REV. 0

AD7676

–17–

External Clock Data Read During Conversion

Figure 20 shows the detailed timing diagrams of this method.

During a conversion, while both CS and RD are low, the result

of the previous conversion can be read. The data is shifted out,

MSB first, with 16 clock pulses, and is valid on both rising and

falling edges of the clock. The 16 bits have to be read before the

current conversion is complete. If that is not done, RDERROR is

pulsed high and can be used to interrupt the host interface to

prevent incomplete data reading. There is no “daisy chain”

feature in this mode, and RDC/SDIN input should always be

tied either high or low.

To reduce performance degradation due to digital activity, a fast

discontinuous clock of 18 MHz at least is recommended to ensure

that all the bits are read during the first half of the conversion

phase. For this reason, this mode is more difficult to use.

MICROPROCESSOR INTERFACING

The AD7676 is ideally suited for traditional dc measurement

applications supporting a microprocessor, and ac signal process-

ing applications interfacing to a digital signal processor. The

AD7676 is designed to interface either with a parallel 8-bit or

16-bit wide interface or with a general purpose serial port or I/O

ports on a microcontroller. A variety of external buffers can be

used with the AD7676 to prevent digital noise from coupling

into the ADC. The following sections illustrate the use of the

AD7676 with an SPI equipped microcontroller, the ADSP-

21065L and ADSP-218x signal processors.

SPI Interface (MC68HC11)

Figure 22 shows an interface diagram between the AD7676 and

an SPI-equipped microcontroller like the MC68HC11. To

accommodate the slower speed of the microcontroller, the

AD7676 acts as a slave device and data must be read after con-

version. This mode also allows the “daisy chain” feature. The

convert command could be initiated in response to an internal

timer interrupt. The reading of output data, one byte at a time,

if necessary, could be initiated in response to the end-of-conver-

sion signal (BUSY going low) using an interrupt line of the

microcontroller. The Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) on the

MC68HC11 is configured for master mode (MSTR) = 1, Clock

Polarity Bit (CPOL) = 0, Clock Phase Bit (CPHA) = 1 and SPI

interrupt enable (SPIE) = 1 by writing to the SPI Control Regis-

ter (SPCR). The IRQ is configured for edge-sensitive-only

operation (IRQE = 1 in OPTION register).

CNVST

SDOUT

SCLK

D1

D0

X

D15

D14

D13

12

3

14

15

16

BUSY

INVSCLK = 0

CS

EXT/

INT = 1

RD = 0

Figure 20. Slave Serial Data Timing for Reading (Read Previous Conversion during Convert)

BUSY

BUSY

(UPSTREAM)

(DOWNSTREAM)

RDC/SDIN

SDOUT

CNVST

CS

SCLK

RDC/SDIN

SDOUT

CNVST

CS

SCLK

DATA

OUT

SCLK IN

CS IN

CNVST IN

BUSY

OUT

Figure 21. Two AD7676s in a “Daisy Chain” Configuration