Motorola MCF5282 Externally Triggered Continuous-Scan Mode, Externally Gated Continuous-Scan Mode

Digital Control Subsystem

27.8.7.2Externally Triggered Continuous-Scan Mode

The QADC provides external trigger signals for both queues. When externally triggered continuous-scan mode is selected, a transition on the associated external trigger signal initiates queue execution. The polarity of the external trigger signal is programmable, so that a mode which begins queue execution on the rising or falling edge can be selected. Each CCW is read and the indicated conversions are performed until an end-of-queue condition is encountered. When the next external trigger edge is detected, queue execution begins again automatically. Software involvement is not needed between trigger events.

When a pause bit is encountered in externally triggered continuous-scan mode, another trigger event is required for queue execution to continue. Software involvement is not needed for queue execution to continue from the paused state.

Some applications need to synchronize the sampling of analog channels to external events. There are cases when it is not possible to use software initiation of the queue scan sequence, because interrupt response times vary. Externally triggered continuous-scan mode is useful in these cases.

27.8.7.3Externally Gated Continuous-Scan Mode

The QADC provides external gating for queue 1 only. When externally gated continuous-scan mode is selected, the input level on the associated external trigger signal enables and disables queue execution. The polarity of the external gate signal is fixed so that a high level opens the gate and a low level closes the gate. Once the gate is open, each CCW is read and the indicated conversions are performed until the gate is closed. When the gate opens again, queue execution automatically restarts at the beginning of the queue. Software involvement is not needed between trigger events. If a pause in a CCW is encountered, the pause flag does not set, and execution continues without pausing.

The purpose of externally gated continuous-scan mode is to continuously collect digitized samples while the gate is open and to have the most recent samples available. It is up to the programmer to ensure that the gate is not opened so long that an end-of-queue is reached.

In the event that the queue completes before the gate closes, the CF1 flag will set, and the queue will roll over to the beginning and continue conversions until the gate closes. If the gate remains open and the CF1 flag is not cleared, when the queue completes a second time the TOR1 flag will set and the queue will roll-over again. The queue will continue to execute until the gate closes or the mode is disabled.

If the gate closes before queue 1 completes execution, the QADC stops and sets the PF1 bit to indicate an incomplete queue. The CWPQ1 field can be read to determine the last valid conversion in the queue. If the gate opens again, execution of queue 1 restarts. The start of queue 1 is always the first CCW in the CCW table. The condition of the gate is only sampled after each conversion during queue execution, so closing the gate for a period less than a conversion time interval does not guarantee the closure will be captured.

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