[SOLVED]Writing Commands to MAX11632 ADCs without SPI

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Hey guys,

So I'm trying to interface with a MAX11632 ADC using an Arduino UNO board without using any SPI through the MISO, MOSI, CS, and SCK pins. The data sheet for this specific ADC can be found here: MAX11632 pdf, MAX11632 Description, MAX11632 Datasheet, MAX11632 view ::: ALLDATASHEET :::.

This is the code I've written so far:

#include <SPI.h>

//Pin definitions
const int CS0 = 4;
const int CS1 = 5;
const int CS2 = 6;
const int DECODER_EN = 7;
const int MOSIPIN = 11;
const int MISOPIN = 12;
const int SCKPIN = 13;

//packet structure bytes
byte START_BYTE = '*';
byte END_BYTE = '#';
byte DELIMITER = ',';

//enumeration of channels for loops
//enum channels { CH0, CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4, CH5, CH6,
  //CH7, CH8, CH9, CH10, CH11, CH12, CH13, CH14, CH15 };

//array of conversion registries
byte channels[] = {B10000100, B10001100, B10010100, 
B10011100, B10100100, B10101100, B10110100, B10111100, B11000100,
B11001100, B11010100, B11011100, B11100100, B11101100, B11110100, 
B11111100};

//Other two setup registries
byte setupReg = B01111000;
byte averageReg = B00111100;
byte reg1 = B10000100;
byte reg2 = B10001100;
byte convReg = reg1;

void setup()
{
  pinMode(CS0,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(CS1,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(CS2,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(DECODER_EN,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(MISOPIN,INPUT);
  pinMode(SCKPIN,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(MOSIPIN,OUTPUT);
  
  
  Serial.begin(9600);
  
  //Set up ADC we wish to comm with
  //But don't start comm
  //This circuit has a chip select decoder to determine which of the 5 adcs to look at
  digitalWrite(DECODER_EN,LOW);
  digitalWrite(CS1,HIGH);
  digitalWrite(CS0,HIGH);
  digitalWrite(CS2,HIGH);
  
  //Set clock low to prepare for data write
  digitalWrite(SCKPIN,LOW);
  delay(2500);
}
void loop()
{
  byte result;
//  Serial.println(START_BYTE);
//  for(int i = 0; i < 2; i++){
//    byte convReg;
//    if (i == 0){
//      convReg = reg1;
//    }
//    else{
//      convReg = reg2;
//    }
    //First we give the ADC register settings
    //takes input on rising clock edge
    digitalWrite(DECODER_EN,HIGH);
    digitalWrite(SCKPIN,HIGH);
    analogWrite(MOSIPIN,setupReg);
    analogWrite(MOSIPIN,averageReg);
    analogWrite(MOSIPIN,convReg);
    
    //We then let the ADC run conversion
    digitalWrite(DECODER_EN,LOW);
    delay(10);
    
    //sends data to DOUT on falling clock edge
    digitalWrite(SCKPIN,LOW);
    result = analogRead(MISOPIN);
    //start comm with ADC again
    digitalWrite(DECODER_EN,HIGH);
    //read result from dataout
    
    //once we have data cut off comm
    digitalWrite(DECODER_EN,LOW);
    
    //print out result
    Serial.println(result,DEC);
    //Serial.println(DELIMITER);
    delay(1000);
  //}
  //Serial.println(END_BYTE);
  Serial.println();
}

I'm pretty sure the ADC is not working the way it should, as I'm getting pretty much the exact same numbers no matter whether I'm reading from a channel connected to a Hall-effect sensor or a channel connected to a thermistor.

Any sort of nudge in the right direction would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

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const int MISOPIN = 12;
    result = analogRead(MISOPIN);

12 is not a valid analog input pin.

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Thanks!

I think I ended up resolving the problem, which was more of me not understanding how and when to use SPI.

I did need to use an SPI interface for this code and eventually got it working.