Nonvolatile Memory, Dual
1024-Position Digital Potentiometer
AD5235
FEATURES
FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
Dual-channel, 1024-position resolution
25 kΩ, 250 kΩ nominal resistance
Low temperature coefficient: 35 ppm/°C
Nonvolatile memory stores wiper settings
Permanent memory write protection
Wiper setting readback
AD5235
V
ADDR
DECODE
DD
RDAC1
REGISTER
CS
CLK
SDI
A1
W1
SERIAL
INTERFACE
B1
RDAC1
SDO
EEMEM1
POWER-ON
RESET
Resistance tolerance stored in EEMEM
Predefined linear increment/decrement instructions
Predefined 6 dB/step log taper increment/decrement
instructions
PR
RDAC2
REGISTER
A2
WP
EEMEM
CONTROL
W2
RDY
B2
RDAC2
EEMEM2
SPI® compatible serial interface
V
3 V to 5 V single supply or 2.5 V dual supply
26 bytes extra nonvolatile memory for user-defined
information
SS
26 BYTES
USER EEMEM
3
RTOL
GND
100-year typical data retention, TA = 55°C
Power-on refreshed with EEMEM settings
Figure 1.
In the scratchpad programming mode, a specific setting can be
programmed directly to the RDAC2 register, which sets the
resistance between Terminals W–A and W–B. This setting can
be stored into the EEMEM and is restored automatically to the
RDAC register during system power-on.
APPLICATIONS
DWDM laser diode driver, optical supervisory systems
Mechanical potentiometer replacement
Instrumentation: gain, offset adjustment
Programmable voltage to current conversion
Programmable filters, delays, time constants
Programmable power supply
The EEMEM content can be restored dynamically or through
PR
WP
external
strobing, and a
function protects EEMEM
Low resolution DAC replacement
Sensor calibration
contents. To simplify the programming, the independent or
simultaneous linear-step increment or decrement commands
can be used to move the RDAC wiper up or down, one step at a
time. For logarithmic 6 dB changes in wiper setting, the left or
right bit shift command can be used to double or half the
RDAC wiper setting.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The AD5235 is a dual-channel, nonvolatile memory,1 digitally
controlled potentiometer2 with 1024-step resolution. The device
performs the same electronic adjustment function as a
mechanical potentiometer with enhanced resolution, solid state
reliability, and superior low temperature coefficient perform-
ance. The AD5235’s versatile programming via an SPI
compatible serial interface allows 16 modes of operation and
adjustment including scratchpad programming, memory
storing and restoring, increment/decrement, 6 dB/step log
taper adjustment, wiper setting readback, and extra EEMEM for
user-defined information such as memory data for other
components, look-up table, or system identification
information.
AD5235 patterned resistance tolerance is stored in the EEMEM.
The actual end-to-end resistance can, therefore, be known by
the host processor in readback mode. The host can execute the
appropriate resistance step through a software routine that
simplifies open-loop applications as well as precision calibration
and tolerance matching applications.
The AD5235 is available in a thin TSSOP-16 package. The part
is guaranteed to operate over the extended industrial tempera-
ture range of −40°C to +85°C.
1 The terms nonvolatile memory and EEMEM are used interchangeably.
2 The terms digital potentiometer and RDAC are used interchangeably.
3 RAB tolerance.
Rev. B
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