MAX1040/MAX1042/MAX1046/MAX1048
10-Bit, Multichannel ADCs/DACs with FIFO,
Temperature Sensing, and GPIO Ports
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Write to the GPIOs by writing a command byte to the
GPIO command register. Write a single data byte to the
MAX1042/MAX1048 following the command byte.
The GPIOs can sink and source current. The
MAX1042/MAX1048 GPIOA0 and GPIOA1 can sink and
source up to 15mA. GPIOC0 and GPIOC1 can sink 4mA
and source 2mA. See Table 3.
Clock Modes
Internal Clock
The MAX1040/MAX1042/MAX1046/MAX1048 can oper-
ate from an internal oscillator. The internal oscillator is
active in clock modes 00, 01, and 10. Figures 6, 7, and
8 show how to start an ADC conversion in the three
internally timed conversion modes.
Read out the data at clock speeds up to 25MHz
through the SPI interface.
External Clock
Set CKSEL1 and CKSEL0 in the setup register to 11 to
set up the interface for external clock mode 11. See
Table 5. Pulse SCLK at speeds from 0.1MHz to
3.6MHz. Write to SCLK with a 40% to 60% duty cycle.
The SCLK frequency controls the conversion timing.
See Figure 9 for clock mode 11 timing. See the
ADC
Conversions in Clock Mode 11
section.
ADC/DAC References
Address the reference through the setup register, bits 3
and 2. See Table 5. Following a wake-up delay, set
REFSEL[1:0] = 00 to program both the ADC and DAC
for internal reference use. Set REFSEL[1:0] = 10 to pro-
gram the ADC for internal reference. Set REFSEL[1:0] =
10 to program the DAC for external reference, REF1.
When using REF1 or REF2/AIN_ in external-reference
mode, connect a 0.1µF capacitor to AGND. Set
REFSEL[1:0] = 01 to program the ADC and DAC for
external-reference mode. The DAC uses REF1 as its
external reference, while the ADC uses REF2 as its
external reference. Set REFSEL[1:0] = 11 to program
the ADC for external differential-reference mode. REF1
is the positive reference and REF2 is the negative refer-
ence in the ADC external differential mode.
When REFSEL[1:0] = 00 or 10, REF2/AIN_ functions as
an analog input channel. When REFSEL[1:0] = 01 or 11,
REF2/AIN_ functions as the device’s negative reference.
Temperature Measurements
Issue a command byte setting bit 0 of the conversion
register to one to take a temperature measurement.
See Table 4. The MAX1040/MAX1042/MAX1046/
MAX1048 perform temperature measurements with an
internal diode-connected transistor. The diode bias cur-
rent changes from 68µA to 4µA to produce a tempera-
ture-dependent bias voltage difference. The second
conversion result at 4µA is subtracted from the first at
68µA to calculate a digital value that is proportional to
absolute temperature. The output data appearing at
DOUT is the digital code above, minus an offset to
adjust from Kelvin to Celsius.
The reference voltage used for the temperature mea-
surements is always derived from the internal reference
source to ensure that 1 LSB corresponds to 1/8th of a
degree Celsius. On every scan where a temperature
measurement is requested, the 12-bit temperature con-
version is carried out first. The first 2 bytes of data read
from the FIFO contain the result of the 12-bit tempera-
ture measurement. If another temperature measure-
ment is performed before the first temperature result is
read out, the old measurement is overwritten by the
new result. Temperature results are in degrees Celsius
(two’s complement). See the
Applications Information
section for information on how to perform temperature
measurements in each clock mode.
Register Descriptions
The MAX1040/MAX1042/MAX1046/MAX1048 communi-
cate between the internal registers and the external cir-
cuitry through the SPI-compatible serial interface. Table
1 details the command byte, the registers, and the bit
names. Tables 4–12 show the various functions within
the conversion register, setup register, unipolar-mode
register, bipolar-mode register, ADC averaging regis-
ter, DAC select register, reset register, and GPIO com-
mand register, respectively.
Conversion Register
Select active analog input channels, scan modes, and
a single temperature measurement per scan by issuing
a command byte to the conversion register. Table 4
details channel selection, the four scan modes, and
how to request a temperature measurement. Start a
scan by writing to the conversion register when in clock
mode 10 or 11, or by applying a low pulse to the
CNVST pin when in clock mode 00 or 01. See Figures 6
