Figure 9-1 shows the principle I²C connections for the ADS1015L.

Figure 9-1 Typical Connections of the ADS1015L

The fully differential voltage input of the ADS101xL is designed for connection to differential sources with moderately low source impedance, such as thermocouples and thermistors. Although the ADS101xL can read bipolar differential signals, these devices cannot accept negative voltages on either input.

The ADS101xL draws transient currents during conversion. A 0.1-μF power-supply bypass capacitor supplies the momentary bursts of extra current required from the supply.

The ADS101xL interfaces directly to standard mode and fast mode I²C controllers. Any microcontroller I²C peripheral, including controller-only and single-controller I²C peripherals, operates with the ADS101xL. The ADS101xL does not perform clock-stretching (that is, the device never pulls the clock line low), so this function does not need to be provided for unless other clock-stretching devices are on the same I²C bus.

Pullup resistors are required on both the SDA and SCL lines because I²C bus drivers are open drain. The size of these resistors depends on the bus operating speed and capacitance of the bus lines. Higher-value resistors consume less power, but increase the transition times on the bus, thus limiting the bus speed. Lower-value resistors allow higher speed, but at the expense of higher power consumption. Long bus lines have higher capacitance and require smaller pullup resistors to compensate. Do not use resistors that are too small to avoid bus drivers being unable to pull the bus lines low.