Overview

ZCU670 Evaluation Board User Guide (UG1532)

Document ID
UG1532
Release Date
2022-03-30
Revision
1.0 English

XM650 and XM755 are the RFMC 2.0 add-on cards for use with the Zynq® UltraScale+™ RFSoC DFE ZCU670 evaluation board. These add-on cards enable ZCU670 connectivity from DAC and ADC for loopback evaluation and for instrumentation use cases. The ZCU670 board supports eight DACs and ten ADCs. The XM650 and XM755 cards provide connectivity of up to 16 DACs and 16 ADCs.

  • The XM650 add-on card is a DAC to ADC loopback evaluation with N79 band baluns and filters, no external connectivity.
  • The XM755 add-on card is a full break-out of 16 DAC channels x 16 ADC channels to SMA connectivity using Carlisle-CoreHC2 assembly connections.
Note: The following descriptions for pinout and RF tile figures are specific to the ZCU670 evaluation board. For pinouts and tile descriptions for other boards, see the applicable board user guide.
Table 1. Add-on Board Features
Feature Description
Base board ZCU670
ADC channels 10
DAC channels 8
Balun

XM650: N79 or B46 band with BOM change

XM755: Low/mid/high frequency

Filter

XM650: N79 or B46 band with BOM change

XM755: No

Interconnection 2x Samtec LPAM 8x50