I have received the evaluation board of ADF41020 recently. When I follow the user guide with the default setting, I cannot observe any output from the board. What should I do in this situation? Thanks
ADF41020
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The ADF41020 frequency synthesizer can be used to implement local oscillators as high as 18 GHz in the up conversion and down conversion sections of wireless...
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I have received the evaluation board of ADF41020 recently. When I follow the user guide with the default setting, I cannot observe any output from the board. What should I do in this situation? Thanks
Serial interface, and thus drivers must be working since you can communicate with the part. It is strange that device won't give any output from N counter or R counter so I think this is likely main device…
Set muxout control in bottom right of software to Dvdd, see if you can observe high logic on board muxout test point with multimeter. Repeat but with muxout set to gnd and check for low. This confirms device…
Set muxout control in bottom right of software to Dvdd, see if you can observe high logic on board muxout test point with multimeter. Repeat but with muxout set to gnd and check for low. This confirms device is powered up and your serial interface is working.
If not then there could be some driver issue or a faulty board.
If this test works, then set muxout to N divider and R divider and connect a scope to muxout test point. You should observe pulses at the PFD frequency. N counter will have much smaller duty cycle. If these are present then device is likely okay, could be a problem with your loop filter. If nothing here then check your VCO and reference signals
Serial interface, and thus drivers must be working since you can communicate with the part. It is strange that device won't give any output from N counter or R counter so I think this is likely main device has been damaged at some point. Can you arrange a return/replacement through the supplier you purchased it from?