The AD7768/AD7768-4 MCLK can be applied by using one of the three different options that are available to the user. The purpose of this document is to further explain these three options and how they are configured. The three options are: external CMOS clock, crystal oscillator or LVDS clock.
The initial power up of the AD7768/AD7768-4 uses an internal oscillator to set up the device. The clock control is then transferred to an external clock which is valid between 1.15 MHz and 32 MHz. (The maximum crystal frequency from the datasheet is 34 MHz) If the externally applied clock is not detected or an error occurs, then the Device Status register (Register 0x09) will log this error by setting the clock error bit to a one.
CMOS Clock
To select the CMOS clock option the following conditions must be met:
- CLK_SEL (Pin 58) must be set to zero.
- Connect XTAL1 (Pin 31) to DGND.
- The CMOS clock is applied to pin 32.
- The CMOS logic level in this case is between IOVDD and DGND.
Crystal
In order to use an external crystal it is necessary to adhere to the following steps:
- Channel four of the ADC must be enabled. This is because channel four is linked to the crystal excitation circuitry. Powering down this channel also powers down the crystal excitation circuitry.
- The CLK_SEL pin must be set to a logic 1.
- The crystal is applied between pins 31 and 32. Capacitance of approximately 20pF is required on each of these pins. This may vary depending on the crystal that is selected.
- If the AD7768/AD7768-4 is in SPI control mode then the FILTER/GPIO4 pin (Pin 11) must be set to a logic one.
LVDS Clock
The LVDS clock option is available only in SPI control mode. The following steps must be carried out to enable LVDS clocking to be used:
- Set the CLK_SEL pin to be a logic 1
- Set the FILTER/GPIO4 pin (Pin 11) to logic 0. This will disable the crystal excitation circuitry.
- Power up the AD7768 with no external clock applied. Initially it will run off the internal clock for SPI writes until all of the below steps have been carried out.
- Enable this option by writing to the LVDS_Enable bit (Bit 3) in the Power_Mode register (Register 0x04)
- Apply the LVDS signals on pins 31 and 32.
For further information please consult the product datasheet.
http://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/AD7768-7768-4.pdf
The AD7768/AD7768-4 evaluation boards allow the user the option to set the MCLK to one of the three options discussed above. The CMOS clock is enabled on these evaluation boards by default. For more information please see the products' evaluation board web page.