This is the basic test procedure for evaluating the reference design.
- Engage power supply for the AFE7950-SP Reference
Design
- Set power supply voltage
to 5.2V (headroom for voltage loss over cable)
- Set current limit to
5.0 Amps (*** Critical: device draw over 4 Amps ***)
- Turn on 5V power
supply
- Verify initial current is
1.25A +/-0.2 Amps
- Setup LMK04832-SEP Low Frequency Clocks
- Launch TICS Pro GUI
- Verify jumper J6 location
M on the interface board is *not* placed so the LMK device is
programmed.
- Select: Select Device
> Clock Generator/Jitter Cleaner (Dual Loop) > LMK04832-SP
- Select File > Load
> LMK04832-SEP_TICsPro_122p88M_CLKINBypass_LMXRef.tcs
- Supply Current increases
to: 1.47A +/-0.2A
- Debug/Verification
tricks
- LED D2 on the
TSW14J56 starts flashing indicating that TSW14J56 is getting the
proper clock
- Scope Probe on
C95 cap on LMK output to confirm 122.88MHz signal
- Set-up LMX2694-SEP High Frequency Clock
- Place jumper at J6
location M on the interface board to engage LMX programming
- In TICS Pro, select:
Select Device > PLL + VCO > LMX2694
- Select File > Load
> LMX2694-SEP_122p88Ref_122p88PFD_11796p48M.tcs
- Supply Current increases
to: 1.55A +/-0.2A
- Set-up AFE7950-SP through Latte
- Launch AFE79xx Latte
- Select Setup.py; Press F5
to launch
- Executes in about
8 seconds
- Expect no
errors
- Select devInit.py; Press
F5 to launch
- Executes in about
30 seconds
- Expect 1 error
which can be ignored
- Only needs to be
launched once per new session
- Select
AFE7950-SP_12GClk_ExtClk.py; Press F5 to execute
- Executes in 30 to
90 seconds
- Expect no
errors
- Current
fluctuates up and down during the bring-up programming
- Supply current
is: 3.95A +/- 0.3A
- Debug trick:
- If link
is not established well, re-initiate a sync pulse with
this Latte command: AFE.adcDacSync()
- Verify
LED D2 on TSW14J56 is still flashing
- Verify
supply current is at the expected level
- Verify TX and RX Operation
- After bring-up and no
Latte errors, verify TX output tone at 2110MHz at around 4dBm.
- Verify that cable
loss at frequency of interest is accounted for
- Switch HSDC Pro tab to
ADC; Press Capture
- Verify Channel
selection is Channel 1 corresponding to RXA
- Verify a
successful FFT capture; verify LED D4 on TSW14J56 is
flashing