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I need help figuring out how to interface the microcontroller Teensy 4.0 to three ADCs via SPI. The microcontroller only has 2 chip select pins according to its spec sheet. How can I connect to three slave devices with only 2 chip select pins? I know we can daisy chain them, but I prefer not to do that.
Link to Microcontroller: https://www.pjrc.com/store/teensy40.html Link to ADC data sheet:https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/AD7606B.pdf
Two bits is enough to encode the 4 states you need (each of 3 slave chips selected, and none selected). You can use a 2:4 decoder with active-low outputs such as the SN74LVC1G139. You may need to modify the software SPI driver to use an encoded CS output instead of the standard "one hot" style.
If the micro-controller does not allow random CS/SS pins, consider running it through a 1:2 mux, and just set the correct chip using software before starting an SPI read/write. There are a lot of assumptions like hardware buffers etc. that the read/write will be done before you change the pin again...
Only use this method for occasional reads? Or with through testing...
