PIC16F877A or PIC16F876A ADC question

[glenjoy]

pic16f876a tutorial

Hi,

I am planning to measure a negative analog signal say -4.5V, because my analog input swings from -4.5V to +4.5V, how can I do this with a PIC16F877A or PIC16F876A?

Thanks.

 

[btbass]

pic16f876a adc

Assuming you are using a 5 Volt power supply for the Pic and that is your A/D ref. You could feed the analog input to an op-amp configured as an attenuator, so that it swings +-2.5 Volt, and bias the op-amp so that it sits at 2.5 Volt for 0 Volt input.

 

[bbarney]

pic16f876 vs pic16f877

here is a good tutorial on using the a/d of those chips
http://www.winpicprog.co.uk/pic_tutorial11.htm

 

[telga]

pic16f877+operational amplifier

Hello,

I would try to put a first 4.7k resistor between the Vref and the analog input, and a second 4.7k resistor between the analog input and the signal that you want measure.

Vref could be 5V.

5V input give 0x3FF, 0V input give 0x200 and -5V input give 0x000.

Telga

 

[maneco]

microchip 0~10v adc

the safe methot is use an opamp for level shifting

 

[glenjoy]

pic16f877a analog inputs

My question are:

1.) Is there an ADC that can accept an analog input of -4.5V to +4.5V.

2.) What is that ADC.

3.) Is it possible for the PIC16F877A to accept those values?

 

[telga]

pic16f876 tutorial

Hello,

@maneco

I do not agree with your opinion because my method respects completely the microchip specification. So I think that it is a good way to obtain the required function.

If you do not agree, could you please explain why ?

@glenjoy

1) This kind of converter exists.
2) For example, ADS7808.
3) The problems are : the ADC was not designed for this job and the clamping diodes are connected to vcc and to gnd. One solution is described in my previous post.

Telga

 

[FoxyRick]

pic16f876 adc

Hello Glenjoy,

There are plenty of ADC's that will take a +/-5V signal, for example:

MAX127 **broken link removed**

This is a little overkill, it will read 8 channels at 12-bit resolution, software selectable 0-5V, 0-10V, +/-5V or +/-10V scaling and an i2c interface to talk to the PIC. It comes in a nice 24-pin DIP package for easy prototyping. Maxim may even send you a couple of free samples to play with (they sent me some).

The easy solution though is the opamp (don't know about the resistor method, it might load your source too much if it is high impedance).

FoxyRick.

 

[buhafsaek]

pic16f877 adc tutorial

use external ADC or coarateur just to get a sign of signal

Added after 27 seconds:

use external ADC or comparateur just to get a sign of signal

 

[mrcube_ns]

adc 16f876a bit

You can made (with OP amp) circuit that making apsolute value from input voltage(see picture). Then you measure this voltage, and with one more OP amp (with hysteresis) you detect when your voltage is negative (output of op amp connect to port pin).

Regards,



Mr.Cube

 

[neuralc]

pic16f877a attenuator

Hi,

I've a similar problem, but my input wave are simetric, so I only need to measure the positive part, and cutted with a schottky the negative part.

HH

NeuralC

 

[extradeath]

pic16f876a a/d converter tutorial

I have a harmonic project that needs lareg inputs at max for +&- 410V so I can't get it into the pic so we have to to use a voltage divider and opamps attenutors to decrease it to 5V....

But the pic don't accept -ve voltages so you can attenuate it to 2.5V and shift it by 2.5....

Don't forget to care of the negative inverting opamps effect.

 

[robert89]

a/d conversion pic16f876

Hi,

well, i m using PIC 16F877A and trying to implement comparator hysteresis in C coding as i've not to use an internal or external comparator module how can i get it. could any one plz help me

 

[btbass]

pic16f877a comparator

have two switching levels, one at say 1 volt and one at 0.8 volt. It swiches one way when the input is greater than 1, and switches the other when it is less than 0.8. the hysteresis is the 0.2 volts.