AD7194
Data Sheet
Rev. A | Page 36 of 56
RESET
The circuitry and serial interface of the AD7194 can be reset
by writing consecutive 1s to the device; 40 consecutive 1s are
required to perform the reset. This resets the logic, the digital
filter, and the analog modulator, whereas all on-chip registers
are reset to their default values.
A reset is automatically performed on power-up. When a reset is
initiated, the user must allow a period of 200 μs before acces-
sing any of the on-chip registers. A reset is useful if the serial
interface loses synchronization due to noise on the SCLK line.
SYSTEM SYNCHRONIZATION
The SYNC input allows the user to reset the modulator and the
digital filter without affecting any of the setup conditions on the
part. This allows the user to start gathering samples of the analog
input from a known point in time, that is, the rising edge of
SYNC. SYNC needs to be taken low for at least four master
clock cycles to implement the synchronization function.
If multiple AD7194 devices are operated from a common
master clock, they can be synchronized so that their data
registers are updated simultaneously. A falling edge on the
SYNC pin resets the digital filter and the analog modulator and
places the AD7194 into a consistent, known state. While the
SYNC pin is low, the AD7194 is maintained in this state. On the
SYNC rising edge, the modulator and filter are taken out of this
reset state and, on the next clock edge, the part starts to gather
input samples again. In a system using multiple AD7194 devices,
a common signal to their SYNC pins synchronizes their opera-
tion. This is normally done after each AD7194 has performed
its own calibration or has calibration coefficients loaded into its
calibration registers. The conversions from the AD7194s are
then synchronized.
The part is taken out of reset on the master clock falling edge
following the SYNC low to high transition. Therefore, when
multiple devices are being synchronized, the SYNC pin should
be taken high on the master clock rising edge to ensure that all
devices begin sampling on the master clock falling edge. If the
SYNC pin is not taken high in sufficient time, it is possible to
have a difference of one master clock cycle between the devices;
that is, the instant at which conversions are available differs
from part to part by a maximum of one master clock cycle.
The SYNC pin can also be used as a start conversion command.
In this mode, the rising edge of SYNC starts conversion, and the
falling edge of RDY indicates when the conversion is complete.
The settling time of the filter has to be allowed for each data
register update. For example, if the ADC is configured to use
the sinc4 filter, zero latency is disabled, and chop is disabled, the
settling time equals 4/fADC where fADC is the output data rate
when continuously converting on a single channel.
ENABLE PARITY
When the ENPAR bit in the mode register is set to 1, parity is
enabled. The contents of the status register must be transmitted
along with each 24-bit conversion when the parity function is
enabled. To append the contents of the status register to each
conversion read, the DAT_STA bit in the mode register should
be set to 1. For each conversion read, the parity bit in the status
register is programmed so that the overall number of 1s trans-
mitted in the 24-bit data-word is even. Therefore, for example,
if the 24-bit conversion contains 11 ones (binary format), the
parity bit is set to 1 so that the total number of ones in the serial
transmission is even. If the microprocessor receives an odd
number of 1s, it knows that the data received has been corrupted.
The parity function does not ensure that all errors are detected.
For example, two bits of corrupt data can result in the micro-
processor receiving an even number of ones. Therefore, an error
condition is not detected.
CLOCK
The AD7194 includes an internal 4.92 MHz clock on-chip. This
internal clock has a tolerance of ±4%. Either the internal clock
or an external crystal/clock can be used as the clock source to
the AD7194. The clock source is selected using the CLK1 and
CLK0 bits in the mode register. When an external crystal is
used, it must be connected across the MCLK1 and MCLK2
pins. The crystal manufacturer recommends the load capa-
citances required for the crystal. The MCLK1 and MCLK2
pins of the AD7194 have a capacitance of 15 pF, typically. If
an external clock source is used, the clock source must be
connected to the MCLK2 pin, and the MCLK1 pin can remain
floating.
The internal clock can also be made available at the MCLK2
pin. This is useful when several ADCs are used in an appli-
cation and the devices must be synchronized. The internal clock
from one device can be used as the clock source for all ADCs in
the system. Using a common clock, the devices can be synchro-
nized by applying a common reset to all devices, or the SYNC
pin can be pulsed.
TEMPERATURE SENSOR
Embedded in the AD7194 is a temperature sensor. This is
selected using the TEMP bit in the configuration register. When
the TEMP bit is set to 1, the temperature sensor is enabled.
When the temperature sensor is selected and bipolar mode is
selected, the device should return a code of 0x800000 when the
temperature is 0 Kelvin, theoretically. A one-point calibration is
needed to obtain the optimum performance from the sensor.
Therefore, a conversion at 25°C should be recorded and the
sensitivity calculated. The sensitivity is 2815 codes/°C,
approximately. The equation for the temperature sensor is
Temperature (K) = (Conversion 0x800000)/2815 K
Temperature (°C) = Temperature (K) 273