CAT511

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Advanced Information

PIN DESCRIPTION

Pin

Name

Function

Power supply positive

2

CLK

Clock input pin

3

RDY/

BSY

Ready/Busy output

4

CS

Chip select

5

DI

Serial data input pin

6

DO

Serial data output pin

7

PROG

EEPROM Programming Enable

Input

8

GND

Power supply ground

Minimum DAC 1 output voltage

10

NC

No Connect

11

NC

No Connect

12

DAC 1 output

13

NC

No Connect

14

Maximum DAC 1 output voltage

DEVICE OPERATION

The CAT511 is an 8-bit Digital to Analog Converter

(DAC) whose output can be programmed to any one of

256 individual voltage steps. Once programmed, the

output setting is retained in non-volatile EEPROM

memory and will not be lost when power is removed from

the chip. Upon power up the DACs return to the setting

stored in EEPROM memory. The DAC can be written to

and read from without effecting the output voltage during

the read or write cycle. The output can also be adjusted

without altering the stored output setting, which is useful

for testing a new output setting before storing in memory.

DIGITAL INTERFACE

The CAT511 employs a standard 3 wire serial control

interface consisting of Clock (CLK), Chip Select (CS)

and Data In (DI) inputs. For all operations, address and

data are shifted in LSB first. In addition, all digital data

must be preceded by a logic “1” as a start bit. The DAC

address and data are clocked into the DI pin on the

clock’s rising edge. When sending multiple blocks of

information a minimum of two clock cycles is required

between the last block sent and the next start bit.

Multiple devices may share a common input data line by

selectively activating the CS control of the desired IC.

Data Outputs (DO) can also share a common line

because the DO pin is Tri-Stated and returns to a high

impedance when not in use.

CHIP SELECT

Chip Select (CS) enables and disables the CAT511’s

read and write operations. When CS is high data may be

read to or from the chip, and the Data Output (DO) pin is

active. Data loaded into the DAC control register will

remain in effect until CS goes low. Bringing CS to a logic

low returns all DAC outputs to the settings stored in

EEPROM memory and switches DO to its high imped-

ance Tri-State mode.

Because CS functions like a reset the CS pin has been

desensitized with a 30 ns to 90 ns filter circuit to prevent

noise spikes from causing unwanted resets and the loss

of volatile data.

CLOCK

The CAT511’s clock controls both data flow in and out of

the device and EEPROM memory cell programming.

Serial data is shifted into the DI pin and out of the DO pin

on the clock’s rising edge. While it is not necessary for

the clock to be running between data transfers, the clock

must be operating in order to write to EEPROM memory,

even though the data being saved may already be

resident in the DAC control register.

No clock is necessary upon system power-up. The

CAT511’s internal power-on reset circuitry loads data

from EEPROM to the DAC without using the external

clock.

DAC addressing is as follows:

DAC OUTPUT

A0

A1

1