Analogue Control Interface
FX839
1.5
General Description
The device comprises four groups of related functions: variable attenuators, digital to analogue converters, a
multiplexed analogue to digital converter with multiplexer, clock generator and four 8-bit magnitude
comparators with variable reference levels. These functions are all controlled by the 'C-BUS' serial interface
and are described below:
Variable Attenuators
The two variable attenuators have a range of 0 to -12dB and 0 to -6dB respectively and may be controlled
independently.
Digital to Analogue Converters
Three DACs are provided with default resolutions of 8 bits, which are defined at the initial chip reset. In this
mode the 'C-BUS' data is transferred in a single byte. An option is provided to define any one or more of the
DAC resolutions to be 10 bits, then the DAC requires the transfer of two 'C-BUS' data bytes.
The upper and lower DAC reference voltages are defined internally as AV and V respectively. The output
DD
SS
voltage is expressed as:
n
V
OUT
= AV x (DATA / 2 ) [Volts]
DD
Where, n is the DAC resolution (8 or 10 bits) and DATA is the decimal value of the input code. For example: n
= 8 and binary code = 11111111 therefore DATA = 255
V
OUT
= AV x (255 / 256) [Volts]
DD
Any one of the three DAC input latches may be loaded by sending an address/command byte followed by one
or two data bytes to the 'C-BUS' interface. The data is then latched and the static voltage is updated at the
appropriate output.
When a DAC is disabled its output is defined as open-circuit.
Analogue to Digital Converter and ADC Clock Generator
A single successive approximation ADC is provided with four multiplexed inputs. In order to minimise the
sampling time of each input channel, a Sample and Hold circuit has not been included at the input of the ADC.
For the sampling to be accurate the input signal should not change significantly during the conversion time.
Since the typical application is for the monitoring of slowly changing control voltages this should not present
any problems. The maximum signal 'linear rate of change', 'S', can be quantified by the following expression
(for a maximum 1 bit error):
10
S = AV x f
/ (2 x 1000 x (10 + 2)) [mV/µs]
adc_clk
DD
Where f
is the internal ADC clock frequency.
adc_clk
The programmable clock generator is intended to be flexible, making use of an external system clock signal or
a dedicated crystal. This clock signal is scaled to provide the internal ADC clock frequency (f ). The user
adc_clk
has full control of the frequency scaling factor and this should be chosen such that the input clock frequency, at
the XTAL/CLOCK pin, divided by this factor is no more than 1MHz.
Consumer Microcircuits Limited
7
1997
D/839/4
CMLMICRO [ CML MICROCIRCUITS ]
