The ADS131B24-Q1 outputs a
STATUS word as the first word in every frame on SDO. The 24-bit STATUS word is a
concatenation of the STATUS_MSB[15:0] and STATUS_LSB[15:8] register bits. Fault flags,
status flags, ADC1A and ADC1B conversion counters, ADC2A and ADC2B sequence counters,
and the command response are all part of these bits. See the respective register bit
descriptions in the Register Map section for details.
- Communication-related fault flags, such
as the SPI_CRC_FAULTn, SPI_TIMEOUTn, SCLK_COUNT_FAULTn, and REG_ACCESS_FAULTn flags,
always indicate faults that occurred in the previous SPI frame. These fault flags clear
automatically for the next SPI frame.
- All other device-related fault and status
flags indicate the state of the device at the instance of the start of the current SPI
frame.
- All fault flags, except for the
communication related fault flags mentioned above, are latching. That means, these fault
flags do not reset automatically to 1b when the fault condition is removed and must be
cleared by the host.
- The command response indicates which
command was received by the device in the previous SPI frame and was executed.
- The conversion and sequence counters
indicate the count of the data which is output in the current SPI frame.