
bandgap reference, a crystal oscillator, and digital control
logic. The board has both a Centronics male connector to
interface with PC printer port and a 50-pin connector for
stand-alone operation.
FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
SJ3
+5V
SJ2
- 5V
SJ1
+5V
+5V
oscillator
Ref
AD1555
Ain
PGA
Σ ∆ mod
FPG A
25-WAY D-Type
connector
AD1556
Tin
PGA_M OD
50-Way connector
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its use, nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties
which may result from its use. No license is granted by implication or
otherwise under any patent or patent rights of Analog Devices.
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TABLE II. JUMPER DESCRIPTION
OPERATING THE EVAL-AD1555/56EB
The EVAL-AD1555/56EB is a two-layer board carefully laid
out and tested to demonstrate the specific high dynamic
performance of the chip-set.
Figure 4 shows the schematics of the evaluation board.
The layout of the board is given in the next four figures :
Figure 5 shows the Top side silk-screen.
Figure 6 shows the Top layer.
Figure 7 shows the Bottom side silk-screen.
Figure 8 shows the Bottom layer.
The available test points are listed in Table I and a description
of each selectable jumper is listed in Table II. The component
list is provided in Table III.
Jumper
SW1
JP1
Power Supplies and Grounding :
The EVAL-AD1555/56EB has three power supply blocks: a
single +5V supply Vcc (SJ1) for the evaluation board digital
section, another +5V or +3.3V supply VL (SJ2) for the digital
supply of AD1555 only and a +/-5V supply (SJ3) for the
analog section of AD1555.
The evaluation board ground plane is separated into three
sections: a DGND plane for the AD1556 and the digital
interface circuitry, a LGND plane for the digital section of
AD1555 and an analog AGND plane for the AD1555, its
analog input and external reference circuitry. To facilitate
grounding connections of test equipment and attain high
performance the board was designed with a good isolation
barrier between the AD1555 and the rest of the digital
functions. This isolation barrier is not required in applications
where the analog and digital ground are not tied together
externally. That is achieved using optocouplers and high
value resistors. The analog ground and AD1555 digital
ground can be tied together close to the AD1555 using JP2
which is the optimal configuration.
Analog inputs :
Fully differential signals could be applied on either AIN and
TIN inputs through SMB plugs. The analog input ranges have
to be compatible with the PGA gain settings used as described
in the AD1555/AD1556 datasheet. The modulator section of
the AD1555 can be separately evaluated using the
PGA_MOD SMB plug.
TABLE I. EVAL-AD1555/56EB Test Points
Test Point
TP1
TP2
TP3
TP4
TP5
TP6
TP7
TP8
TP9
TP10
TP11
Available Signal
REFIN (3V)
DGND ( FPGA )
DGND ( AD1556 )
CB0
CB1
CB2
CB3
CB4
MDATA
MCLKOUT
MFLG
JP2
Function
To get all the software functionality, SW1 should
be in the position where the identification dot on
the core of the switch is visible.
When SW1 is in the other position ( the switch
hole is hidden ), the AD1556 could be controlled
externally using the 50-pin connector P2. ( see
chapter using the EVAL-AD1555/56EB in
customized system for details ).
JP1 controls the input signal applied to the
AD1555 modulator input MODIN. In position A,
the PGA output is applied to MODIN. In
position B, the signal on PGA_MOD SMB plug is
applied to MODIN.
JP2 allows LGND and AGND to be tied together
close to the AD1555 which is generally the
preferred configuration.
RUNNING THE EVAL-AD1555/56EB SOFTWARE
Software Description :
The EVAL-AD1555/56EB comes with software for analyzing
the AD1555/AD1556 chip-set. This software allows comprehensive control and evaluation of the AD1555/AD1556 chipset or the AD1555 and the AD1556 separately. The frontend PC software has only one screen shown in Figure 1. This
screen is partitioned into five windows which allows the user
to select the configuration, launch the sampling sequence,
perform computation on the output signal and display the
results. The choices for display are Time domain response,
Spectral response and histogram chart. Different measurements as Dynamic range, equivalent input noise, Total
Harmonic Distortion (THD) and DC offset can be done.
Figure 1 describes the steps to follow for proper software
operation.
Software Installation :
The EVAL-AD1555/56EB software runs under Windows95.
It requires a minimum of 7MB hard-disk space available and a
display with a minimum resolution of 800 by 600. Due to the
real-time operation, it is recommended that other programs
be closed when using the EVAL-AD1555/56EB software.
The EVAL-AD1555/56EB software installation process is:
- Run Setup.exe using the EVAL-AD1555/56EB disk 1 and
follow the instructions. The files can be stored in any directory at the user convenience using the destination folder field.
The default folder is C:\Program Files\Ad1555_56.
- Run AD1555_56.exe to launch the software. It will open
the window in figure 1.
- If the window in figure 1 exceeds the actual screen, the
display resolution needs to be increased by opening
Start>Settings>Control Panel>Display then settings>
800*600 for desktop area >apply>OK.
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- The software uses a special font which can be installed using
Start>Settings>Control Panel>Fonts>File>install new fonts>
then select ADILogo Regular in the working directory then
OK.
- To operate the software, follow the 5 steps described in
figure 1.
Using the EVAL-AD1555/56B in the customized system :
The EVAL-AD1555/56EB is also designed to ease the
evaluation and the design of the AD1555 and the AD1556 in
the customized system. The useful interface signals can be
connected to the customized system using the connector P2.
The switch SW1 in the position where the identification dot
of the switch is hidden changes the configuration of U1 as
follows :
- The AD1556 CLKIN at 1.024MHz is supplied by U1 (
exact division by 8 of U5 oscillator ).
- U1 transmits the AD1556 MCLK output ( 256kHz ) to the
AD1555 MCLK with the appropriate phase ( one inversion
is done by U1 in order to cancel the U9 inversion).
- U1 output pins PGA0-4, CS*, R/W*, DINM1, BW0-2,
H/S*, RSEL, CSEL, PWRDN, RESET, SYNC, SCLKOUT,
TDATA are Hi-Z .
This configuration allows the control of these signals by the
customized system. The AD1555 and AD1556 clock are still
generated by the EVAL-AD1555/56EB.
TABLE III. Component List.
Integrated Circuits
U1
FPGA EPM7128ELC84-15.
U2
AD1556AS.
U3
AD1555AP.
U4
reference AD780AN.
U5
Oscillator 8.192MHz.
U6
Buffer 74HC245.
U7
Invertor 74HC04.
U8,U9
Optocoupler HCPL2630.
Capacitors
C1-C6,C8-C9,C11-C12,
C14-C16,C22-C24,C27,
C29-C31,C33,C34
C7,C10,C13,C17-C18,
C21,C25,C26,C28
C20
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100nF Ceramic Capacitors.
10␮F Tantalum Capacitors.
22␮F Tantalum Capacitor 6.3v.
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Resistors
R6,R10-R15
R1-R5
R8,R9
R17,R21,R22
R18-R20
R16
47.5K⍀ Resistor.
13K⍀ Resistor.
4.7K⍀ Resistor.
2K⍀ Resistor.
402⍀ Resistor.
10⍀ Resistor.
Sockets
P2
P1
JP2
PB1
SW1,JP1
SMB1-SMB5
50pin Male ribbon cable connector.
25pin DB-25 connector.
2 Position Male jumper strip.
SMT push-button.
Slide Switch.
SMB Connector.
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Step 1 Start execution: click on the double-arrows icon to
start execution.
Step 2 Configuration menu: Selects Configuration, Signal
input, PGA gain setting, AD1556 filter selection, power
controls, interface settings.
Display window : displays either Time domain or Frequency
domain or Histogram and/or performance values such as
dynamic range, equivalent input noise level, THD and DC
offset.
Step 5 Display menu : selects Time/Frequency domain or
histogram, controls display parameters ( scales, zoom,
cursor...), and controls outputs ( save to file or print ).
Step 4 Computation menu : COMPUTE launches the
specified computation data process before display, allowing
windowing, software filtering or measurements computation
if desired. Compute sequence should be done again after
changes into computation, sampling, configuration menus.
F3 is the key command for "compute".
Step 3 Sampling menu : after the desired samples number is
selected, SAMPLE launches a sampling sequence. When
complete, "Successful" will appear in the status window. If
not, verify the configuration and the hardware setup. When
the configuration or sampling menu is modified, a sampling
sequence should be done again. F2 is the key command for
"sample". "Continuous" allows continuous running sampling
and computing (F4 is the key command key for "continuous"). "Average" allows the averaging between successive
sampling.
Figure 1. Software main screen.
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Measurements display : This window displays the measurements. When a signal approximately at least 10 times higher
than the noise floor is detected, the THD is measured
otherwise, the dynamic range and equivalent input noise are
displayed.
Measurement enable : This button enables the measurements computation when on. 50 Hz or 60 Hz rejection filter
can be used before noise computation. The number of
harmonics uses in the THD computation is selectable.
Figure 2. Frequency domain screen with measurements.
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Status Register display : This window displays each bit of
the AD1556 status register. The displayed value is the status
register value corresponding to the data value marked with
the cursor in the time domain display.
Status enable : This button enables the AD1556 Status
register reading. This feature is only available in time domain.
Figure 3. Time domain screen with AD1556 Status register content.
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DB25
P1
AGND
1
14
2
15
3
16
4
17
5
18
6
19
7
20
8
21
9
22
10
23
11
24
12
25
13
C34
.1uF
3
7
1
TRIM
2.5/3vSEL
VOUT
DGND
3
2
1
JUMP
M1M0
C0
C1
DIN
A8
SCLK
C2
RWLOAD
C3
CSS
RGND
AD780
TEMP
N/C
N/C
U4
2
+VIN
GND
4
19
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
MCLKIN
CSEL
MCLKOUT
CLK56
SYNC
TDATA
PWRDN
RESET
ERROR*
DINM1
RSEL
R/W*
CS
DRDY
DOUT
SCLKOUT
HS
BW2
BW1
BW0
CB4
CB3
CB2
CB1
CB0
A8
5
TP1
4.7K
R8
VCC
C11
.1uF
DGND
SW1
R9
4.7K
C10
10uF
DGND
VCC
2
4
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
24
26
28
30
32
34
36
38
40
42
44
46
48
50
HEADER 25X2
1
3
5
7
9
11
13
15
17
19
21
23
25
27
29
31
33
35
37
39
41
43
45
47
49
P2
MFLG
DGND
MDATA
1
3
DGND
8.192MHz
GND
+5v OUT
U5
CLKIN83
30
31
RST
37
M1M0
C26
PB1
36
CSS
10uF
RWLOAD 35
34
SCLK
33
DIN
DGND
65
MCLKIN
U6
8
DRDY
18
9
DOUT
B0
A0
17
64
MDATA
B1
A1
16
TP2
25
MFLG
B2
A2
S6
15
77
ERROR*
B3
A3
S7DGND
14
1
B4
A4
S5
13
2
B5
A5
S4
12
84
DGND
B6
A6
S3
11
39
B7
A7
6
46
E
79
74HC245
DIR
REFIN
AGND
AGND
8
6
C24
.1uF
VCC
CLKIN
C15
.1uF
C27
.1uF
VCC
DGND
VCC
C28
10uF
C30
.1uF
CLKIN
MANUAL
RST
M1M0
CSSWRST
R/W*LOAD
SCLK
DIN
MCLKIN
DRDY
DOUT
MDATA
MFLG
ERROR*
GLOBALCLEAR
GLOBALOE1
GLOBALOE2
NC
NC
NC
NC
U1
FPGA_84
R6
CS*
R/W*
SCLKOUT
DINM1
BW2
BW1
BW0
H/S*
RSEL
I/O
OUTEST
RESET
CSEL
PWRDN
SYNC
TDATA
MCLKOUT
CLK56
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
CB0
CB1
CB2
CB3
CB4
5
4
10
80
12
14
15
11
81
73
74
76
71
75
69
70
63
67
50
49
48
44
45
C21
10uF
V+
C0
C1
C2
C3
TEST
47.5K
C18
10uF
AGND
SMB4
TIN_P
AGND
TP12
RESET
CSEL
PWRDN
SYNC
TDATA
MCLKOUT
CLK56
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
CS
R/W*
SCLKOUT
DINM1
BW2
BW1
BW0
HS
RSEL
SMB5
TIN_N
C23
.1uF
V-
VCC
CB4
CB3
CB2
CB1
CB0
13K
13K
13K
13K
13K
DGND
TP3
C12
.1uF
C29
.1uF
R12
R13
TP6
R14
PGA0
PGA1
PGA2
PGA3
PGA4
CS*
R/W*
SCLK
DIN
DRDY
ERROR*
DOUT
U2
VCC
AD1556
REFIN
C14
.1uF
TP8
5
6
7
8
2
28
C31
.1uF
TP7
C13
10uF
AIN+
AINTIN+
TINPGAOUT
MODIN
MDATA
TDATA
PWRDN
CSEL
BW0
BW1
BW2
RESET
NC
NC
RSEL
H/S*
MFLG
SYNC
CLK56
MCLKIN
47.5K 47.5K 47.5K 47.5K 47.5K
R11
TP5
SMB1
PGA_MODE
TP4
3
2
JP1
1
R10
B
A
C17
10uF
C9
.1uF
VL
LGND
C16
.1uF
C8
.1uF
SMB2
AIN_P
2
CB0
3
CB1
4
CB2
5
CB3
6
CB4
16
CS
17
R/W*
SCLKOUT 13
DINM1 19
15
DRDY
ERROR* 20
14
DOUT
R5
R4
R3
R2
R1
SMB3
AIN_N
C22
.1uF
C7
10uF
DGND
C6
.1uF
25
REFIN
C5
.1uF
24
23
C19
22uF
RGND
REFCAP2
REFCAP1
C4
.1uF
AD1555
U3
36
30
26
29
7
8
9
25
27
28
18
10
+VA
3
LGND
RSEL
HS
U7B
JP2
AGND
VCC
4
7
2K
2
LGND
U9A
VL
2
1
402
V-
SJ1
DGND
402
47.5K
R15
R19
VL
2
1
U8B
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R16
6
SJ3
MFLG
AGND
V6
U7D
U7F
74HC04
U9B
U7E
74HC04
A
YU7C
74HC04
3
4
HCPL2630
10
6
12
74HC04
8
AD1555 Evaluation Board
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V+
TP11
R22
MDATA
MCLKOUT
DGND
LGND
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R21
TP10
DGND
402
TP9
HCPL2630
7
VCC 2K
U8A
HCPL2630
LGND
3
4
2K
SJ2
LGND
R20
C33
.1uF
LGND
R18
VCC
C20
22uF
RGND
C32
22uF
HCPL2630 DGND
VL
LGND
TEST
V+
74HC04
U7A
20
16
19
9
4
3
74HC04
MCLK
R17
1
-VA
LGND
VL
TEST
-VA
TP13
MDATA
TDATA
PWRDN
CSEL
BW0
BW1
BW2
RESET
V-
26
21
C25
10uF
82
72
59
47
42
32
19
7
78
66
53
43
38
26
13
3
21
20
18
17
16
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
VCC
VCC
VCC
VCC
VCC
VCC
VCC
VCC
PGA0
PGA1
PGA2
PGA3
PGA4
I/O
I/O
I/O
I/O
I/O
I/O
I/O
I/O
I/O
I/O
I/O
I/O
I/O
I/O
I/O
I/O
I/O
I/O
I/O
40
41
51
52
54
55
56
57
58
60
61
62
68
22
23
24
27
28
29
22
27
1
CB0
CB1
CB2
CB3
CB4
MFLG
MCLK
MDATA
10
11
12
13
14
15
18
17
+VA
-VA
2
C3
.1uF
DGND
DGND
DGND
DGND
34
24
23
12
2
AGND3
AGND2
AGND1
1
8
5
1
C2
.1uF
33
21
1
43
42
41
40
39
38
31
32
35
37
NC
NC
NC
CB0
CB1
CB2
CB3
CB4
MFLG
SYNC
CLKIN
MCLK
NC
44
22
11
VCC
VCC
VCC
2
8
5
C1
.1uF
1
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Figure 4. Schematics.
2
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Figure 5. Top side silk-screen ( not to scale).
Figure 6. Top layer ( not to scale).
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Figure 7. Bottom side silk-screen ( not to scale).
Figure 8. Bottom layer ( not to scale).
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