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TERMINAL FUNCTIONS (continued)
DESCRIPTION
NAME PIN # TYPE(1) PARALLEL INTERFACE (PAR/SER = 0) SERIAL INTERFACE (PAR/SER = 1)
Word mode (WORD/BYTE = 0): Select SDO_A input.
Data bit 0 (LSB) input/output
DB0/SEL_A 17 DIO/DI When high, SDO_A is active. When low, SDO_A is disabled.
Byte mode (WORD/BYTE = 1): Should always be high.
Connect to BGND or BVDD
When CR bit C21 = 0 (BUSY/INT), converter busy status output. Transitions high when a conversion has been
started and remains high during the entire process. Transitions low when the conversion data of all six channels
are latched to the output register and remains low thereafter.
In sequential mode (SEQ = 1 in the CR), the BUSY output transitions high when a conversion has been started
BUSY/INT 18 DO and goes low for a single conversion clock cycle (tCCLK) whenever a channel pair conversion is completed.
When bit C21 = 1 (BUSY/INT in CR), interrupt output. This bit transitions high after a conversion has been
completed and remains high until the conversion result has been read.
The polarity of BUSY/INT output can be changed using bit C20 (BUSY L/H) in the control register.
Chip select input. Frame synchronization.
CS/FS 19 DI/DI When low, the parallel interface is enabled. When The falling edge of FS controls the frame transfer.
high, the interface is disabled.
Read data input.
RD 20 DI When low, the parallel data output is enabled. Connect to BGND
When high, the data output is disabled.
Hardware mode (HW/SW = 0): Conversion start of channel pair C.
The rising edge of this signal initiates simultaneous conversion of analog signals at inputs CH_C[1:0]. CONVST_C
should remain high during the entire conversion cycle, otherwise both ADCs of channel C are put in partial
CONVST_C 21 DI power-down mode (see the Reset and Power-down Modes sections).
Software mode (HW/SW = 1): Conversion start of channel pair C in sequential mode (CR bit C23 = 1) only;
connect to BGND or BVDD otherwise
Hardware mode (HW/SW = 0): Conversion start of channel pair B.
The rising edge of this signal initiates simultaneous conversion of analog signals at inputs CH_B[1:0]. CONVST_B
should remain high during the entire conversion cycle; otherwise, both ADCs of channel B are put into partial
CONVST_B 22 DI power-down mode (see the Reset and Power-down Modes sections).
Software mode (HW/SW = 1): Conversion start of channel pair B in sequential mode (CR bit C23 = 1) only;
connect to BGND or BVDD otherwise
Hardware mode (HW/SW = 0): Conversion start of channel pair A.
The rising edge of this signal initiates simultaneous conversion of analog signals at inputs CH_A[1:0]. CONVST_A
should remain high during the entire conversion cycle; otherwise, both ADCs of channel A are put into partial
CONVST_A 23 DI power-down mode (see the Reset and Power-down Modes sections).
Software mode (HW/SW = 1): Conversion start of all selected channels except in sequential mode
(CR bit C23 = 1): Conversion start of channel pair A only
Standby mode input. When low, the entire device is powered-down (including the internal clock and reference).
STBY 24 DI When high, the device operates in normal mode.
25, 32,
37, 38, Analog ground, connect to analog ground plane
43, 44,
AGND P Pin 25 may have a dedicated ground if the difference between its potential and AGND is always kept within
49, 52, ±300mV.
53, 55,
57, 59
26, 34, Analog power supply (4.5V to 5.5V). Decouple each pin with a 100nF ceramic capacitor to AGND. Use an
35, 40, additional 10μF capacitor to AGND close to the device but without compromising the placement of the smaller
AVDD 41, 46, P capacitor. Pin 26 may have a dedicated power supply if the difference between its potential and AVDD is always
47, 50, kept within ±300mV.
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Hardware mode (HW/SW = 0): Input voltage range select input.
When low, the analog input range is ±4VREF. When high, the analog input range is ±2VREF.
RANGE/XCLK 27 DI/DIO Software mode (HW/SW = 1): External conversion clock input, if CR bit C11 (CLKSEL) is set high or internal
conversion clock output, if CR bit C10 (CLKOUT_EN) is set high. If not used, connect to BVDD or BGND.
Reset input, active high. Aborts any ongoing conversions. Resets the internal control register to 0x000003FF. The
RESET 28 DI RESET pulse should be at least 50ns long.
Output mode selection input.
When low, data are transferred in word mode using
DB[15:0]. When high, data are transferred in byte
WORD/BYTE 29 DI Connect to BGND
mode using DB[15:8] with the byte order controlled
by HBEN pin while two accesses are required for a
complete 16-bit transfer.
Negative supply voltage for the analog inputs (–16.5V to –5V).
HVSS 30 P Decouple with a 100nF ceramic capacitor to AGND placed next to the device and a 10μF capacitor to AGND close
to the device but without compromising the placement of the smaller capacitor.
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