Arduino library for the AD5680 series digital analog convertor (18 bit).

Experimental

The AD5680 is a 18 bit DAC on paper but in fact it is a 16 bit DAC. To get the 18 bits a 2 bit duty cycle is used to implement the last two bits. This means that the output voltage will be fluctuating unless the two least significant bits are 0 (zero). To dampen this fluctuation the datasheet advises to add a LOW pass filter after the output.

Feedback, issues, improvements are welcome. Please file an issue on GitHub.

SPI mode is set to SPImode1 to be in line with AD5620 (tested) and AD5660.

Version 0.3.0 introduced a breaking change to improve handling the SPI dependency. The user has to call SPI.begin() or equivalent before calling AD.begin(). Optionally the user can provide parameters to the SPI.begin(...)

The version 0.2.0 has breaking changes in the interface. The essence is removal of ESP32 specific code from the library. This makes it possible to support the ESP32-S3 and other processors in the future. Also it makes the library a bit simpler to maintain.

Note the order of the parameters of the software SPI constructor has changed in 0.2.0.

Overview of related devices, number of bits, setValue range and indicative LSB

• https://github.com/RobTillaart/AD5620 (single channel, 12 + 14 bit)
• https://github.com/RobTillaart/AD5660 (single channel, 16 bit)
• https://github.com/RobTillaart/AD5680 (single channel, 18 bit)
• https://github.com/RobTillaart/AD56x8 (multi channel)
• https://github.com/RobTillaart/AD568X (single channel lower resolution)
• https://github.com/RobTillaart/MCP_DAC (SPI interface)

#include "AD5680.h"

• AD5680(uint8_t slaveSelect, SPIClassRP2040 * mySPI = &SPI) constructor hardware SPI (RP2040 specific). Sets internal value to zero.
• AD5680(uint8_t slaveSelect, SPIClass * mySPI = &SPI) constructor hardware SPI. Sets internal value to zero.
• AD5680(uint8_t slaveSelect, uint8_t spiData, uint8_t spiClock) constructor software SPI. Sets the software SPI pins. Sets internal value to zero.
• void begin() initializes the SPI and sets internal state.
• uint8_t getType() returns 18 (for now).

• bool setValue(uint32_t value) set value to the output immediately, effectively a prepare + update in one call. Returns false if value out of range.
• uint32_t getValue() returns set value from cache. At power up the AD5680 will be reset to 0 (== 0 volt).
• uint32_t getMaxValue() returns 262143 for AD5680.
• bool setPercentage(float percentage) sets the output as a percentage 0..100%. If percentage is out of range, it is not set and the function returns false. The stepsize is about 0.001% for the AD5680.
• float getPercentage() returns percentage, wrapper around getValue(). Might return a slightly different value than setPercentage() due to rounding math. At power up the function will return 0 as default value.

Adjust the performance of the SPI port.

• void setSPIspeed(uint32_t speed) sets SPI clock in Hz, please read datasheet of the ADC first to get optimal speed.
• uint32_t getSPIspeed() gets current speed in Hz.
• bool usesHWSPI() returns true if HW SPI is used.

Measurements with AD5680_demo.ino - performance of setValue() is the most important. The numbers are rounded and indicative, other boards might produce different numbers.

1. ESP32 HW is equal performant for HSPI and VSPI. Unknown why HW SPI is 20% slower than SW SPI (transaction overhead?)

50000 - 100000 calls per second means that a 1 KHz wave can be constructed with 50-100 values per period (max).

Please share your performance data, open an issue to report.

• improve documentation
• get hardware
• test the library
• keep in sync with AD5620/60

• add examples

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