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Setting up analog read on PIC18F87J60

 
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Setting up analog read on PIC18F87J60
PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2023 1:03 pm     Reply with quote

Hi all,

I am trying to read from one channel (AN8) of a PIC18F87J60. I have my code setup as follows:

Setup of ADC:
Code:
   setup_adc_ports(AN0_TO_AN8, VREF_VREF);
   setup_adc(ADC_CLOCK_INTERNAL);
   set_adc_channel(8);


Reading ADC in while loop
Code:
      float value = (float)read_adc()/1023.0;
      fprintf(DEBUG, "ADC: %1.2f\r\n", value);


Setup of the ADC is a little different than I am used to. In the past it seemed that I was able to set the individual pins I wanted to use (sAN8,VREF_VREF) etc. This pic doesnt appear to support this?

When testing this code I am seeing a calculated value of about 0.6V (raw value of about 624 from read_adc()). When measuring the input voltage to the pin, I am at around 2V. Any guidance as to what I am doing wrong here?

PIC schematic here:
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2023 1:46 pm     Reply with quote

If you are getting 624 from the A/D and your vref is 3.3V then 624/1024*3.3 = 2.01V
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2023 1:59 pm     Reply with quote

I would recommend skipping the floating point and do the result in hundredths volt with integer math

(624 * 330) / 1024 = 201 (2.01V)
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2023 4:47 pm     Reply with quote

comment.
when reading analog voltages,always best to read several times, take an average. relying on ONE reading can be bad (think 737-MAX8)

All my temperatures get read 10x,toss high,toss low, avg the remaining 8 ( Olympic averaging). It's a very fast,accurate method though entire books have been written about the 'best' methods.....

Also all ADC inputs should have a 'smoothing' cap on them to stabilize the reading. Value of cap is based upon sensor and 'update' rate.
If AN8 is Vtemp ( temperature) ,0.68mfd is good. Temperature generally is a very slow process compared to a PIC's clock.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2023 5:51 pm     Reply with quote

gaugeguy wrote:
If you are getting 624 from the A/D and your vref is 3.3V then 624/1024*3.3 = 2.01V


Doh! Thank you, I shouldn't have posted this minutes before leaving for the day...

It did seem that I was not seeing any change, but I will have to confirm that when I am with the hardware again.

Does it seem that I have the analog configured correctly?
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2023 5:57 pm     Reply with quote

temtronic wrote:
comment.
when reading analog voltages,always best to read several times, take an average. relying on ONE reading can be bad (think 737-MAX8)

All my temperatures get read 10x,toss high,toss low, avg the remaining 8 ( Olympic averaging). It's a very fast,accurate method though entire books have been written about the 'best' methods.....

Also all ADC inputs should have a 'smoothing' cap on them to stabilize the reading. Value of cap is based upon sensor and 'update' rate.
If AN8 is Vtemp ( temperature) ,0.68mfd is good. Temperature generally is a very slow process compared to a PIC's clock.


Thank you for the info. I just got these boards in, so this is all my first pass at just making sure the board is working and the PIC is configured correctly. I am planning on adding the averaging as you mentioned.

The ouput of the sensor goes through a low pass filter (cutoff @1kHz) and is then amplified with a gain of 3. Adding the larger cap is a good idea though!
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