ORDERING INFORMATION
APPLICATIONS
• Operate in conjunction with ALD500/ALD500R
• High accuracy DC voltage measurement functions
• Portable battery operated instruments
• PC-based software control or stand-alone operation (without
• Serial digital output interface to other microprocessors or
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The ALD521D is a digital controller designed to interface to the ALD500
or ALD500R integrating dual slope analog processors as a chip set for
building a precision analog-to-digital converter. With the ALD521D and
ALD500R, together with a few external capacitors and resistors, a
precision Analog to Digital converter with auto zero and auto-polarity
can be implemented.
The ALD521D can operate in either a stand-alone mode or in an
external microprocessor control mode. In the stand-alone mode, the
ALD521D can either making continuous measurements or a single
measurement. Under external microprocessor control, the ALD521D
can directly interact with a PC under PC software control via a standard
parallel printer port with no other components, or it can also communicate
with other microcontrollers serially.
The ALD500/ALD500R analog processors consist of on-chip digital
control circuitry to accept control inputs, integrating buffer amplifiers,
analog switches, and voltage comparators. It functions in four operating
modes, or phases, namely auto zero, integrate, deintegrate, and
integrator zero phases. At the end of a conversion, the comparator
output goes from high to low when the integrator crosses zero during
deintegration.
interface to CMOS logic families.
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microcontrollers
Contact factory for industrial temperature range
Precision analog signal processors
other processors or PC)
0 C to +70 C
18-Pin
Plastic Pin
Package
ALD521DPD
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Operating Temperature Range *
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24 BIT SERIAL INTERFACE DIGITAL CONTROLLER
0 C to +70 C
18-Pin
Small Outline
Package (SOIC)
ALD521DSD
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PIN CONFIGURATION
FEATURES AND BENEFITS
• Low cost, simple functionality
• PC parallel printer port interface standard
• Support resolution up to 23 binary bits + sign
• Easy to use to acquire up to 23 bit linearity
• Integration time can be set by the user
• Easy user evaluation and setting of
• Low power dissipation - 4 mA typical
• On-chip Crystal Oscillator Circuit
• Two way asynchronous handshake data
• Conversion speed versus resolution trade-off
• Power down (sleep mode) control input to
• Chip Select control input
• High impedance DV, D
• Single 3 V to 5 V power supply
XTAL
*
polarity bit
and noise performance
conversion parameters
including crystal oscillator
transfer
power down to 2 A
when chip not selected
PWRUP
Note: N/C - No Conncection
XTAL
C
S
C
OUT
OUT
CLK
OUT
S
V +
S
IN
2
3
2
4
6
7
9
1
3
5
8
PD, SD PACKAGE
ALD521D
OUT
and S
CLK
18
17
16
15
11
10
14
13
12
ALD521D
CS
D
S
DV
DGND
B
A
N/C
C
1
OUT
S