TIDA-01454: Make many CMBs, sample exactly at the same time

Mikel Culla

Part Number: TIDA-01454
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: PCM1864

Hello,

How can I have 9 of these CMBs sampling exactly at the same time?

I have thought of having an external clock and distribute it to them. But how can can I achieve this? What do I need in order to do this? An MCLK and a PLL? Could you provide some example of these? Would the wire length of the distribution have to be exactly the same to achieve this?

According to configuration I understand I would have to configure with I2C this line:

0x94 0x20 0x01 // MST_MODE: Slave; CLKDET_EN: Enable

But should I change anything more?

If you have any other solution to achieve my goal, I would be glad to hear it.

Thanks in advance

over 2 years ago

0 Jeff McPherson over 2 years ago

TI__Mastermind 28340 points

Hi Mikel,

You would need to set each board to slave mode, and then distribute MCLK, LRCLK, and BCLK to each part from a single source. Because of all the connections I would recommend small termination resistors to prevent reflections. Wire length is important depending on how far the runs need to be. I'd recommend them to be as short as possible.

Best regards,

Jeff

0 Mikel Culla over 2 years ago in reply to Jeff McPherson

Prodigy 110 points

Hi Jeff,

Thank you for your answer, could you provide an example of a clock source that would work here?

0 Jeff McPherson over 2 years ago in reply to Mikel Culla

TI__Mastermind 28340 points

Hi Mikel,

I'm not familiar with the clock generation products, but you can find them here: https://www.ti.com/clocks-timing/generators/products.html

An alternative which may be better is to use 1 PCM864 as a master like in the user guide while using all other as slaves, sharing the clock lines between all slave devices.

Best regards,

Jeff

0 Mikel Culla over 2 years ago in reply to Jeff McPherson

Prodigy 110 points

Hello Jeff,

In order to use a 1 PCM1864 as a master for all of them, how would be the configuration and wire connection? Assuming 2 CMBs to simplify:

CMB1 as master and CMB2 as slave. CMB1 should I change anything in the configuration? Or as it is master it already outputs the clock in MCLK pin?

In the CMB2 I should change 0x94 0x20 0x01 // MST_MODE: Slave; CLKDET_EN: Enable and anything else?

The wire connections should be something like this?

CMB1	CMB2
MCLK	MCLK
LRCLK	LRCLK
BCLK	BCLK

But are LRCLK and BCLK needed? I mean as the clock source is equal to the ones that they usually use, do we need them?

Thank you,

Mikel

0 Jeff McPherson over 2 years ago in reply to Mikel Culla

TI__Mastermind 28340 points

Hi Mikel,

The Master CMB1 would be configured as normal (with 1 PCM1864 acting as master and the other as slave). All other PCM1864s will be set to slave. Because all other parts are slave, they need to be connected to the external MCLK as well as the clocks generated by the master PCM1864. This includes the BCLK and LRCLK.

Best regards,

Jeff

0 Mikel Culla over 2 years ago in reply to Jeff McPherson

Prodigy 110 points

Hi Jeff,

According to the wires, probably the CMBs could be up to 5 meters away from each other, is that possible? Can a clock travel that long and stay accurate?

Thanks,

Mikel

0 Jeff McPherson over 2 years ago in reply to Mikel Culla

TI__Mastermind 28340 points

Hi Mikel,

That should be fine given that I2S clocks are relatively slow, but you will definitely need termination resistors to keep reflections from distorting the signal.

Best regards,

Jeff

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