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| reading analogue voltage on A/D!!! |
 Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:20 pm |
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hi guyz, i hope everyone is doing fine.
i want to read analogue voltage on the A/D of pic16f877. the problem is that the voltage varies from -1 --> 6 volts. now i believe that this kind of voltage can not be applied directly to the PIC as 6volts may damage it.
i had the idea of adding 1 volt to the analogue voltage so that i have a range of 0 --> 7 volts, and then half this voltage before applying it to the analogue pin of the PIC, so i would have a range of 0 --> 3.5 volts. and then i would compensate for these manipulations in the converted digital value. Now this solution seems kind of complicated for such a simple issue. can any one please suggest another simpler way of reading an analogue voltage ranging from -1 --> 6 volts.
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Neutone
Joined: 08 Sep 2003
Posts: 839
Location: Houston
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:59 pm |
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I'm not sure but think a combination voltage divider will do it if the source can drive the resisters in this circuit. Assuming your running on 5 volts.
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Source --- R1 ---+--- PIC in
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R3
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GND
R1=R2*5
R2=R3 |
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asmallri
Joined: 12 Aug 2004
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Location: Perth, Australia
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:39 pm |
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Deleted - I goofed. I did not see the input was from -1 volt and the divider impedance was too high for the A/D as pointed out by PCM Programmer.
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Last edited by asmallri on Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:43 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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PCM programmer
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:01 pm |
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The impedance of the voltage divider circuit which feeds the PIC's
A/D pin must be kept under 10K, per the 16F877 data sheet.
What if he uses a voltage divider which divides the input range by 2
and then biases the bottom resistor at 1.0v so the output is 0 to 3.5v.
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Vin 4.7K
-1.0v >----/\/\/\/----------> To PIC A/D pin
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+6.0v >
< 4.7K
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+1.0v |
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I just realized that my proposed solution is the Thevenin equivalent
to Neutone's circuit. Just a rough check gives approximate values
for his circuit of:
R1 = 4.7K
R2 = 27K
R3 = 6K |
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