PIC16F887

Lesson 10

ADC
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ADC FEATURES
 The converter generates a 10-bit binary result
using the method of successive approximation
and stores the conversion results into the ADC
registers (ADRESL and ADRESH)
 There are 14 separate analog inputs
 The A/D converter converts an analog input
signal into a 10-bit binary number
 The minimum resolution or quality of
conversion may be adjusted to various needs
by selecting voltage references
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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
 ADCON1 Control register 1.
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ADRESH AND ADRESL REGISTERS

value = read_adc();
Starts the conversion and reads the value from
ADRESH and ADRESL registers
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ADCON0 REGISTER

ADCS1, ADCS0 - A/D Conversion Clock Select bits

ADCS1 ADCS0 CLOCK
0 0 Fosc/2
0 1 Fosc/8
1 0 Fosc/32
1 1 RC *
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ADCON0 REGISTER

setup_adc(mode)
Select clock for ADC with mode is:

 ADC_OFF
 ADC_CLOCK_DIV_2
 ADC_CLOCK_DIV_8
 ADC_CLOCK_DIV_32
 ADC_CLOCK_INTERNAL
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ADCON0 REGISTER
CHS3-CHS0 - Analog Channel Select bits
set_adc_channel( x )
X : 0-15
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ADCON0 REGISTER

GO/DONE - A/D Conversion Status

bit determines current status of conversion:
 1 - A/D conversion is in progress.
 0 - A/D conversion is complete.
This bit is automatically cleared by hardware
when the A/D conversion is complete.

ADON - A/D On bit enables A/D converter.

 1 - A/D converter is enabled.
 0 - A/D converter is disabled.
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ADCON1 REGISTER

ADFM - A/D Result Format Select bit

 1 - Conversion result is right justified. Six most
significant bits of the ADRESH are not used.
 0 - Conversion result is left justified. Six least
significant bits of the ADRESL are not used.
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ADCON1 REGISTER
VCFG1 - Voltage Reference bit selects negative voltage
reference source needed for the operation of A/D converter.
 1 - Negative voltage reference is applied to the Vref- pin.
 0 - Power supply voltage Vss is used as negative
voltage reference source.

VCFG0 - Voltage Reference bit selects positive voltage

reference source needed for the operation of A/D converter.
 1 - Positive voltage reference is applied to the Vref+ pin.
 0 - Power supply voltage Vdd is used as positive
voltage reference source.
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ADCON1 REGISTER
setup_adc_ports(mode )
Configure pins used for ADC. mode can be:
sAN0 : use pin AN0 to be analog pin
…
sAN15 : use AN15 to be analog input
NO_ANALOGS : no use any analog pin
ALL_ANALOG : all AN0 to AN15 are analog
VSS_VDD : use vss and vdd as vref- and vref+
VSS_VREF : vref- = vss, vref+ external source
VREF_VREF : vref- and vref+ are external source
VREF_VDD : vref- from external source, vref+ = vdd
Use “|” between multi-choice
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VREF SELECT
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EXAMPLE

Measure the temperature using LM35

sensor connecting to PIC16F887
through ADC channel 0 and display
the result on the first line of LCD
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ANALYZE
Inside PIC
Vin Dout
LM35 ADC CPU

For simply I choose vref+ = VDD and vref- =

VSS ( VSS_VDD)
When reading ADC, we only get the Dout value
and because it is not the temperature so we
must know how to convert this result to the
temperature.
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ANALYZE
𝒏
𝟐 −𝟏
Vref+

= ? Vin

What we want to know here is

Vin Dout One digit of Dout equate to how
much voltage of Vin. We call this
parameter is step size (SS)

SS
Vref- 0
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ANALYZE
1 SS
Dout ? Vin
Vin = Dout*SS
LM35: 10mV/1°C
1°C 0.01V
? t° Vin
t° = = x
t° = x =
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SCHEMATIC
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Test the theory by simulink

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Lesson 10

ADC