UFC
Published by acam -messelectronic gmbh
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TDC-GP21
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TDC-GP21
Content
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Overview .................................................................................................. 1-3
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1.2
1.3
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2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
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3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
4
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
5
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
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7
6.1
7.1
7.2
Features ............................................................................................. 1-3
Blockdiagram ...................................................................................... 1-5
Ordering Numbers ................................................................................ 1-5
Electrical Characteristics ....................................................................... 2-1
Converter Specification .......................................................................... 2-4
Timings .............................................................................................. 2-7
Pin Description .................................................................................. 2-10
Package Drawings .............................................................................. 2-12
Power Supply ..................................................................................... 2-14
Configuration registers .......................................................................... 3-1
Read registers ................................................................................... 3-12
EEPROM ........................................................................................... 3-15
SPI-interface ..................................................................................... 3-16
TDC - Measurement mode 1 .................................................................. 4-1
TDC - Measurement mode 2 .................................................................. 4-9
Analog Input Section ........................................................................... 4-17
Temperature Measurement .................................................................. 4-20
Oscillator ............................................................................................ 5-1
Fire Pulse Generator ............................................................................. 5-4
Fast Initialization .................................................................................. 5-7
Noise Unit .......................................................................................... 5-8
EMC Measures .................................................................................... 5-9
Ultrasonic Heat Meter .......................................................................... 6-1
Bug Report ......................................................................................... 7-1
Last Changes ...................................................................................... 7-2
Characteristics & Specifications ................................................................... 2-1
Registers & Communication ......................................................................... 3-1
Converter Frontend .................................................................................... 4-1
Details and Special Functions ....................................................................... 5-1
Applications .............................................................................................. 6-1
Miscellaneous ........................................................................................... 7-1
acam messelectronic gmbh - Friedrich-List-Str.4 - 76297 Stutensee - Germany -
www.acam.de
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