MMC2107 Datasheet, PDF (472/618 Pages) –

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
Queued Analog-to-Digital Converter (QADC)
18.10.7 Continuous-Scan Modes
When the application software wants to execute multiple passes through
a sequence of conversions defined by a queue, a continuous-scan
queue operating mode is selected. By programming the MQ1(2) field in
QACR1(2), these software-initiated modes can be selected:
• Software-initiated continuous-scan mode
• External trigger continuous-scan mode
• External gated continuous-scan mode
• Periodic timer continuous-scan mode
When a queue is programmed for a continuous-scan mode, the
single-scan enable bit in the queue control register does not have any
meaning or effect. As soon as the queue operating mode is
programmed, the selected trigger event can initiate queue execution.
In the case of the software-initiated continuous-scan mode, the trigger
event is generated internally and queue execution begins immediately.
In the other continuous-scan queue operating modes, the selected
trigger event must occur before the queue can start. A trigger overrun is
captured if a trigger event occurs during queue execution in the external
trigger continuous-scan mode and the periodic timer continuous-scan
mode.
After the queue execution is complete, the queue status is shown as idle.
Since the continuous-scan queue operating modes allow the entire
queue to be scanned multiple times, software involvement is not needed
to enable queue execution to continue from the idle state. The next
trigger event causes queue execution to begin again, starting with the
first CCW in the queue.
NOTE:
Coherent samples are guaranteed. The time between consecutive
conversions has been designed to be consistent. However, there is one
exception. For queues that end with a CCW containing EOQ code
(channel 63), the last queue conversion to the first queue conversion
requires one additional CCW fetch cycle. Therefore continuous samples
are not coherent at this boundary.
In addition, the time from trigger to first conversion can not be
guaranteed since it is a function of clock synchronization, programmable
trigger events, queue priorities, and so on.
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MMC2107 – Rev. 2.0
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