SBASAI9 December 2025 ADS122S14
PRODUCTION DATA
The no-operation command bytes are 00h and 00h. Use this command to read conversion data when not sending a read or write register command at the same time. If the SPI CRC check is enabled, the CRC byte is required (byte 3), which is always D7h for bytes 00h and 00h. SDI can be held low during data readback, but in CRC mode the SPI_CRC_FAULTn bit sets to 0b. The SPI_CRC_FAULTn flag can be ignored while reading conversion data, and is updated in every new SPI frame.
Conversion data are buffered, which allows data to be read up to one fMOD clock cycle before the next DRDY falling edge. Conversion data can be read multiple times until the next conversion data are ready, and are never corrupted. Register data replace the conversion data if the register read command is sent in the previous frame.
DRDY is driven back high at the eighth SCLK falling edge during conversion data read, that is when the transmission of the conversion data MSB byte is complete.
Figure 7-21 shows an example of reading 24-bit conversion data with the STATUS header and CRC byte disabled.
Figure 7-22 is an example of a read conversion data operation when the STATUS header and the CRC byte are enabled. This example also shows the optional use of a full-duplex transmission when a command is input at the same time the conversion data are output. If no input command is desired, the input bytes are 00h, 00h, and D7h. The output CRC (CRC-OUT) code computation includes the STATUS header.
DRDY is driven back high at the 24th SCLK falling edge, when the transmission of the conversion data MSB byte is complete. This is also true if the data is not completely read, that is if the read operation is stopped any time after the transmission of the conversion data MSB byte, but before the end of the frame.
Conversion data can be read asynchronous to DRDY. However, when conversion data are read close to the DRDY falling edge, there is uncertainty whether previous data or new data are output. If the SCLK shift operation starts at least one fMOD clock cycle before the DRDY falling edge, then old data are provided. If the shift operation starts at least one fMOD clock cycle afterDRDY, then new data are output. In either case, data are not corrupted. When the STATUS header transmission is enabled, the DRDY bit indicates if the data transmitted in the current frame are old (previously read data, DRDY = 0b) or new (DRDY = 1b).