Overview

ZCU216 Evaluation Board User Guide (UG1390)

Document ID
UG1390
Release Date
2023-12-07
Revision
1.2 English

XM650 and XM655 are the RFMC 2.0 add-on cards for use with the Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC Gen3 ZCU216 evaluation board. These add-on cards enable ZCU216 connectivity from the DAC and ADC for loopback evaluation and for instrumentation use cases.

  • The XM650 add-on card is a DAC to ADC loopback evaluation with N79 band baluns and filters, no external connectivity.
  • The XM655 add-on card is a full break-out of 16 DAC channels x 16 ADC channels to SMA connectivity using Carlisle-CoreHC2 assembly connections.
Table 1. XM650/B Features
Base Board ZCU216
ADC Channels 16
DAC Channels 16
Balun

XM650: N79 or B46 band with BOM change

XM655: Low/Mid/High Frequency

Filter

XM650: N79 or B46 band with BOM change

XM655: No

Interconnection 2x Samtec LPAM 8x50