SPI Channel 1 with MCP3002 in Windows 10 IoT

[juanpaexpedite]

I am learning SPI with the RPi2 and after the first great test with CH0 now I want to make the following steps, but I have several doubts:



1.-What is the use of the pin 26 [SPI0 CS1]? That means that there are ADCs with two channel select signal? Any example?

2.- To use the channel 0 I have no issue, but to use the channel 1 I have:
return new SpiConnectionSettings(ChipSelect0)
{
ClockFrequency = 500000,
Mode = SpiMode.Mode0
};


Where ChipSelect == 0. simple.

Do I have to change something in the Writebuffer from:

public byte[] WriteBuffer = new byte[2] { 0x68, 0x00 };

to another writebuffer to read from the other channel?

[Berndt73]

Hi,

I played around with the MCP3008 last weekend, so I was also puzzled what the wiriteBuffer means, which I figured out by looking at the datasheet.So, look at the DataSheet for the MCP3002 in TABLE 5-1 you will find the description for setting the bits...

http://pdf1.alldatasheet.com/datasheet- ... P3002.html
Sidenote: I was not able to use channel1 on the MCP3008, I think there is a small glitch in the API

HTH,

Berndt Hamboecxk

[texy]

1.-What is the use of the pin 26 [SPI0 CS1]? That means that there are ADCs with two channel select signal? Any example?

It doesn't mean that the ADC would necessarily have 2 channels, but that 2 devices can be used. For example, many SPI-driven touch screens use both channels - one for the display controller, the other for the touch panel controller. I suspect that multi-channel ADC's will use software registers to select channels.
Texy

[juanpaexpedite]

Hi,

I played around with the MCP3008 last weekend, so I was also puzzled what the wiriteBuffer means, which I figured out by looking at the datasheet.So, look at the DataSheet for the MCP3002 in TABLE 5-1 you will find the description for setting the bits...

http://pdf1.alldatasheet.com/datasheet- ... P3002.html
Sidenote: I was not able to use channel1 on the MCP3008, I think there is a small glitch in the API

HTH,

Berndt Hamboecxk

And have you found what can be the bytes for the buffer, watching python I think is 0X01, 0XC0 but I am not sure the code I am reading.

[Berndt73]

I have no idea, why 0x68 is used, I would try 0x6C (set the 3rd bit), because

channel = 0 sends 0000 0001 1000 0000 0000 0000
channel = 1 sends 0000 0001 1100 0000 0000 0000

I've applied the reference voltage of +3.33V to the input of the MCP and I received a value of 1023 when the setup was correct, so I tried all (useful) combinations on the MCP3008 mentioned in the datasheet...

[juanpaexpedite]

Finally digging in to the specifications and testing, to use the channel 1 you need to use
new byte[2] {0x70,0x00}.


It would be great if someone post the bytes for the MCP3008. At this moment I do not have any so I will test when I get one.

With that can be used to sensors with the SPI0 directly.

[Berndt73]

You find the datasheet here:
https://www.adafruit.com/datasheets/MCP3008.pdf
Table 5.2 is what you need...

When I playd around with it I was successful with these values:
0x08 was CH0
0x09 was CH2
0x0A was CH4
0x0B was CH6