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ADS131M08: The question of pin SYNC

Part Number: ADS131M08

Hello!

In this paper, when SYNC is misaligned with the internal data rate clock, does the "misalignment" mean that the internal data rate clock and SYNC are not multiples of each other?

To synchronize the digital filter reset with the pulse of SYNC, is it the internal data rate clock or the frequency of DRDY?

If is the frequency of DRDY and is synchronized with SYNC, is the frequency of SYNC and the frequency of DRDY an integer multiple relationship?

  • Hi ?? ?,

    We will look into this and respond to you by the end of the week

    -Bryan

  • Hi Bryan,

    I want 128 sampling points of the same time interval in each time period,The time period could be 50Hz or 60Hz or more.

    Can I change the ADS131M08 sampling frequency by changing the frequency of SYNC

    If the answer is yes,whether the sampling frequency is independent of the CLKIN,It's the sampling frequency and the SYNC frequency synchronization

    In Continuous-Conversion Mode, a falling edge of SYNC pin,will the conversion be restarted or will the original conversion continue

    --thank you so much

  • Hi yifei Zhang,

    Maybe I don't really understand what you are trying to do

    The SYNC pin just restarts conversions compared to some external event. When synchronization occurs, the digital filter does reset and a new conversion begins

    It sounds like you want to implement coherent sampling such that you always have 128 points within each waveform period (50 or 60 Hz as you mentioned). Is that correct?

    If so, what event are you synchronizing to? Are you measuring back the line-cycle frequency to scale the ADC clock accordingly?

    The sampling frequency is determined by the ADC clock (CLKIN), the operating mode (High resolution, low power, or very-low power), and the OSR setting you choose. See Table 8-2 for more info about how the output data rate is determined

    -Bryan

  • Hi Bryan

    yes ,I want to implement coherent sampling,I will determine my conversion frequency by the AC power grid frequency which ranges from 45Hz to 65Hz.

    I want to ensure that there are 128 sampling points within each waveform period.  so I will use a MCU timer to trigger a event singal by the compare/capture pin,  which is connected to the SYNC pin of the ADS131M08  ADC.

    By the way, i will measure the grid frequency by the MCU and adjust the trigger frequency of the timer events based on the grid frequency.

    for example, if the power grid freq is 50Hz, the timer event frequency is 50Hz * 128 = 6400Hz,  if the power grid freq is 48Hz, the timer event frequency is 48Hz * 128 = 6144Hz.

    My question is:
    If CLKIN = 8.192M OSR = 16384 data rate = 0.25kSPS but the 6144Hz signal is trigger on the SYNC pin of ADS131M08,can the ADC samples and converts at a 6144Hz freq?and how to configure and use it to achieve this.

    And the fast-settling filter OSR fixed in 1024? After a SYNC falling edge ,MCU need spend at least (256+44+1024)tMOD to get the first conversion result.Is this result the voltage value at the time of SYNC's falling edge

    In Table 8-3, OSR = 128, SETTLING TIME = 856tCLK ≈ 0.104ms(8.192M).But in Figure 8-3 and Table 8-8 ,tSETTLE1 = 0.323ms,So after resynchronization ,how long does it take me to get the first conversion data.

  • Hi yifei Zhang,

    If CLKIN = 8.192M OSR = 16384 data rate = 0.25kSPS but the 6144Hz signal is trigger on the SYNC pin of ADS131M08,can the ADC samples and converts at a 6144Hz freq?and how to configure and use it to achieve this.

    Every time you pull the SYNC pin low, the ADC restarts the conversion process. See the section on Fast Startup Behavior (8.4.2) for more information about what to expect when the conversion process restarts. Specifically the last two paragraphs, which I have copied below

    Therefore, the first two samples after the SYNC will not be valid data, so you should ignore them. The settling time is given in Table 8-3 as you mentioned. The Sinc1 filter is enabled by default if you select an OSR>1024, this is not something you have control over

    As I mentioned in my last post:

    The sampling frequency is determined by the ADC clock (CLKIN), the operating mode (High resolution, low power, or very-low power), and the OSR setting you choose.

    You can work backward to figure out what the fCLKIN frequency should be. For example, let's assume you want an output data rate of 6144 SPS (that is 128 points per period for a 48 Hz line cycle frequency). And let's say you also want to use High Resolution (HR) mode and an OSR of 512. Then, fMOD = 6144 * 512 = 3.145728 MHz, and fCLKIN = 2*fMOD, so therefore fCLKIN = 6.291456 MHz

    So you need to be able to change the fCLKIN frequency in order to implement coherent sampling.

    -Bryan

  • Hi Bryan,

    This is the answer I want to get! Thank you so much!