User Guide
MCP37X1X-200 12-BIT EVALUATION KIT
USER’S GUIDE
2016 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002525A-page 9
Chapter 1. Product Overview
1.1 INTRODUCTION
This chapter provides an overview of the MCP37X1X-200 12-Bit Evaluation Board
(ADM00707) and covers the following topics:
• What is the MCP37X1X-200 12-Bit Evaluation Board (ADM00707)?
• What is the MCP37XXX High-Speed Pipeline ADC Data Capture Card (ADM00506)?
• What is the Pipeline ADC Utility Software?
• MCP37X1X-200 12-Bit Evaluation Kit Requirements
1.2 WHAT IS THE MCP37X1X-200 12-Bit Evaluation Board (ADM00707)?
The MCP37X1X-200 12-Bit Evaluation Board (ADM00707) is intended to demonstrate
the performance of the MCP37X1X-200 device family. This evaluation board is used
together with:
• MCP37XXX High-Speed Pipeline ADC Data Capture Card (ADM00506)
• Pipeline ADC Utility Software
Refer to
Figure 1-1 for the system setup.
FIGURE 1-1: Evaluation Kit System Setup.
This evaluation board supports the following Microchip high-speed ADC device families:
• The MCP37X1X-200, which is Microchip Technology Inc.’s baseline
single-channel 12-bit 200 Msps pipelined Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC)
device family, featuring a built-in high-order digital decimation filter, gain and offset
adjustment per channel, noise-shaping requantizer and fractional delay recovery.
• The MCP37D1X-200 device family, which features digital down-conversion and
CW beamforming capability, in addition to the features offered by the baseline
device family.
The MCP37X1X-200 12-Bit Evaluation Board (ADM00707) comes with the
MCP37D11-200 device on board. All conditions and features can be evaluated using this
device. Refer to
Figure 1-3 for close-up photos of the evaluation board.
5V Power Supply
5V Power Supply
USB
MCP37X1X-200
Evaluation Board
(
Note 1)
MCP37XXX
Data Capture
Card Board
(
Note 2)
PC GUI
(Pipeline ADC
Utility Software)
(
Note 3)
Note 1: The ADC part is available on this board.
2: This board collects ADC data from the evaluation board and passes it to the PC GUI.
3: This GUI allows the user to test the performance of the MCP37X1X-200 device.
Clock Source
Signal
Input
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