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ADS1120: Unreliable behaviour.

Part Number: ADS1120

Hi all,

I wonder if anyone could help me with my issue. I'm using the ADS1120 to sample a single ended signal with the PSU as the reference. I configure the registers with the following values, I have tried with single shot and continuous techniques.

REG0 = 0x81

REG1 = 0x00

REG2 = 0xC0

REG3 = Default

I have verified the SPI timing and configuration, the PSU and the signal going into the ADC, I have no problem with all of these aspects.

The problems I'm en-counting are:

1. In continuous conversion mode, the ADC eventually stops generating interrupts at a random interval but happens between 2 and 10 samples.

2. In continuous conversion mode, the ADC often 'locks up' and only returns the same same forever.

3. In both continuous and single ended mode I see random spike in my data, often saturating at the top or bottom rails while the input voltage to the ADC remains constant. I also see random corrupt data that always goes to the same value.

  • Hi George,

    This sounds like ESD or EMI/RFI that is getting into the system and causing the ADS1120 to reset.  It would be interesting to know if you are still able to communicate to the device after the event takes place to confirm the device has reset back to default register settings.

    Can you send me your schematic?  Is this in a prototyping setup where you have fly-wires between the ADS1120 and the micro?

    Best regards,

    Bob B