ads1131ref does not work. I applied 9VDC to the board a couple of weeks ago, and I saw info on the screen. I set it aside while I waited for the load cells to arrive from China, and today I connected it, and there is no activity. The board seems to have…
Hi Martin,
The ADS1232REF software is now downloadable from www.ti.com/.../ads1131ref . We no longer delivery this software on CDs.
However as Bob mentioned, we don't don't have the firmware source code available for this hardware at the moment.…
Hi Abhijit,
The digital filters should be a different value. This is more clear if you look at the BOM in the ADS1131REF user's guide. What is happening is the 1uF filter cap is filtering out the digital signals. What is used on the REF board is NFM21CC101U1H3D…
Hello David,
Although I understand your reasoning for posting your question on the MSP Forum I'm going to move this thread to the Precision Data Converters Forum since their experts will be more directly involved with the firmware updater in question…
My company purchased a few of these boards. 3 are not working and apparently they have been "accidentally obsoleted". I can't find them anywhere and the distributor is of no help. This has become a time sensitive issue for us. Is there any…
Luis,
Sounds like a good plan. A starting point is to take a look at the ADS1131REF design to see one possible connection scheme for the analog inputs. High quality caps improve noise and drift, but they cost more. The REF board doesn't really show any…
Hi Evan,
It can be tricky to get into configuration mode when attempting to press both buttons at once. I would suggest pressing and hold SW5 first, and then press SW4 and then release.
Best regards,
Bob B