AD7887

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CONTROL REGISTER

The control register on the AD7887 is an 8-bit, write-only register. Data is loaded from the DIN pin of the AD7887 on the rising edge of

SCLK. The data is transferred on the DIN line at the same time as the conversion result is read from the part. This requires 16 serial

clocks for every data transfer. Only the information provided on the first eight rising clock edges after CS falling edge is loaded to the

control register. MSB denotes the first bit in the data stream. The bit functions are outlined in

. The contents of the control register

on power up is all 0s.

Table 5

MSB

DONTC

ZERO

REF

SIN/DUAL

CH

ZERO

PM1

PM0

Table 5. Control Register

Bit

Mnemonic

Comment

7

DONTC

Don’t Care. The value written to this bit of the control register is a don’t care, that is, it doesn’t matter if the bit

is 0 or 1.

6

ZERO

A zero must be written to this bit to ensure correct operation of the AD7887.

5

REF

Reference Bit. With a 0 in this bit, the on-chip reference is enabled. With a 1 in this bit, the on-chip reference is

disabled.

4

SIN/DUAL

Single/Dual Bit. This bit determines whether the AD7887 operates in single-channel or dual-channel mode. A

assuming its AIN1 function as the second analog input channel. To obtain best performance from the AD7887,

the internal reference should be disabled when operating in the dual-channel mode, that is, REF = 1.

3

CH

Channel Bit. When the part is selected for dual-channel mode, this bit determines which channel is converted

for the next conversion. A 0 in this bit selects the AIN0 input, and a 1 in this bit selects the AIN1 input. In single-

channel mode, this bit should always be 0.

2

ZERO

A 0 must be written to this bit to ensure correct operation of the AD7887.

1, 0

PM1, PM0

Power Management Bits. These two bits decode the mode of operation of the AD7887 as described in Table 6.

Table 6. Power Management Options

PM1

PM0

Mode

0

0

Mode 1. In this mode, the AD7887 enters shutdown if the CS input is 1 and is in full power mode when CS is 0.

Thus the part comes out of shutdown on the falling edge of CS and enters shutdown on the rising edge of CS.

0

1

Mode 2. In this mode, the AD7887 is always fully powered up, regardless of the status of any of the logic inputs.

1

0

Mode 3. In this mode, the AD7887 automatically enters shutdown mode at the end of each conversion,

regardless of the state of CS.

1

1

Mode 4. In this standby mode, portions of the AD7887 are powered down but the on-chip reference voltage

remains powered up. This mode is similar to Mode 3, but allows the part to power up much faster. The REF bit

should be 0 to ensure that the on-chip reference is enabled.