Forum Post: Obtaining a reading as quickly as possible from the ADS1248?

I'm working on an application where we need to power up the ADS1248, acquire a reading, then power it down as quickly as possible.  

Is this the correct sequence to go about doing this?

1. Power up DVDD, AVDD
2. Wait 2^16 clocks @ 4.096 MHz = 16 ms (minimum)
3. SPI write: write first 4 registers with desired settings (VREF control always on, on-board reference, MUXCAL = normal, PGA = 1, DOR = 1000sps)
4. SPI write: Self offset calibration (SELFOCAL)
5. Poll DRDY until it goes low
6. SPI write: Stop reading data continuously (SDATAC)
7. SPI read: read all registers to confirm that they were properly written
8. SPI write: write register 0 to select MUX input pair
9. Poll DRDY until it goes low
10. SPI write: read data once (RDATA)
11. SPI read: clock in 24 bits of data

Overview:

Steps 3-4

Steps 5-7

Steps 7-8

Steps 9-11