ADS127 Implementation Details

Implementation Details

The control of ADC pins is divided between PRU and R5F cores.

In example, the interfacing with ADS127L11 operates in following configuration:

• 1.0677MSPS sampling rate
• Continous sampling of data
• Signal trace for the current implementation is shown in figure below (can check timing details from this)

R5F Function:

• Send ADC register configuration information to the PRU core
• Send instructions to PRU core
• Wait for interrupt from PRU indicating 1 block of adc samples has been received
• On interrupt fetch the block id to read and read the samples
• Process them as needed

/*  Total number of Commands to send to ADC */
uint16_t noOfCommands = 4;
/*  Commands array
 *  Add your commands to this (maximum = noOfCommands)
 */
uint16_t adcConfigCommands[4] = {0x8708, 0x8708, 0x8708, 0x8708};
 
ADC_init();
ADC_powerUp();
ADC_configure(noOfCommands, adcConfigCommands);
ADC_startConversion();
 
/* Get ADC data from PRU */
PRU_IPC_getData(gPruIpc0Handle, samples);

PRU Function:

• Wait for commands from R5F and do accordingly While executing ADC interface section:
• Wait for ADC Busy to go low indicating conversion has completed
• Start reading samples from each ADC channel
• Preprocess samples as required
• Send samples to shared memory using ipc
• Repeat above steps again

START:
    ; Wait for DRDY to go low indicating conversion has completed
    ; DRDY: _᠆᠆᠆᠆_____________________________________________________
    ; SDI:  _____|  Status  |  < Channel 0 - 4 Data >  |  CRC  |____
    m_wait_high_pulse       2, DRDY_PIN
    ; Fetch samples using serial interface
    m_wait_nano_sec     10
    m_pru_clr_pin       ADC_CS_PIN      ; set CS low
    m_wait_nano_sec     10
 
    m_read_packet_spi_mode1_msb_iep_sclk       ADC_DATA_REG_1, 24, R5.b0, TEMP_REG_1, 0, SDI_PIN, SYNC0, 15, 3
 
    m_wait_nano_sec     10
    m_pru_set_pin       ADC_CS_PIN      ; set CS high
 
    m_sign_ext          24, 32, ADC_DATA_REG_1, EXTEND_0
 
    ldi                 R1.b0, &ADC_DATA_REG_1
    m_pru_ipc_send      R1.b0, ADC_DATA_REG_1, R0.b0, R29, CONFIG_PRU_IPC0_RX_INTR_ENABLE, CONFIG_PRU_IPC0_RX_EVENT
 
    m_prgm_flow_jump_on_intr    PRGM_FLOW_EVENT, PRGM_FLOW_EVENT_BIT, 6, TEMP_REG_1, IDLE, IEP, SAMPLE_TRANSFER, ADC_CONFIG, READ_SAMPLES, RESET
 
    qba    START    ; loop to continue collecting samples
    halt

Tips to Modify PRU Firmware: Refer to PRU Source Macros Documentation for making changes to PRU firmware.