TerasIC ADA-GPIO

Highspeed AD/DA GPIO Card

Overview

• Double the channel
• Double the power
• In an unbelievable compact size

The THDB_ADA (ADA) daughter board is designed to provide DSP solution on DE series and Cyclone III Starter Kit, or other boards with HSMC or GPIO interface.

Specification

• Dual AD channels with 14-bit resolution and data rate up to 65 MSPS
• Dual DA channels with 14-bit resolution and data rate up to 125 MSPS
• Dual interfaces include HSMC and GPIO, which are fully compatible with Cyclone III Starter Kit and DE0/DE1/DE2/DE3 etc, respectively
• Clock sources include oscillator 100MHz, SMA for AD and DA each, and PLL from either HSMC or GPIO interface
• Size:90.3*78.2 mm

Applications

• Low cost oscilloscope and pattern generator
• Communication Transceiver
• Digital Signal Processing
• Platform for various modulation techniques

Connectivity

There will be two models available, ADA-GPIO and ADA-HSMC, which offer the compatibility of connecting the THDB_ADA (ADA) kit to DE2-115/DE4/DE3/DE2/DE1/DE0 and Cyclone III Starter Kit, respectively.

 ADA-GPIO Connectivity

• Connect ADA-GPIO with DE2-70

 ADA-HSMC Connectivity

• Connect ADA-HSMC with Cyclone III Starter Kit

• Connect ADA-HSMC with DE3
  Note. An adapter (SFF or HFF) is required to connect ADA-HSMC with DE3. It is bundled in DE3 kit.

• Connect ADA-HSMC with DE4
  Note. An adapter (HMF2) is required to connect ADA-HSMC with DE4. It is bundled in DE4 kit.

• Connect ADA-HSMC with DE2-115

Resources

Documents

Title	Version	Size(KB)	Date Added	Download
THDB_ADA_UserGuide	-	2825	2010-09-22

Reference Design 

Arbitrary Waveform Generator

Configuration Setup of a Random Waveform Generator on DE3

Fast-Fourier Transform Analysis

Normalized Spectral Plot of The 14-bit DAC B Input Data

Normalized Spectral Plot of The 14-bit ADC B Output Data

Kit Contents

 The packet of the ADA board includes

• One ADA Board
• One System CD

Code: P0007_GPIO