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A/D Converter Tutorial for PIC16F877A

The document discusses analog to digital conversion using a PIC microcontroller. It describes the registers used in the A/D conversion process and the 10-bit resolution of the PIC16F877A ADC. It provides an example calculation to convert an analog voltage reading to its binary equivalent. It then lists the 7 steps required for measuring an analog voltage with the ADC, which includes configuring ports and the ADC module, starting the conversion, and reading the ADC result registers. Two code examples are given to demonstrate reading the ADC and displaying the result.

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A/D Converter Tutorial for PIC16F877A

The document discusses analog to digital conversion using a PIC microcontroller. It describes the registers used in the A/D conversion process and the 10-bit resolution of the PIC16F877A ADC. It provides an example calculation to convert an analog voltage reading to its binary equivalent. It then lists the 7 steps required for measuring an analog voltage with the ADC, which includes configuring ports and the ADC module, starting the conversion, and reading the ADC result registers. Two code examples are given to demonstrate reading the ADC and displaying the result.

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Analog to Digital

Conversion

The operation of A/D converter is in control of the bits of four


registers:
ADRESH Contains high byte of conversion result;
ADRESL Contains low byte of conversion result;
ADCON0 Control register 0; and
ADCON1 Control register 1.

ADC RESOLUTION
PIC16F877A has 10-bit resolution. So the number of steps is:
1024 = (0000000000 to 1111111111). When Vref 5V(internal
voltage supply) is used, the step size is 5V/1024 = 4.88mV.
So its mean that every bit increment is equal of single step
voltage increment ~ 4.88mV.
For example to calculate the binary value of ADC that use Vref =
5V and the analog input = 1.7V is by using the formula below.
Dout = Vin / Step Size.
Dout = 1.7V / 4.88mV = 348.36

0101011100

In Short
In order to measure voltage on an input pin by the A/D converter, the
following should be done:
Step 1 - Port configuration:
Write a logic one (1) to a bit of the TRIS register, thus configuring the
appropriate pin as an input. Write a logic (1/0) to a bit of the ADCON1
register, thus configuring the appropriate pin as an analog input.
Step 2 - ADC module configuration:
Configure voltage reference in the ADCON1 register.
Select ADC conversion clock in the ADCON0 register.
Select one of input channels CH0-CH7 of the ADCON0 register.
Select data format using the ADFM bit of the ADCON1 register.
Enable A/D converter by setting the ADON bit of the ADCON0 register.
Step 3 - ADC interrupt configuration (optional):
Clear the ADIF bit.
Set the ADIE, PEIE and GIE bits.
Step 4 - Wait for the required acquisition time to pass (approximately
20uS).
Step 5 - Start conversion by setting the GO/DONE bit of the ADCON0
register.
Step 6 - Wait for ADC conversion to complete.
It is necessary to check in the program loop whether the GO/DONE pin is
cleared or wait for an A/D interrupt (must be previously enabled).
Step 7 - Read ADC results:
Read the ADRESH and ADRESL registers.

Task_1
#include
#fuses
#use
#byte
#byte
#byte
#byte
#byte
#byte
#byte
#byte
#bit
#bit
Void

<16f877a.h>
XT,NOWDT
delay (clock=4000000)
ADRESH
ADRESL
ADCON0
ADCON1
PORTA
PORTB
TRISA
TRISB
GO
ON

=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

0x1E
0x9E
0x1F
0x9F
0x5
0x6
0x85
0x86
= ADCON0.2
= ADCON0.0

{ int

value=0;
TRISA=0xFF;
TRISB=0x00;
ADCON0=0;
ADCON1=0;
ON=1;
while
(1)
{
GO=1;

main ()

while(GO) {}
value=ADRESH;
PORTB=value;
}

//Declaration section
int RD_ADC ();
Void
main ()
{ float x=0;
TRISA=0xFF;
TRISB=0x00;
ADCON0=0b01000000;
ADCON1=0;
while(1)
{
x=
RD_ADC ();
PORTB=x;
x=x *5/255;
lcd_init();
printf(
}
}
int RD_ADC ()
{
int value=0;
bit_set(ADCON0,0);
bit_set(ADCON0,2);
while(bit_test(ADCON0,2)) {}
value=ADRESH;
return value;
}

lcd_putc,"\fvoltage=%g V", x );

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