MCP41XXX SPI Write

[johnmiller]

Hi.
I cannot write a new value to a mcp41010 SPI Digital Potentiometer. What I'm trying to do is

WriteSPI:
    CS = 0                              ' Enable serial EEPROM
    Shiftout SI, SCK, MSBFIRST, [$06]   ' Send write enable command
    CS = 1                              ' Disable to execute command
    CS = 0                              ' Enable
    Shiftout SI, SCK, MSBFIRST, [$02, 0, 0, UpdPotVal]   ' Send address and data
    CS = 1                              ' Disable

    RETURN

UpdPotVal goes from 0 to 255

Can somebody please tell me what I am doing wrong. Here is a C code that does the same thing in case somebody knows how to make use of it!

#define CS PIN_B4
#define SCLK PIN_B2
#define SI PIN_B1

set_pot (int data) {
   BYTE i;
   BYTE cmd[2];

   cmd[0] = data;
   cmd[1] = 0x11;

   output_low(SCLK);
   output_low(CS);

   for(i=1;i<=16;++i) {
      output_bit(SI, shift_left(cmd,2,0));

      output_high(SCLK);
      output_low(SCLK);
   }
   output_high(CS);
}

shutdown_pot () {
   BYTE i;
   BYTE cmd[2];

   cmd[0] = 0;
   cmd[1] = 0x21;

   output_low(SCLK);
   output_low(CS);

   for(i=1;i<=16;++i) {
      output_bit(SI, shift_left(cmd,2,0));

      output_high(SCLK);
      output_low(SCLK);
   }
   output_high(CS);
}

Regards

[johnmiller]

Ok. I found my problem. If anybody needs this...

WriteSPI:
    GOSUB GetPotVal
    CS = 0                              ' Enable
    Shiftout SI, SCK, MSBFIRST, [$11, UpdPotVal]
    CS = 1                              ' Disable

Thanks to me

[achilles03]

I know this thread is a little old, but I'm having a similar problem writing to a MCP41010. I've breadboarded it, and I know the PIC (16F628A) is working because the LED works as it should (I always put that in to make sure the chip's actually operating and running the program).

Here's the datasheet for the MCP41010:
http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/e...Doc/11195c.pdf

Here's the relevant code:
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cmcon=7
define osc 8

res var byte
command var byte

SI var porta.4 'SI
CLK var porta.3 'CLK
CS var porta.2 'CS
LED var porta.1 'LED

high porta.2
command=19
high LED
pause 1000
low LED
pause 1000
high LED

repeatit:
res=256
low CS
shiftout SI,CLK,1,[%00010011\8,res\8]
HIGH CS
pause 5000
res=128
low CS
shiftout SI,CLK,1,[command,res]
HIGH CS
pause 5000
goto repeatit

end
-----------------------------------------------------

I've tried entering the command like both as binary and a variable to see if that has any effect, but the chip consistently reads 4.7kOhm.

Any advice or help is appreciated!

Dave

[Darrel Taylor]

Do you have a pull-up resistor on PORTA.4?

It has an "Open collector" output, and can't go HIGH by itself.
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[achilles03]

Do you have a pull-up resistor on PORTA.4?

It has an "Open collector" output, and can't go HIGH by itself.
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Garsh, I think that's it. I knew there was something about one of the pins I was forgetting. I'll try that tonight and see what happens.

So long as I use the CMCON=7 command, is porta.4 the only tricky pin I need to worry about? I also set the configuration byte to disable everything.

Thanks!
Dave