AN 976: JESD204C Intel® FPGA IP and ADI AD9081 MxFE* DAC Interoperability Report for Intel® Agilex® F-Tile Devices

ID 763505
Date 1/10/2023
Public

1.2. Hardware Setup

The JESD204C Intel® FPGA IP is instantiated in Duplex mode but only the transmitter path is used. For FCLK_MULP =1, WIDTH_MULP = 8, and S = 1, the core PLL generates a 375 MHz link clock and a 375 MHz frame clock.

An Intel® Agilex™ I-Series F-Tile demo board is used with the ADI AD9081-FMCA-EBZ EVM connected to the FMC+ connector of the development board. The hardware setup for the DAC interoperability test is shown in the Hardware Setup figure.

  • The AD9081-FMCA-EBZ EVM derives power from Intel® Agilex™ I-Series F-Tile demo board through FMC+ connector.
  • The F-tile transceiver and JESD204C Intel® FPGA IP core PLL reference clocks are supplied by Si5345-D-EVB through SMA to SMP cable. Set MUX_DIP_SW0 to high on Agilex-I F-Tile demo board to ensure U22 is taking CLKIN1 that is connected to the SMP cable.
  • The Si5345-D-EVB provides a reference clock to the HMC7044 programmable clock generator present in the AD9081 EVM through SMP to SMP cable.
  • The management clock for JESD204C Intel® FPGA IP core is supplied by Silicon Labs Si5332 programmable clock generator present in the Intel® Agilex™ I-Series F-tile demo board.
  • The HMC7044 programmable clock generator provides the AD9081 device reference clock. The phase-locked loop (PLL) present in the AD9081 device generates the desired DAC sampling clock from the device reference clock.
  • For Subclass 1, the HMC7044 clock generator generates the SYSREF signal for the AD9081 device and for the JESD204C Intel® FPGA IP through the FMC+ connector.
Note: Intel® recommends the SYSREF to be provided by the clock generator that sources the JESD204C Intel® FPGA IP device clock.
Figure 1. Hardware Setup