Component: ADC (MCP356X) (Analog Input)
| Author | MatrixTSL |
| Version | 1.0 (Release) |
| Category | Analog Input |
Contents
ADC (MCP356X) component
An external ADC featuring 2, 4, or 8 channel 24-bit input. Capable of reading each channel independently or in differential mode. Communication using an SPI bus up to 20MHz.
Examples
No additional examples
Downloadable macro reference
SampleADC
Performs a single ADC sample and returns the result as a 24-bit value
Parameters
- BYTE PositiveChannel
- 0=CH0 - 7=CH7, 8=GND, 9=VDD, 11=REF+, 12=REF-, 13=TP, 14=TM, 15=VCM
- BYTE NegativeChannel
- 0=CH0 - 7=CH7, 8=GND, 9=VDD, 11=REF+, 12=REF-, 13=TP, 14=TM, 15=VCM
Return value
Initialise
Confgures the SPI bus ready for communications and initialises the MCP356X device.
Returns true if device is responding to commands.
Parameters
- This macro has no parameters
Return value
- BOOL : Returns true if the operation is a success, else false
Simulation macro reference
This component does not contain any simulation macros
Property reference
Device Type
This property is of type Fixed list of ints and can be referenced with the variable name DevType.
No additional information
Device Address
This property is of type Fixed list of ints and can be referenced with the variable name DevAddress.
These bits are fixed from the manufacturer and by default are 01.
Used as Bits 6 and 7 of the command byte.
Alternative bits must be requested from the manufacturer.
Clock Selection
This property is of type Fixed list of ints and can be referenced with the variable name ClockSelection.
No additional information
Sensor Bias Current
This property is of type Fixed list of ints and can be referenced with the variable name BiasCurrent.
No additional information
ADC Bias Current
This property is of type Fixed list of ints and can be referenced with the variable name ADCBiasCurrent.
No additional information
AMCLK Prescaler
This property is of type Fixed list of ints and can be referenced with the variable name Prescaler.
No additional information
Oversampling Ratio
This property is of type Fixed list of ints and can be referenced with the variable name OversamplingRatio.
No additional information
ADC Gain
This property is of type Fixed list of ints and can be referenced with the variable name ADCGain.
No additional information
IRQ Mode
This property is of type Fixed list of ints and can be referenced with the variable name IRQMode.
No additional information
Channel
This property is of type Fixed list of ints and can be referenced with the variable name cal_spi1::CHANNEL.
SPI Channel selector
Prescale
This property is of type Fixed list of ints and can be referenced with the variable name cal_spi1::PR_SCALE.
Prescale option selector
MOSI
This property is of type Single digital pin and can be referenced with the variable name cal_spi1::MOSI.
SPI Data Out Pin SDO - Also Known as Master Out Slave In (MOSI) when used in Master mode.
MISO
This property is of type Single digital pin and can be referenced with the variable name cal_spi1::MISO.
SPI Data In Pin SDI - Also Known as Master In Slave Out (MISO) when used in Master mode.
CLK
This property is of type Single digital pin and can be referenced with the variable name cal_spi1::CLK.
SPI Clock Pin CLK - The Clock signal is driven by the SPI master.
CS / SS
This property is of type Single digital pin and can be referenced with the variable name cal_spi1::SS.
Chip Select / Slave Select Pin
Master Mode: General purpose output pin used to select the remote SPI device.
Slave Mode: Hardware chip select pin input used to select the SPI device.
Use IRQ
This property is of type True or false and can be referenced with the variable name UseIRQ.
No: Use polling of the status register to determine when an ADC sample is complete.
Yes: Use the IRQ interrupt pin to determine when an ADC sample is complete.
IRQ Pin
This property is of type Single digital pin and can be referenced with the variable name IRQPin.
Connected to the IRQ pin of the device, goes low on an interrupt event such as sample complete.
Simulate Comms
This property is of type True or false and can be referenced with the variable name SimComms.
No: Simulation is done using panel sliders.
Yes: Send SPI data via API interface and show real time data using panel sliders.
Scope Traces
This property is of type True or false and can be referenced with the variable name cal_spi1::ScopeTraces.
Selects if the scope traces are automatically generated or not
Console Data
This property is of type True or false and can be referenced with the variable name cal_spi1::ConsoleData.
Selects if the console data is automatically generated or not
API
This property is of type Fixed list of ints and can be referenced with the variable name cal_spi1::Injector.
Selects the API Slave to use to send and receive real world SPI data during simulation.
