I want to use the CS5490 energy measurement IC to measure current using the shunt resistor approach.
Can anyone help me understand the following:
In the datasheet, they write: "The voltage reference between the VREF+/- pins is 2.4V." Hence I was thinking that the full-scale range would be 2.4V.
But at the same time they write: "The full-scale signal level for the current channel is ±50mV and ±250mV for 50x and 10x gain settings, respectively."?
What I don't understand is why they write ±50mV and ±250mV and not ±40mV and ±240mV?
Often the decodable input voltage range is 0V ... VRef. But this is no "must".
Every IC designer is free to design their own internal circuit. .. with their own specifications.
VRef is one thing
Input voltage range is another thing.
Please always use the latest datasheet directly from the manufacturer.
This currently is: CS5490, --> DS982F3 from MAR´13 https://www.cirrus.com/products/cs5490/
As far as I see, there's no specification of typical uncalibrated CS5490 scaling. However, the internal reference is too inaccurate to use the chip without calibration. In so far the question of uncalibrated scaling factor is interesting but doesn't need an exact answer, I think.