|
Latest Version: 3.40.06
(available from the Analog Devices
website) To check your version click on
Help / About
VCO Library
Updates:
Crystek Corporation maintain an up-to-date VCO
library file on their website
here
Open problems and
Bugs:
Library Copying Issues
A couple of Vista users have reported problems
with ADIsimPLL being unable to locate the library files, a typical set of
error message whilst working through the new design wizard are:
missing AnalogDevices.lib file
Error101: Unable to locate Chip libraries
Error104: Unable to locate Op Amp libraries
Error102: Unable to locate VCO libraries
Error103: Unable to locate Reference libraries
We are still unable to pinpoint
the exact cause of this, but it can be easily recitifed:
All the libraries are installed in the
directory:
C:\Program Files\Applied Radio Labs\ADIsimPLL Ver 3.30\libBackup\
But when the program first runs they are copied to (Win XP):
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Applied Radio Labs\ADIsimPLL\lib\
Or on Vista / Win7
C:\ProgramData\Applied Radio Labs\ADIsimPLL\lib\
ADIsimPLL does this because the Program Files directory is not writeable,
and as the user may want to create (and edit) VCO and other library files,
they are placed them somewhere that the user can write to.
This mechanism has worked
reliably, but seems to occasionally fail on Vista. A work-around is to copy
the contents of the /libBackup directory to a suitable place where you have
write privileges, and then run ADIsimPLL, click past all the error messages
until you get to the main screen, here click on Edit / Customise SimPLL, and
enter the location of your library directory, include the trailing slash.
Close ADIsimPLL and restart.
If you don’t want to edit any of
the library files, you can simply enter
C:\Program Files\Applied Radio Labs\ADIsimPLL Ver 3.30\libBackup\
as the location of the library directory.
|
Bug History:
| PROBLEM |
STATUS |
27th May 2002
Running program when a warning is being displayed can result in
the program crashing. Reports usually result from Warning 623: Carrier Recovery Phase Jitter Calculation aborted - channel not within limits of frequency domain analysis.
This warning often occurs with the
default settings generated after designing a PLL with a high phase
comparison frequency.
Workaround: Get rid of the warning
- in general right click on the warning message and select
"Message Help" for instructions.
|
Fixed in Ver 2.02
|
11thJune 2003
Version 2.0 crashes when individual noise control is selected for
particular active loop filters. |
Fixed in Ver 2.02 |
17thJune 2003
Software defaults to wrong prescaler value. See ADIsimPLL
Users Forum |
Fixed in Ver 2.02 |
17thOctober 2003
There is a bug when designing with the ADF7010/ADF7011 and using
the divide by 2 option, giving Error 1001. For
the workaround see the ADIsimPLL
users forum. |
Will be resolved in the next version |
| June 2004: Version 2.501 released - fixed
outstanding bugs |
|
21st September 2004
If designing fractional-N PLL's, if the channel spacing is
specified, ADIsimPLL sometimes chooses the incorrect
prescaler, resulting in warnings or error messages. If
you encounter this, change to specifying the phase detector
requency. |
open but with simple workaround |
21st October 2004
Version 2.5 will not allow ADF7010/11 designs at
433MHz. For fix, download the new library below. |
fixed in version 2.7 |
5th August 2005
Version 2.7 Problem using Fractional-N designs with external
prescaler - Phase Detector Frequency specified
Version 2.7 Problem using Fractional-N designs
with external prescaler - Channel Spacing specified |
fixed in version 3
fixed in version 3 |
15th January 2009
Problem:
ADF4252 RF section comes up as an Integer-N device.
ADF4153 Icp values link incorrectly to programming software
Workaround: If your version is
3.10.03 or earlier, download and install updated library
file:
ADIsimPLL_v3_1_library_update.zip
|
Fixed in V3.10.04
|
20th January 2009
Problem: 3 menu items not working:
1. Libraries / Help - Locating Libraries
2. Libraries / Help - Using Library Files
3. Libraries / Step-by-step Guide - Modeling my VCO
Workaround: Open Help file from
Help menu, (Help / Help Topics) and navigate using the left pane to:
1. Introduction to Library Files / Library File Locations
2. Introduction to Library Files
3. Introduction to Library Files / Library File Editor / Modeling
my VCO - A Step by Step guide
corresponding to the three menu items above |
Fixed in V3.10.04
|
9th July 2009
Problem: ADF4350 simulation fails with error 1002.
Workaround: Error only occurs
with power-up simulations and for a small band of frequencies.
If you hit this problem the workaround is to not do a single
frequency design but to design for a small range of frequencies.
9th August
2009: A
patch
is available to patch V3.10.04 to 3.10.05. For any other
version you should download the latest version from the ADI website.
Version 3.10.05 will be available on
the ADI website in the coming weeks.
|
Fixed in V3.10.05 |
|
31st August
2010: CPA_FBPPFQ filter has incorrect component labels / values
shown on the schematic. The correct schematic is shown below, the
values shown in the Data Panel are correct.
Workaround -
use the schematic below and the component values shown in the Data
Panel.
 |
Fixed in V3.40
|
| 31st August 2010:
ADF4158 has incorrect limits on sweep parameters, DEV and STEP:
- DEV should be a signed 16 bit word
but ADIsimPLL currently only allows 0 .. 16383
- STEP should be an unsigned 20 bit word, but ADIsimPLL only allows
0 .. 1023
Currently simulations are restricted
to those ranges of parameters. |
Fixed in V3.40 |
| 31st August 2010:
Library copying issues with Vista - see below |
Fixed in V3.40 |
| |
|
|
|
|
