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I’ve been working on some driver code for a LTC1390CN 8:1 analog multiplexer, so here it is.

The point of this multiplexer is to limit the number of voltage dividers for a bunch on 12V sensors for a car project I am working on. By using this multiplexer I only need a single AnalogIn on the FEZ, but I need 3 DigitalOut ports to drive the multiplexer.

The multiplexer has a nice trick; you can put up to 15v into the analog inputs while the logic only needs a TTL/CMOS signal to select the proper input.

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 public class LTC1390CN
    {
        OutputPort _clock;
        OutputPort _cs;
        OutputPort _data;
        AnalogIn _value;

        public LTC1390CN(FEZ_Pin.Digital clk, FEZ_Pin.Digital cs, FEZ_Pin.Digital data, AnalogIn.Pin value)
        {
            _clock = new OutputPort((Cpu.Pin)clk, false);
            _cs = new OutputPort((Cpu.Pin)cs, false);
            _data = new OutputPort((Cpu.Pin)data, false);
            _value = new AnalogIn(value);
            _value.SetLinearScale(0, 3300);
        }

        public int Read(byte port)
        {
            // when !CS is high, the input data on the data1 pin is latched into the 4 bit shift register on each rising clock.
            _clock.Write(false);
            _cs.Write(true);

            _data.Write(true);
            _clock.Write(true);
            _clock.Write(false);          
            _data.Write((port & 0x04) != 0);
            _clock.Write(true);
            _clock.Write(false);
            _data.Write((port & 0x02) != 0);
            _clock.Write(true);
            _clock.Write(false);
            _data.Write((port & 0x01) != 0);
            _clock.Write(true);
           
            _cs.Write(false);
            _clock.Write(false);

            int val = _value.Read();
            return val;
        }
    }