MAX5855EVKIT#, Evaluation Board, MAX5855 RF DAC, Wideband, DC to 2.3GHz+, VC707 Direct Interface

Evaluation Kit for the MAX5855 wideband interpolating and modulating RF digital to analogue converter (DAC). It can directly synthesize 1GHz of instantaneous bandwidth from DC to frequencies greater than 2.3GHz. The MAX5855 EV kit provides a complete system for evaluating MAX5855 performance as well as developing a FPGA plus DAC transmitter solution. It is suitable for digital video broadcast modulators, DOCSIS 3.1/3.0 Remote PHY and CCAP, DVB-C/C2/DVB-T2/DVB-S2X/ISDB-T, Ethernet PON over Coax (EPoC), instrumentation and point to point wireless applications.

• Single 3.3V input voltage supply
• Direct interface with Xilinx VC707 data source board
• Windows 7/10-compatible software
• Optional on-board SPI interface control for the MAX5855
• On-board SMBus™ interface control for the MAX6654 temperature sensor
• Integrated GUI controls for VC707 operation
• Proven 10-layer PCB design
• Fully assembled and tested