The status register, The a/d software trigger register, 4 the status register – Omega 1002 User Manual

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3.2.2.4 The Status Register

Address 10h is used is the status register. Reading from this address will

return the data from the status register. The format of status register is:

Bit7-6 Bit5 Bit4 Bit3 Bit2 Bit1 Bit0

Gain

Control

8245

Timer 1

8245

Timer 0

8245

Timer 2

Reserved

Analog

input type

A/D Busy

Bit 7-6: Current A/D gain control.
Bit 5 : Output of 8254 timer 1.
Bit 4 : Output of 8254 timer 0.
Bit 3 : Output of 8254 timer 2.
Bit 2 : Reserved. Used for hardware testing.
Bit 1 : Analog input type, ‘1’ indicated that analog input type is single-

ended and ‘0’ indicated analog input is differential.

Bit 0 : A/D busy signal. ‘0’ indicates busy, A/D is under conversion. ‘1’

indicates not busy, A/D is complete conversion and is idle now.

3.2.2.5 The A/D Software Trigger Register


Writing to port 1Ch will generate an A/D trigger signal.

Note: Since the user can trigger at a rate greater than the speed of A/D converter

(125K), a delay time may be required between successive software triggers








A/D
Busy

Software
trigger

8

µs

Delay time

Conversion Time

Figure 3-1. Software triggered delay time.

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