SBASAE4 December 2025 ADS125P08
PRODUCTION DATA
When starting or restarting conversions, the digital filter resets and requires a certain amount of time to provide settled output data. This time is called the latency time, tLATENCY. The ADS125P08 hide the unsettled data internally and only indicate when settled conversion data are available, by means of a falling DRDY edge or the DRDY bit. Table 7-15 and Table 7-12 summarize the latency times for the various speed modes and digital filter settings. The latency times are measured from the rising CS edge of the register write frame where the START bit is set to 1b in idle mode (or the assertion/rising edge of the START pin), to the first falling DRDY edge. Because the CS signal in the SPI clock domain is latched by the digital filter logic running on the modulator clock domain, the latency times provided have an uncertainty of ±1 tMOD. The conversion period for the second and all subsequent conversions equals tDATA = 1 / fDATA = OSR / fMOD as shown in Figure 7-11.
The latency time increases in certain situations:
In addition, a programmable delay time can be added to delay the start of the conversion cycle after the START bit is set (or after the START pin rising edge). This delay time allows for settling of external components, such as the voltage reference after exiting standby mode, or for additional settling time when switching the signal through the multiplexer. The delay time is only added to the first conversion after a conversion start as shown in Figure 7-11, or at the beginning of every new sequence step when the sequencer is active. In sequencer operation, the programmable delay time can be configured independently for each individual sequence step. See the Conversion-Start Delay Time section for details on the programmable delay time.
See also the Auto-Sequencer and DRDY Behavior section for more details on latency and settling when using the sequencer.