3.1.35 AFE Control 0 Register (For MCP3912/13/14)

Different meaning depending on the selected AFE. This is the meaning for MCP3912/13/14 (for the MCP3910, configuration settings are determined by hardware and cannot be changed through software). For additional information, refer to the MCP391x Data Sheet.

Name: AFE_CTRL_0 (For MCP3912/13/14)
Property: Read-Write

Bit 3130292827262524 
     DITHER[1:0]BOOST[1:0] 
Access R/WR/WR/WR/W 
Reset 0000 
Bit 2322212019181716 
 PGA_CH7[2:0]PGA_CH6[2:0]PGA_CH5[2:1] 
Access R/WR/WR/WR/WR/WR/WR/WR/W 
Reset 00000000 
Bit 15141312111098 
 PGA_CH5[0]PGA_CH4[2:0]PGA_CH3[2:0]PGA_CH2[2] 
Access R/WR/WR/WR/WR/WR/WR/WR/W 
Reset 00000000 
Bit 76543210 
 PGA_CH2[1:0]PGA_CH1[2:0]PGA_CH0[2:0] 
Access R/WR/WR/WR/WR/WR/WR/WR/W 
Reset 00000000 

Bits 27:26 – DITHER[1:0] Dithering Circuit for Idle Tone´s Cancellation and Improved THD on All Channels

ValueDescription
11 Dithering on, Strength = Maximum
10 Dithering on, Strength = Medium
01 Dithering on, Strength = Minimum
00 Dithering turned off

Bits 25:24 – BOOST[1:0] Bias Current Selection for all ADCs (impacts achievable maximum sampling speed)

ValueDescription
11 All channels have current x 2
10 All channels have current x 1
01 All channels have current x 0.66
00 All channels have current x 0.5

Bits 0:2, 3:5, 6:8, 9:11, 12:14, 15:17, 18:20, 21:23 – PGA_CHx PGA Setting for Channel x

Note: PGA_CH4 and PGA_CH5 are only for MCP3913/14. PGA_CH6 and PGA_CH7 are only for MCP3914.
ValueDescription
111 Reserved (Gain = 1)
110 Reserved (Gain = 1)
101 Gain is 32
100 Gain is 16
011 Gain is 8
010 Gain is 4
001 Gain is 2
000 Gain is 1