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MCP3202

5.0

SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS

5.1

Overview

Communication with the MCP3202 is done using a

standard SPI-compatible serial interface. Initiating

communication with the device is done by bringing the

CS line low. See Figure 5-1. If the device was powered

up with the CS pin low, it must be brought high and

back low to initiate communication. The first clock

bit. The SGL/DIFF bit and the ODD/SIGN bit follow the

start bit and are used to select the input channel config-

uration. The SGL/DIFF is used to select single ended

or psuedo-differential mode. The ODD/SIGN bit selects

which channel is used in single ended mode, and is

used to determine polarity in pseudo-differential mode.

Following the ODD/SIGN bit, the MSBF bit is transmit-

ted to and is used to enable the LSB first format for the

device. If the MSBF bit is high, then the data will come

from the device in MSB first format and any further

clocks with CS low will cause the device to output

zeros. If the MSBF bit is low, then the device will output

the converted word LSB first after the word has been

transmitted in the MSB first format. See Figure 5-2.

Table 5-1

shows

the

configuration

bits

for

the

MCP3202. The device will begin to sample the analog

input on the second rising edge of the clock, after the

start bit has been received. The sample period will end

on the falling edge of the third clock following the start

bit.

On the falling edge of the clock for the MSBF bit, the

device will output a low null bit. The next sequential

12 clocks will output the result of the conversion with

MSB first as shown in Figure 5-1. Data is always output

from the device on the falling edge of the clock. If all

12 data bits have been transmitted and the device con-

tinues to receive clocks while the CS is held low, (and

MSBF = 1), the device will output the conversion result

LSB first as shown in Figure 5-2. If more clocks are pro-

vided to the device while CS is still low (after the LSB

first data has been transmitted), the device will clock

out zeros indefinitely.

If necessary, it is possible to bring CS low and clock in

leading zeros on the D

often done when dealing with microcontroller-based

SPI ports that must send 8 bits at a time. Refer to

Section 6.1 for more details on using the MCP3202

devices with hardware SPI ports.

FIGURE 5-1:

Communication with the MCP3202 using MSB first format only.

Config

Bits

Channel

Selection

GND

Sgl/

Diff

Odd/

sign

01

Single Ended

Mode

10

+

—

-

11

—

+

-

Pseudo-

DifferentiaL

Mode

00

IN+

IN-

01

IN-

IN+

TABLE 5-1:

Configuration Bits for the MCP3202.

CS

CLK

D

IN

D

OUT

MS

HI-Z

Null

Bit B11 B10 B9 B8 B7 B6 B5 B4 B3 B2 B1 B0*

HI-Z

t

SAMPLE

t

CONV

SGL/

DIFF

Start

t

CYC

t

CSH

t

CYC

* After completing the data transfer, if further clocks are applied with CS low, the A/D Converter will output zeros

indefinitely. See Figure 5-2 below for details on obtaining LSB first data.

** t

high impedance node, leaving the CLK running to clock out the LSB-first data or zeros.

t

t

SUCS

ODD/

SIGN BF

Don’t Care

SGL/

DIFF

Start

ODD/

SIGN