SBASB74 October 2024 ADS127L21B
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Conversions are synchronized and controlled by the START pin or, optionally, through SPI operation. If controlling conversions through SPI operation, keep the START pin low to avoid contention with the pin. Except for the CRC registers, writes to the MUX register and beyond cause an ongoing conversion to restart, thus resulting in loss of synchronization. Resynchronization of the ADC is sometimes necessary in this case.
For clock divider values > 1, ADC synchronization to an external synchronizing signal has uncertainty due to the unknown phase of the divided clock signal. To avoid synchronization uncertainty, use the divide by 1 option.
The ADC has three modes to synchronize and control conversions: synchronized, start/stop, and one-shot modes, each with specific functional differences. Program the desired synchronization mode with the START_MODE[1:0] bits of the CONFIG2 register. Only the start/stop and one-shot modes offer control through SPI operation.
After the ADC is synchronized, the first conversion provides fully settled data but incurs a delay (latency time) compared to the normal data period. This latency is needed to account for full settling of the digital filter and depends on the specific data rate and the filter mode. See the Digital Filter section for filter latency details.