Analog Devices AD9361 RF Transceiver Evaluation Board AD-FMCOMMS3-EBZ

Analog Devices RF Transceiver Evaluation Board

The Analog Devices RF transceiver evaluation board is a high-speed analogue module designed to showcase the AD9361 Agile Wideband RF transceiver device. The board provides an RF platform to software developers, system architects, etc., who want a single platform which operates over a much wider tuning range between 70 MHz and 6 GHz. This board is primarily intended for system investigation and bringing up various waveforms from a software team before custom hardware is complete. The objective being for designers to see waveforms, but not being concerned about the last 1dB or 1% EVM of performance. The AD9361 is a high-performance, highly integrated RF transceiver for RF applications such as 3G and 4G base station and test equipment applications, as well as software-defined radios. Its programmability and wideband capability make it ideal for a broad range of transceiver applications. The device combines an RF front end with a flexible mixed-signal baseband section and integrated frequency synthesizers, simplifying design-in by providing a configurable digital interface to a processor or FPGA. The chip supports channel bandwidths from less than 200kHz to 56MHz by changing sample rate, digital filters and decimation, all programmable within the AD9361 itself.

Features and Benefits

Phase and frequency synchronization on both transmit and receive paths
Includes schematics, layout, BOM, HDL, Linux drivers and application software
Supports add on cards for spectrum specific designs (PA, LNA, etc.)
Supports MIMO radio, with less than 1 sample sync on both ADC and DAC
Powered from single FMC connector
Allows high channel density

Applications

Point to point communication systems
Femtocell/ picocell/ microcell base stations
General-purpose radio systems

Certifications

ANSI/ESD S20.20:2014
BS EN 61340-5-1:2007