A2B® technical information database

This page is a page that summarizes technical information about A2B®.

Please use it when considering the introduction of A2B® and when developing.

 

Introduction video of A2B®

A2B® support environment

Macnica original technical content (download materials included)

FAQ

Introduction video of A2B®

Overview of A2B

Overview of A2B
Overview of A2B

If you want to know "What is A2B?", please watch this video first.

Feature 1 of A2B

Feature 1 of A2B
Feature 1 of A2B

We will explain various functions of A2B and what kind of merits those functions have in the system.

Feature 2 of A2B

Feature 2 of A2B
Feature 2 of A2B

We will explain various functions of A2B and what kind of merits those functions have in the system.

A2B evaluation environment and demo

A2B evaluation environment and demo
A2B evaluation environment and demo

As an A2B evaluation environment, we will introduce an evaluation board, software tools, and 3rd party tools.

A2B® support environment

document

We have summarized information such as documents that are often referred to when actually considering and designing A2B®, so please make use of it.

*For documents, etc., the link is to the product page of Analog Devices.
These links are as of November 2021, so if the links are old, please refer directly to the Analog Devices product page.

Contents download link Overview
data sheet English It is a document of various specifications of the device.
Japanese
User guide English It serves as a detailed explanation of various functions of the device and a document of control specifications.
Japanese
anomaly list English only Documents errata information for the device.

Evaluation Board

Several types of evaluation boards are available, assuming various uses.

Information such as user manuals and design data (circuit diagrams, PCBs, bill of materials) are also available on the product pages of each evaluation board, so please make use of them.

model number and link Evaluation board overview
EVAL-AD2428WD1BZ Master or Local-power Slave Board. This board with the Master function is an essential board for evaluating A2B.
EVAL-AD2428WB1BZ It is a us-power Slave Audio Board. This board is equipped with analog audio input/output jacks and a MEMS microphone, making it ideal for evaluation assuming an audio unit with Bus-power.
EVAL-AD2428WC1BZ Bus-power Slave Mic Board. This board is equipped with four MEMS microphones and is ideal for evaluation assuming a microphone unit.
EVAL-AD2428WG1BZ Local-power Slave Audio Board. This board is equipped with analog audio input/output jacks and is ideal for evaluation assuming an audio unit with local power.
ADZS-AUDIOA2BAMP Class-D Amp Module Board. This board is equipped with two high-efficiency Class-D Amp products SSM3582 from ADI, and is ideal for evaluating high-efficiency, high-performance audio units.
ADZS-AD2428MINI A2B® MINI Board. This board is used by connecting (docking) with other evaluation boards such as the EV-SOMCRR-EZKIT.

評価ツール

A convenient GUI-based software tool is provided to operate the target board.

title Tool overview
Sigma Studio

A GUI-based utility tool that supports various ADI products.

*For detailed instructions on downloading and installing this tool, please refer to "SigmaStudioHow to obtain and set up " in Macnica original technical content.

A2B® Software

A2B software that adds in to SigmaStudio. As a result, various A2B® configurations and controls can be easily performed on a GUI basis on SigmaStudio.

*For detailed instructions on downloading and installing this tool, please refer to "A2B SoftwareHow to obtain and set up " in Macnica original technical content.

Macnica original technical content

You can download the materials by answering the questionnaire from the link of the material acquisition questionnaire.

Material acquisition questionnaire Overview
How to get SigmaStudio Instructions for downloading, installing, and initializing the tool for SigmaStudio.
How to get A2B® Software Instructions for downloading, installing, and initializing the A2B Software.
SigmaStudio operation check After installing SigmaStudio and A2B® Software, this document explains how to actually check the operation of the sample project on the evaluation board and the basic operations of SigmaStudio.

A2B® SelfBoot operation verification

This is a manual for operating the A2B® evaluation board standalone without a PC.

A2B® Webinar Materials

This is the material for the A2B online seminar held on 2022/2/25 (Friday), "What is A2B technology that can reduce costs at the system level?"

FAQ

A2B® concerning FAQ A detailed summary can be found on the following pages.
The composition of the summary page is as follows
If you want to know more details, please check the details below.

■ Overview
■ Functions
■ Circuit
■ Power supply
■ I2C communication
■ Initialization processing
■ Error handling

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