CH0
CH1
0.01µF*
1 N.C.
GAIN ADJUST 16
2 CH0
REF OUT 15
3 CH1
OFFSET ADJ. 14
4 AGND
VDA 13
5 VSS SP8542 VDD 12
6 SCLK
SD 11
7 DOUT
8 DIN
CS 10
STATUS 9
10kOhms
5kOhms
+5V
0.1µF
0.1µF
+
6.8µF
2kOhms
CLOCK IN
DATA OUT
DATA IN
STATUS OUT
CHIP SELECT
SHUT DOWN
* Optional filter capacitor is helpful in a noisy pc board application.
Figure 1. Operating Circuit
FEATURES
The SP8542 and SP8544 are two and four
channel 12-Bit serial In/Out data acquisition
system. The device contains a high speed 12-bit
analog to digital converter, internal reference,
and a two or four channel input Mux which
drives the internal sample and hold circuit.
The SP8542 and SP8544 are fabricated in Sipex'
Bipolar Enhanced CMOS Process that permits
state-of-the-art design using bipolar devices in
the analog/linear section and extremely low
power CMOS in digital/logic section.
CIRCUIT OPERATION
Figure 1 and 2 shows a simple circuit required to
operate the SP8542 and SP8544. Please refer to
the free running mode timing diagram or the
slave mode timing diagram. The conversion is
controlled by the user supplied signals Chip
Select Bar (CS) which selects and deselects the
device, and a system clock (SCLK).
A high level applied to CS asynchronously
clears the internal logic, puts the sample & hold
(CDAC) into sample mode and places the DOUT
(Data Output) pin in a high impedance state.
Conversion is initiated by falling edge on CS in
slave mode at which point the selected input
voltage is held and a conversion is started. A
delay tCS of 90ns is required between the falling
edge of CS and the first rising of SCLK.
The device responds to the shut down signal
asynchronously so that a conversion in progress
will be interrupted and the resulting data will be
erroneous. A 20 µSec delay is required between
the falling edge of shutdown and initiation of
a conversion.
Input Data Format
The SP8542 requires, in addition to the Chip
Select Bar (CS) and System Clock (SCLK)
signals, one multiplexer configuration bit
(MA0). The SP8544 requires, in addition to the
Chip Select Bar (CS) and System Clock (SCLK)
signals, two multiplexer configuration bits (MA1
and MA0). These bits are shifted into the DIN
pin, MSB first, during the first two clocks of the
16 clock conversion cycle and configure the
input multiplexer to select the desired input
channel.
SP8542/8544DS/01
SP8542/8544 Two and Four Channel 12-Bit Multiplexed Sampling ADC's
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