Nonvolatile Memory, Dual
1024-Position Digital Potentiometer
AD5235
Data Sheet
FEATURES
FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
Dual-channel, 1024-position resolution
25 kΩ, 250 kΩ nominal resistance
Maximum 8% nominal resistor tolerance error
Low temperature coefficient: 35 ppm/°C
2.7 V to 5 V single supply or 2.5 V dual supply
SPI-compatible serial interface
Nonvolatile memory stores wiper settings
Power-on refreshed with EEMEM settings
Permanent memory write protection
Resistance tolerance stored in EEMEM
26 bytes extra nonvolatile memory for user-defined
information
AD5235
V
ADDR
DECODE
DD
RDAC1
REGISTER
CS
CLK
SDI
A1
W1
SERIAL
INTERFACE
B1
RDAC1
RDAC2
SDO
EEMEM1
POWER-ON
RESET
PR
RDAC2
REGISTER
A2
WP
EEMEM
CONTROL
W2
RDY
B2
EEMEM2
V
SS
26 BYTES
USER EEMEM
RTOL*
GND
1M programming cycles
100-year typical data retention
*RAB TOLERANCE
APPLICATIONS
Figure 1.
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
In the scratchpad programming mode, a specific setting can
be programmed directly to the RDAC2 register, which sets the
resistance between Terminal W and Terminal A and Terminal W
and Terminal B. This setting can be stored into the EEMEM
and is restored automatically to the RDAC register during
system power-on.
Low resolution DAC replacement
Sensor calibration
The EEMEM content can be restored dynamically or through
PR
WP
external
strobing, and a
function protects EEMEM
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
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 the wiper setting, the
left or right bit shift command can be used to double or halve the
RDAC wiper setting.
The AD5235 is a dual-channel, nonvolatile memory,1 digitally
controlled potentiometer2 with 1024-step resolution, offering
guaranteed maximum low resistor tolerance error of 8%.
The device performs the same electronic adjustment function
as a mechanical potentiometer with enhanced resolution, solid
state reliability, and superior low temperature coefficient per-
formance. The versatile programming of the AD5235 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 EEMEM1 for user-
defined information such as memory data for other components,
look-up table, or system identification information.
The 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, 16-lead TSSOP package.
The part is guaranteed to operate over the extended industrial
temperature 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.
Rev. F
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