Evaluation Board for

AD5370/AD5372/AD5373

Preliminary Technical Data

EVAL-AD5370/2/3EBZ

Rev. PrC

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FEATURES

Full-Featured Evaluation Board for the

AD5370/AD5372/AD5373

USB Interface

PC Software for Register Programming

Various Reference Voltages Available

Stand-Alone Operation

INTRODUCTION

This Technical Note describes the operation and functionality

of the Evaluation Board for the AD5370, AD5372 and AD5373.

As these 3 parts are pin compatible the same evaluation board is

used for all. AD537x will be used throughout this technical note

to refer to the actual multi-channel DAC used on the board.

This note should be used in conjunction with the data sheet of

the appropriate DAC. The evaluation board allows the

this link is in position C the voltage on SMB connector

ed easily. The evaluation board can be used as a stand alone

board with control coming from an external DSP or micro-

controller or it can be connected to a PC. Software is provided

which can be used to program the registers of the AD537x.

Control of the AD537x is achieved via a USB interface

FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM

USB

INTERFACE

AD537x

DIN

SDO

SCLK

SYNC

LDAC

CLR

RESET

LK1

(USB Used)

HEADER

VOUT0

VOUT1

:

:

:

:

VOUTn

VREF0

VREF1

VREF2

5V

3V

EXT VREF

VREF

SELECTION

EVAL-AD5370_2_3EB

Figure 1. Functional Block Diagram