MicroBlaze Development Kit Spartan-3E 1600 Edition User Guide 77
UG257 (v1.1) December 5, 2007 www.xilinx.com
Programmable Pre-Amplifier
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The reference design files provide more information on converting the voltage applied on
VINA or VINB to a digital representation (see “Related Resources,” page 81).
Programmable Pre-Amplifier
The LTC6912-1 provides two independent inverting amplifiers with programmable gain.
The purpose of the amplifier is to scale the incoming voltage on VINA or VINB so that it
maximizes the conversion range of the DAC, namely 1.65 r 1.25V.
Interface
Table 10-1 lists the interface signals between the FPGA and the amplifier. The SPI_MOSI,
SPI_MISO, and SPI_SCK signals are shared with other devices on the SPI bus. The
AMP_CS signal is the active-Low slave select input to the amplifier.
Programmable Gain
Each analog channel has an associated programmable gain amplifier (see Figure 10-2).
Analog signals presented on the VINA or VINB inputs on header J7 are amplified relative
to 1.65V. The 1.65V reference is generated using a voltage divider of the 3.3V voltage
supply.
The gain of each amplifier is programmable from -1 to -100, as shown in Table 10-2.
Table 1 0 -1: AMP Interface Signals
Signal FPGA Pin Direction Description
SPI_MOSI T4 FPGAÆAD Serial data: Master Output, Slave Input.
Presents 8-bit programmable gain settings, as
defined in Table 10-2.
AMP_CS N7 FPGAÆAMP Active-Low chip-select. The amplifier gain is
set when signal returns High.
SPI_SCK U16 FPGAÆAMP Clock
AMP_SHDN P7 FPGAÆAMP Active-High shutdown, reset
AMP_DOUT E18 FPGAÅAMP Serial data. Echoes previous amplifier gain
settings. Can be ignored in most applications.
Table 1 0 -2: Programmable Gain Settings for Pre-Amplifier
Gain
A3 A2 A1 A0 Input Voltage Range
B3 B2 B1 B0 Minimum Maximum
00000
-1 0 0 0 1 0.4 2.9
-2 0 0 1 0 1.025 2.275
-5 0 0 1 1 1.4 1.9
-10 0 1 0 0 1.525 1.775
-20 0 1 0 1 1.5875 1.7125
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