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+3V, 18-Bit, Low-Power, Multichannel,
Oversampling (Sigma-Delta) ADC
Serial Digital Interface
The serial digital interface provides access to eight on-
chip registers (Figure 3). All serial-interface commands
begin with a write to the communications register
(COMM). On power-up, system reset, or interface reset,
the part expects a write to its communications register.
The COMM register access begins with a 0 start bit.
The COMM register R/W bit selects a read or write
operation, and the register select bits (RS2, RS1, RS0)
select the register to be addressed. Hold DIN high
when not writing to COMM or another register (Table 1).
The serial interface consists of five signals: CS, SCLK,
DIN, DOUT, and INT. Clock pulses on SCLK shift bits
into DIN and out of DOUT. INT provides an indication
that data is available. CS is a device chip-select input
as well as a clock polarity select input (Figure 4).
Using CS allows the SCLK, DIN, and DOUT signals to be
shared among several SPI-compatible devices. When
short on I/O pins, connect CS low and operate the serial
digital interface in CPOL = 1, CPHA = 1 mode using
SCLK, DIN, and DOUT. This 3-wire interface mode is
ideal for opto-isolated applications. Furthermore, a
microcontroller (such as a PIC16C54 or 80C51) can use
a single bidirectional I/O pin for both sending to DIN and
receiving from DOUT (see Applications Information),
because the MAX1401 drives DOUT only during a read
cycle.
Additionally, connecting the INT signal to a hardware
interrupt allows faster throughput and reliable, collision-
free data flow.
The MAX1401 features a mode where the raw modula-
tor data output is accessible. In this mode the DOUT
and INT functions are reassigned (see the Modulator
Data Output section).
Table 1. Control Register Addressing
RS2 RS1 RS0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
TARGET REGISTER
Communications Register
Global Setup Register 1
Global Setup Register 2
Special Function Register
Transfer Function Register 1
Transfer Function Register 2
Transfer Function Register 3
Data Register
COMMUNICATIONS REGISTER
DIN
RS2 RS1 RS0
DOUT
GLOBAL SETUP REGISTER 1
GLOBAL SETUP REGISTER 2
SPECIAL FUNCTION REGISTER
XFER FUNCTION REGISTER 1
XFER FUNCTION REGISTER 2
XFER FUNCTION REGISTER 3
DATA REGISTER D17–D10
DATA REGISTER D9–D2
DATA REGISTER D1–D0/CID
REGISTER
SELECT
DECODER
Figure 3. Register Summary
t₁₁
INT
CS
SCLK
(CPOL = 1)
SCLK
(CPOL = 0)
DIN
(DURING
WRITE)*
DOUT
(DURING
READ)*
t₁
t₃
t₁₂
t₄
t₁₃
t₅
t₁₆
t₇
t₉
t₁₈
t₈
t₁₇
t₁₄
t₁₅
MSB D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0
t₆
t₁₀
MSB D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0
*DOUT IS HIGH IMPEDANCE DURING THE WRITE CYCLE; DIN IS IGNORED
DURING THE READ CYCLE.
Figure 4. Serial-Interface Timing
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