ADC setup

[ringo42]

I'm using a pic16f877 and the board has pins A0 and A1 hardwired as led indicators, so they are outputs. I need to set up A2,A3,A5, and E0 as ADC's but there is not a predifined value for htis. Can someone tell me how to figue this out?
Thanks
Ringo
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[Bruce R. Knox]

:=I'm using a pic16f877 and the board has pins A0 and A1 hardwired as led indicators, so they are outputs. I need to set up A2,A3,A5, and E0 as ADC's but there is not a predifined value for htis. Can someone tell me how to figue this out?
:=Thanks
:=Ringo

Ringo:

You can't set it up that way. Here's a great example of the value of looking at the datasheet before designing the circuit! You're going to have to move the LEDs to move forward, and from the looks of the datasheet, you may need to find an additonal pin (based on your list above) to get four analogs and two digitals....

Bruce
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[ringo42]

:=:=I'm using a pic16f877 and the board has pins A0 and A1 hardwired as led indicators, so they are outputs. I need to set up A2,A3,A5, and E0 as ADC's but there is not a predifined value for htis. Can someone tell me how to figue this out?
:=:=Thanks
:=:=Ringo
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:=Ringo:
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:=You can't set it up that way. Here's a great example of the value of looking at the datasheet before designing the circuit! You're going to have to move the LEDs to move forward, and from the looks of the datasheet, you may need to find an additonal pin (based on your list above) to get four analogs and two digitals....
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:=Bruce

Actually when the circuit was designed I was not planning on using any A/D at all. But now I'm adding extra stuff and need 4 analog inputs. Any idea what would hapen if you use setup_adc_ports(ALL_ANALOG);, then turn A0 and A1 into outputs? Thats what I'm trying right now and A3 and A5 appear to be working, but A2 and E0 are not, but I need to doublecheck my hardware also.
Thanks
Ringo
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Original Post ID: 11449

[Bruce R. Knox]

:=:=:=I'm using a pic16f877 and the board has pins A0 and A1 hardwired as led indicators, so they are outputs. I need to set up A2,A3,A5, and E0 as ADC's but there is not a predifined value for htis. Can someone tell me how to figue this out?
:=:=:=Thanks
:=:=:=Ringo
:=:=
:=:=Ringo:
:=:=
:=:=You can't set it up that way. Here's a great example of the value of looking at the datasheet before designing the circuit! You're going to have to move the LEDs to move forward, and from the looks of the datasheet, you may need to find an additonal pin (based on your list above) to get four analogs and two digitals....
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:=:=Bruce
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:=Actually when the circuit was designed I was not planning on using any A/D at all. But now I'm adding extra stuff and need 4 analog inputs. Any idea what would hapen if you use setup_adc_ports(ALL_ANALOG);, then turn A0 and A1 into outputs? Thats what I'm trying right now and A3 and A5 appear to be working, but A2 and E0 are not, but I need to doublecheck my hardware also.
:=Thanks
:=Ringo

Ah - requirements changes. I don't hold much hope for trying to operate the ports out of spec. Look at the list of combinations available on the datasheet (pp. 112 of DS30292B for example), pick one of those and rewire to it. If you're only making one of these, that's the quickest answer. And if you're making a lot of them (hopefully not already built!), then you won't have to worry about some chips working off spec and others not.

By the way, there are warnings in the datasheet regarding analog voltages on digitally configured pins, etc. I'd get real familiar with those rules too.

Good luck!

Bruce
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