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OPEN and RESERVED register definitions

Category: Hardware
Product Number: AD9914

Hi ADI Engineer Zone

We are in the process of fault-finding an issue that uses AD9914.

We have written the register CFR3, Control Function Register 3 - 0x02, its default value of 0x0000191C.
Note here the bit positions 7, 23 and 24 to 31are defined as OPEN.
After the initial write when we read this register repeatedly the returned value some times changes to 0xFE00191C and stays the same.
Here the bits positions 24 to 31 which are defined as "OPEN" have changed.
Is this normal behaviour for the registers with "OPEN" bit positions?

Hence I wanted to look deeper into the definition of "OPEN" and "RESERVED" in the data sheet.

Can you please guide me to the section in the data sheets of any the products AD9910 or AD9914 or AD9915 where the meaning of "OPEN" and "RESERVED" are defined or specified with respect to the register values.

In these data sheets there are many notes with respect to hardware parameters why is "OPEN" and "RESERVED" mentioned?

AD9917-1 mentions the values of some registers to be "BLANK" which I assume is similar to "OPEN". At least in AD9517-1 it mentions "It does not matter what data is written to blank registers".

I can understand "RESERVED" register values should not be modified from their default values. But what about "OPEN" register values in these devices.

Regards
Diva

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  • Hi  ,

    Analog Devices defines the behavior of RESERVED and OPEN most clearly in footnotes and notes directly under the tables.

    Typical wording used by ADI:

    1. “Reserved bits must be written as 0.

    2. “Open bits are unused.”

    Reserved

    • The chip has something there internally, but it’s not for you to use.
    • Analog Devices may use it in future versions.
    • You must write exactly what the datasheet says (almost always 0).

    Open

    • There is nothing connected to that bit inside the chip.
    • Writing to it does nothing.
    • Reading it back can give random or meaningless values.

    All the best,

    Jules

  • Hi Jules

    Thanks for the detail description and the definition of the terms RESERVED and OPEN that are mentioned in the data sheets of AD9910, AD9914 & AD9915.


    As you mentioned in your reply to my post the definition of these are in the footnotes & notes below the table where they are mentioned.
    I have checked the data sheets of all the above mentioned devices and cannot find anywhere the term OPEN is defined as you have done your reply.
    For instance AD9914 has 47 instances of the term OPEN but does not define the meaning of the term OPEN.

    I would really appreciate if you could indicate the page number of the data sheet of AD9914 (Rev.G) where the term OPEN is defined.

    Regards
    Diva

  • Hi  ,

    Apologies for getting back to you late but these notes are explicitly not mentioned in these data sheets. Rather they are industry standard. I cannot say they exist on other data sheets of Analog Devices, but most of the DDS product line does not explicitly say these. Apologies on that end. 

    I was browsing for the whole product line of AD991x or AD995x family and I could not see these footnotes being stated. 

    All the best,

    Jules

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  • Hi  ,

    Apologies for getting back to you late but these notes are explicitly not mentioned in these data sheets. Rather they are industry standard. I cannot say they exist on other data sheets of Analog Devices, but most of the DDS product line does not explicitly say these. Apologies on that end. 

    I was browsing for the whole product line of AD991x or AD995x family and I could not see these footnotes being stated. 

    All the best,

    Jules

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