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Procedure – Maxim Integrated Carmel (MAXREFDES18) LX9 User Manual

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Carmel (MAXREFDES18#) LX9 MicroBoard Quick Start Guide

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4. Procedure

1. Connect the Carmel board to the J5 port of an LX9 MicroBoard as shown in

Figure 1

.

2. Connect the ±24V power supply positive terminal, negative terminal, and the

ground terminal to the AVDD, AVSS, and AGND connectors, respectively, on the
Carmel board.

3. Connect one end of the 750

Ω load resistor to the OUT and SENSEVP

connectors on the Carmel board.

4. Connect the other end of the 750

Ω load resistor to the AGND and SENSEVN

connectors on the Carmel board.

5. Verify that the JU1 and JU4 jumpers are on the 1-2 position.

6. Verify that the JU2 jumper is on the pin 1 only.

7. Connect the J3 USB connector of the LX9 MicroBoard to a PC. Refer to step 16

for USB driver installation.

8. Connect the J6 JTAG connector of the LX9 MicroBoard to a PC through a Xilinx

programming cable.

9. Download the latest RD18V01_00.ZIP file at

www.maximintegrated.com/Carmel

. All files available for download are

available at the bottom of the page.

10. Extract the RD18V01_00.ZIP file to a directory on your PC. The location is

arbitrary but the maximum path length limitation in Windows (260 characters)
should not be exceeded.

In addition, the Xilinx tools require the path to not contain any spaces.

C:\Do Not Use Spaces In The Path\RD18V01_00.ZIP

(This path has spaces.)


For the purposes of this document, it will be C:\designs\maxim\RD18V01_00\.
See

Appendix A: Project Structure and Key Filenames

in this document for

the project structure and key filenames.