The device has a smart auto-configuration block to generate all necessary internal clocks required for the DAC modulators and the digital filter engine used for signal processing. This configuration is done by monitoring the frequency of the FSYNC and BCLK signal on the audio buses.

The device supports the various data sample rates (of the FSYNC signal frequency) and the BCLK to FSYNC ratio to configure all clock dividers, including the PLL configuration, internally without host programming. Table 7-6 and Table 7-7 list the supported FSYNC and BCLK frequencies.

The TAD5212 also supports non-Audio sample rates beyond those listed in prior tables. Refer to Configuring Non-Audio Sample Rates for TAC5x1x devices for more details.

The TAD5212 sample rate can be configured using registers CLK_DET0 (P0_R62) and CLK_DET1 (P0_R63) for primary and secondary ASI respectively. These registers also capture the device auto detect result for the FSYNC frequency in auto detection mode. The registers CLK_DET2 (P0_R64) and CLK_DET3 (P0_R65) capture the BCLK to FSYNC ratio detected of the device . If the device finds any unsupported combinations of FSYNC frequency and BCLK to FSYNC ratios, the device generates an ASI clock-error interrupt and mutes all the channels accordingly.

The TAD5212 also supports enabling channels while DAC channels are already in operation. This requires a pre-configuration before power to describe maximum number of channels which can be enabled while in opeartion to ensure proper clock generation and use. This can be configured by using register DYN_PUPD_CFG (P0_R119). DAC_DYN_PUPD_EN bits can be used to independently enable DAC Channels dynamic power up. Number of channels can be configured using DAC_DYN_MAXCH_SEL bits.

The device uses an integrated, low-jitter, phase-locked loop (PLL) to generate internal clocks required for the modulators and digital filter engine, as well as other control blocks. The device also supports an option to use BCLK, GPIOx, or the GPI1 pin (as CCLK) as the audio clock source without using the PLL to reduce power consumption. However, the DAC performance may degrade based on jitter from the external clock source, and some processing features may not be supported if the external audio clock source frequency is not high enough. Therefore, TI recommends using the PLL for high-performance applications. More details and information on how to configure and use the device in low-power mode without using the PLL are discussed in the TAC5x1x Power Consumption Matrix Across Various Usage Scenarios application report.

The device also supports an audio bus controller mode operation using the GPIOx or GPI1 pin (as CCLK) as the reference input clock source and supports various flexible options and a wide variety of system clocks. More details and information on controller mode configuration and operation are discussed in the Configuring and Operating TAC5x1x as an Audio Bus Controller application report.

The audio bus clock error detection and auto-detect feature automatically generates all internal clocks, but can be disabled using the IGNORE_CLK_ERR (P0_R4_D6) and CUSTOM_CLK_CFG (P0_R50_D0) register bits, respectively. In the system, this disable feature can be used to support custom clock frequencies that are not covered by the auto detect scheme. For such application use cases, care must be taken to ensure that the multiple clock dividers are all configured appropriately. Therefore, TI recommends using the PPC3 GUI for device configuration settings; for more details see the TAC5212EVM-PDK Evaluation module user's guide and the PurePath™ console graphical development suite.