JAJSOX0B March 2024 – November 2024 ADS127L18
PRODMIX
The device supports daisy-chaining of the frame-sync ports to reduce the number of data lanes when multiple devices are used. For daisy-chaining, connect the DOUTx pins to the DINx pins of the following devices. Data appearing on the following devices DINx pins are shifted in and append to the data on DOUTx. The DP_DAISY bit of the DP_CFG1 register programs the DINx pins to receive data for daisy-chaining. If disabled, daisy-chain input data are ignored and original data of each device are repeated.
There is no limit to the number of daisy-chained devices, provided the OSR and packet size are considered so all data are output within a conversion period, otherwise data are lost. See the DCLK Pin section for details of DCLK.
The general requirements for devices in daisy-chain operation are as follows:
Figure 7-38 shows a daisy-chain connection of two ADS127L18 devices using one data lane for 16 channels of data (DP_TDM[1:0] = 00b). In this TDM mode, the DOUT[7:4] pins default to DIN[3:0] data inputs. Because DOUT2 and DOUT3 also become unused inputs, external pull-down resistors are used to prevent the inputs from floating. DOUT1 is an unconnected output. Because of the amount of data required to be shifted out within a data period, the minimum value OSR is 256 to operate with 32-bit data packets.
Figure 7-39 shows the data format of the one data-lane connection.
Figure 7-40 shows a daisy-chain connection of two ADS127L18 devices using four data lanes for 16 channels of data (DP_TDM[1:0] = 10b). An alternative approach is to operate the devices in parallel in two data-lane mode yielding the same number of data lanes, but with a different data format.
Figure 7-41 shows the data format of the four data-lane connection.