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ATD conversion
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Agreed, what the heck is an ATD(automatic toad destroyer)?
Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.-
Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.-
The minimum possible conversion time is 2µs, that is one clock cycle. However many converters take 12 or 16 clock cycles to do a complete conversion, it depends on the particular part used.
Given the scant data you have presented I would bracket the complete conversion cycle between one smallest clock cycle and 16 slowest clock cycles, that is between 2µs and 96µs.
Given the scant data you have presented I would bracket the complete conversion cycle between one smallest clock cycle and 16 slowest clock cycles, that is between 2µs and 96µs.
Skogsgurra
Electrical
What does a "Specifier/Regul" do?
And if it is what I think, should he ask questions like this?
And, if he should. Shouldn't the question be better "specified"?
And, finally. If he cannot specify the question. And if he doesn't understand the answer. What will his "Specification" look like - and what will it be good for? Not to mention the "Regul" part?
Gunnar Englund
And if it is what I think, should he ask questions like this?
And, if he should. Shouldn't the question be better "specified"?
And, finally. If he cannot specify the question. And if he doesn't understand the answer. What will his "Specification" look like - and what will it be good for? Not to mention the "Regul" part?
Gunnar Englund
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On the PICs that I've used, there are registers in the PIC that you can program to tell the A/D on how many clock cycles you want the conversion to be done. The longer it takes, the best precision you get. So it is a balance of how quickly you need the measurements to be taken, versus how precise should the measurements be. There should be something like this in your PIC too, if you read the datasheet section for the A/D. If measurement period is not an issue, make it long, it will avoid headscratching in the future about why your measurements are not stable.
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Well check it again...
Page:165-171 specifically discusses this topic with worked out details and an example.
Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.-
Page:165-171 specifically discusses this topic with worked out details and an example.
Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.-
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