SI8718 Datasheet, PDF (5/16 Pages) Silicon Laboratories – EVALUATION BOARD USERS GUIDE

Si871x-EVB
3.1. Board Jumper Settings
To run the demo, follow the instructions below. Review Figure 4 and Figures 9 through 11 if necessary.
1. If demonstrating the SOIC8 or DIP8 EVB featuring the Si8718, ensure that J2 is installed as shown in
Figure 1 or 2.
2. If demonstrating the SDIP6 EVB featuring the Si8719, ensure that J2 is installed as shown in Figure 3.
3.2. DC Supply Configuration
1. Turn OFF the dc power supply and ensure that the output voltage is set to its lowest output voltage.
2. Connect the banana ends of the black and red banana to clip terminated wires to the outputs of the dc
supply.
3. Then, connect the clip end of the red and black banana to clip wires to P2. The red wire goes to Pin1. The
black wire goes to Pin4.
4. Turn ON the dc power supply.
5. Adjust the dc power supply to provide 5 V on its output.
6. Ensure that the current draw is less than 25 mA. If it is larger, this indicates that either the board or Si871x
has been damaged or the supply is connected backwards.
3.3. Wave Form Generator
1. Turn ON the arbitrary waveform generator with the output disengaged.
2. Adjust its output to provide a 500 kHz, 0 to 5 V peak square wave (50 percent duty cycle) to its output.
3. Split the output of the generator with a BNC splitter.
4. From the BNC splitter, connect a coaxial cable to CH1 of the scope. This will be the input.
5. Connect a second coaxial cable to the BNC splitter, and connect a BNC-to-clip converter to the end of the
coaxial cable.
6. From here, connect the clip end of the BNC-to-clip converter to P1, Pin1 (red wire here) and Pin3 (black
wire here). The positive terminal is Pin1 on P1.
7. Connect one end of a third coaxial cable to a BNC-to-clip converter (note that a scope probe can be used
here instead).
8. From here, connect the clip end of the BNC-to-clip converter to P2, Pin3 (red wire here) and Pin4 (black
wire here). Vo is on P2 Pin3.
9. Connect the other end of the coaxial cable to CH2 of the oscilloscope. This will be the output.
10. Engage the output of the waveform generator.
3.4. Oscilloscope Setup
1. Turn ON the oscilloscope.
2. Set the scope to Trigger on CH1 and adjust the trigger level to 1 V minimum.
3. Set CH1and CH2 to 2 V per division.
4. Adjust the seconds/division setting to 400 ns/division.
5. Adjust the level indicator for all channels to properly view each channel as shown in Figure 5.
A 500 kHz square wave should display on Channel 1 of the scope for the input and a 5 V delayed and inverted
version of this square wave should display the output on Channel 2, as shown in Figure 5. This concludes the
basic demo. For more advanced demos, see the following sections.
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