Application Note 1434

2

AN1434.4

March 31, 2011

Setup and Operation of the ADC

Evaluation Platform

To set up the ADC evaluation platform, the following items are

required:

1. Intersil KMB001 motherboard

2. USB cable (USB-A to USB-B, 1.25 to 2M long); supplied with

KMB001

3. Intersil daughter card containing ADC to be tested

4. Suitable signal and clock sources (see Appendix A on page 6)

5. 4W minimum, 5V power supply (supplied with KMB001)

6. PC with free USB2.0 port, logged in with administrator rights,

and fulfilling the PC system requirements shown in Table 1

Installing the Intersil Konverter Analyzer

Software

If an earlier version of the Intersil Konverter Analyzer software is

installed on the PC, it must be removed before a new version can

be installed.

To uninstall an earlier version, click the Windows Start menu, and

then click All Programs > Intersil Konverter Analyzer > Uninstall.

Note that the software version number in the following

procedures may not match the latest version being installed, but

the instructions are the same.

To install the Intersil Konverter Analyzer Software:

1. Download the Intersil Konverter Analyzer installation files from

the Intersil web site at:

www.intersil.com/converters/adc_eval_platform/index.asp

2. Run IntersilKonverterInstallerVX.XX.Xc.exe for the version you

want to install. The Welcome to the Intersil Konverter Analyzer

X.XX.X Setup Wizard window opens.

3. In the Welcome to the Intersil Konverter Analyzer X.XX.X

Setup Wizard window, click Next. The License Agreement

window opens.

TABLE 1. PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

OPERATING

SYSTEM

PROCESSORS

RAM

DISPLAY

RESOLUTION

Windows™ XP

Windows 2000

Intel® Pentium (Pentium 4 and

above)

Intel Celeron

Intel Xeon

Intel Core

AMD Athlon 64*

AMD Opteron

AMD Sempron

512MB

(1024MB recommended)

800x600 or higher

* Processor must support SSE2 instruction set.