Hello all,
I am working with the AD7606 and also the AD7656-1 for a while and until now I had no problems. The processor is connect to one ADC and everything works fine.
I have a new design with the AD7606 and also the AD7656-1 on the same board. They share the same Chip Select pin and also the Clock provided by the processor.
The AD7656-1 works fine , but the AD7606 is not working . After lot of probing I noticed that when the probe is connected to the CS the AD7606 is working fine , but when I remove the probe it is not working anymore.
I am thinking in the direction of input capacitance of the ADC's that are in parallel that may brings some delay / mismatch issues between SCLK and CS. AD7656-1 has a Cin of 10 pf and AD7606 a Cin of 5 pF.
When the probe is connected , you have to take into account in the larger input capacitance of the probe.
My question is as follow , according to my code the falling edge of the CS occurs at the same time as the first rising edge of the first clock . I am clocking with 64 pulses. Because of the input capacitance described above, there could be some delay that can cause that the first rising edge of the SCLK occurs after the CS falling edge and you will then lose the MSB. Could this be the problem ??
I believe because of the larger Cin of the probe that is connected to the CS pin , the CS waveform is then delayed where the falling edge occurs after the first rising edge of the SCLK , which than "fix" the problem. The CS falling egde outputs the MSB and the subsequent 15 rising edges clocks the rest of the bits of the first word. Am I thinking right ??
Can someone shed some light on the timing relationship between the falling edge of the CS and the SCLK ?? Should I avoid sharing CS and SCLK pins ??
Thanks in advance,
Regards,
rschoop