Appendix D
HW-XM650/755 Balun Daughter
Cards for RFSoC EVM
Overview
XM650 and XM755 are the RFMC 2.0 add-on cards for use with the Zynq
®
UltraScale+™ RFSoC
DFE ZCU670 evaluaon board. These add-on cards enable ZCU670 connecvity from DAC and
ADC for loopback evaluaon and for instrumentaon use cases. The ZCU670 board supports
eight DACs and ten ADCs. The XM650 and XM755 cards provide connecvity of up to 16 DACs
and 16 ADCs.
• The XM650 add-on card is a DAC to ADC loopback evaluaon with N79 band baluns and
lters, no external connecvity.
• The XM755 add-on card is a full break-out of 16 DAC channels x 16 ADC channels to SMA
connecvity using Carlisle-CoreHC2 assembly connecons.
Note: The following descripons for pinout and RF le gures are specic to the ZCU670 evaluaon board.
For pinouts and le descripons for other boards, see the applicable board user guide.
Table 24: Add-on Board Features
Feature Description
Base board ZCU670
ADC channels 10
DAC channels 8
Balun XM650: N79 or B46 band with BOM change
XM755: Low/mid/high frequency
Filter XM650: N79 or B46 band with BOM change
XM755: No
Interconnection 2x Samtec LPAM 8x50
Appendix D: HW-XM650/755 Balun Daughter Cards for RFSoC EVM
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