8.3 System Example

Figure 77 displays a typical serial interface that may be used when connecting the DAC8881 SPI serial interface to a (master) microcontroller. The setup for the interface is as follows: The microcontroller output SPI CLK drives the SCLK pin of the DAC8881, while the DAC8881 SDI pin is driven by the MOSI pin of the microcontroller. The CS pin of the DAC8881 can be asserted from a general program input/output pin of the microcontroller. When data are to be transmitted to the DAC8881, the CS pint is taken low. The data from the microcontroller is then transmitted to the DAC8881, totaling 24 bits latched into the DAC8881 device through the negative edge of SCLK. CS is then brought high after the completed write. The DAC8881 requires its data with the MSB as the first bit received.

Figure 77. Simplified Sample and Hold Circuit