Evaluation Kit for the MAX9205, MAX9206, MAX9207, MAX9208

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The MAX9205 evaluation kit (EV kit) is a fully assembled and tested circuit board that simplifies the evaluation of the MAX9205 400Mbps, 10-bit serializer and the MAX9206 400Mbps, 10-bit deserializer. The MAX9205 IC transforms 10-bit parallel LVCMOS/LVTTL data into a serial high-speed bus low-voltage differential signaling (BLVDS) data stream. The MAX9206 accepts serial data from the MAX9205 and transforms it back to 10-bit-wide LVCMOS/LVTTL parallel data.

The EV kit requires a single 3.3V supply and a reference clock input with a range of 16MHz to 40MHz to operate. The 10-bit parallel input data is connected to a 24-pin header and the output data is sampled at a separate 24-pin header. The EV kit circuit can be modified to isolate and evaluate the MAX9205 and MAX9206 independently. The MAX9205 and MAX9206 serializer/deserializer pair can be replaced with the MAX9207 and MAX9208 serializer/deserializer pair that operates at a higher maximum data-transfer speed of 600Mbps with a clock input frequency of 40MHz to 60MHz.

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