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Lane sharing on ADRV9009 - Clock sharing between two AD-FMCOMMS8-EBZ boards

Category: Datasheet/Specs
Product Number: ADRV9009

I have experience in FPGA but new to SDR and apologize if making dumb questions.

I am defining parts for an 8-channel MIMO prototype device and planning to use two AD-FMCOMMS8-EBZ boards and an AMD Kria K26 on a custom carrier. The total bit rate from each ADRV9009 is expected to be 2.4576 Gb/s.

The K26 has only 4 high-speed SERDES lanes available (GTH), so my question is:

Can I leverage JESD lane sharing and connect just one JESD lane from each ADRV9009?  In other words, can I connect only JESD_SERDOUT0_C and JESD_SERDOUT0_D lanes from each AD-FMCOMMS8-EBZ board?

Besides, each AD-FMCOMMS8-EBZ board has an HMC7044 clocking device.  Is it possible to leverage one or both to synchronize the 8 channels without adding a third clocking device on the carrier?

I am not asking you to give details on how to do these jobs, please just confirm whether they are doable or not.

Thank you in advance and find regards.

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