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User's Guide
SLAU466A–November 2012–Revised June 2013
DAC31x4 EVM User's Guide
This document is intended to serve as a basic user’s guide for the DAC31x4 EVM Revision A. The EVM
provides a basic platform to evaluate the DAC31x4, which is a 500 MSPS high-speed digital-to-analog
converter. The DAC3174 is a dual-channel DAC with 14-bit LVDS input. DAC3174 is pin compatible with
the dual-channel, 12-/10-bit, 500 MSPS digital-to-analog converter, DAC3164 and DAC3154. The
DAC3174 EVM GUI can be used for DAC31x4 EVM.
Contents
1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 2
1.1 Overview ............................................................................................................ 2
1.2 EVM Block Diagram ............................................................................................... 2
2 Software Control ............................................................................................................ 3
2.1 Installation Instructions ............................................................................................ 3
2.2 Software Operation ................................................................................................ 3
3 Basic Test Procedure with TSW1400 .................................................................................... 7
3.1 Test Block Diagram ................................................................................................ 7
3.2 Test Set-up Connection ........................................................................................... 7
3.3 TSW1400 Quick Start Operation ................................................................................. 8
3.4 DAC31x4 Software Quick-Start Guide .......................................................................... 9
3.5 DAC3174 Output Performance for WCDMA and LTE ....................................................... 10
List of Figures
1 EVM Block Diagram ........................................................................................................ 2
2 Input Control Options....................................................................................................... 3
3 Digital Filtering Options .................................................................................................... 4
4 Output Control Options..................................................................................................... 4
5 CDCE62005 Tab Configured for DAC3174 ............................................................................. 5
6 Test Setup Block Diagram................................................................................................. 7
7 TSW1400 Two-Tone Programming GUI................................................................................. 8
8 Captured Two-Tone from Spectrum Analyzer........................................................................... 9
9 DAC3174 and TRF3705 LTE, 10-MHz Output (Baseband = 0 MHz, LO = 885 MHz) ........................... 10
10 DAC3174 and TRF3705 WCDMA, 5-MHz Output (Baseband = 30 MHz, LO = 885 MHz)...................... 11
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SLAU466A–November 2012–Revised June 2013 DAC31x4 EVM User's Guide
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