Data acquisition and manipulation

Chapter Eleven
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Outline
Introduction The main features of a data acquisition system The characteristics of an analog-todigital converter The characteristics of the 16F873A analog-to-digital converter Summary
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Analog vs. Digital

Property Representat ion Precision Analog Continuous voltage or current Digital Binary Number

Infinite range of Limited by the values numbers length Weak Tolerant to signal degradation
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Resistance to Degradation

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Analog to Digital Conversion

Most physical signals are analog. Analog signals are captured by sensors or transducers. Examples: temperature, sound, pressure, Need to convert to digital signals to facilitate processing by the microcontroller. The device that does this is analogto-digital converter (ADC).
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ADC Types
1. Dual ramp (slow with very high accuracy, for precision measurements) 2. Flash converter (fast, lesser accuracy, for video or radar) 3. Successive approximation (medium speed and accuracy, for general-purpose industrial applications, commonly found in embedded systems)
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Conversion characteristic
Voltage Range Vr = Vmax 0 Resolution = Vr / 2n Quantization error = Resolution / 2 = Vr / 2n+1
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Conversion Steps
1. 2. 3. 4. Get Sample Start conversion Wait Read digital value (in parallel or serially)

Usually need a voltage reference

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1. Transducers: physical to electrical 2. Amplify and offset circuits

Elements of a data acquisition system

The input voltage should traverse as much of its input range as possible Voltage level shifting may also be required

1. Filter: get rid of unwanted signal components 2. Multiplexer: select one of multiple inputs 3. Sampler: the conversion rate must be at least twice the highest signal frequency (Nyquist sampling criterion) Dr. Gheith Abandah 8

Elements of a data acquisition system

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Sample and hold, and acquisition time

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Sample and hold, and acquisition time

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Example
What should be the acquisition time for a 10-bit ADC? The voltage should rise to Vs quantization error = Vs - Vs / 2n+1 Vs(2047/2048) = 0.9995 Vs VC = Vs {1 exp(t/RC)} 0.9995Vs = Vs {1 exp(t/RC)} exp(t/RC) = 1 0.9995 t = RC ln(0.0005) Dr. Gheith Abandah t = 7.6RC

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Typical timing requirement of one A-to-D conversion

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Data acquisition in the microcontroller environment

To operate to a good level of accuracy, an ADC needs a clean power supply and ground and no electromagnetic interference. When an ADC is integrated inside a microcontroller, it will be affected by the noisy internal power sources. So, integrated ADCs are not very accurate, typically 8- or 10-bit.
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The PIC 16 Series

Device 16F873A 16F876A Pins 28 Features 3 parallel ports, 3 counter/timers, 2 capture/compare/PWM, 2 serial, 5 10-bit ADC, 2 comparators 5 parallel ports, 3 counter/timers, 2 capture/compare/PWM, 2 serial, 8 10-bit ADC, 2 comparators
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16F874A 16F877A

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The PIC 16F87XA ADC module

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Controlling the ADC

The ADC is controlled by two SFRs: ADCON0 (1Fh) ADCON1 (9Fh) The result of the conversion is placed in: ADRESH (1Eh) ADRESL (9Eh)
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ADCON0: A/D Control Register 0 (address 1Fh)

ADCS1:0: conversion clock select CHS2:0: analog channel select GO/DONE: conversion status
The ADC interrupt flag ADIF and interrupt enable ADIE bits can also be used

U: ADON:

unimplemented A/D On

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A/D Conversion Clock Select bits

A full 10-bit conversion takes around 12 TAD cycles TAD should be equal to or just greater than 1.6 s Minimum 2TAD between two successive conversions Maximum conversion rate is 30 kHz, higher rate by switching to higher
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ADCON1: A/D Control Register 1 (address 9Fh)

ADFM: result format select
1 = Right justified 0 = Left justified

ADCS2: U: PCFG3:0: control

conversion clock select unimplemented port configuration

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A/D result format

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A/D Port Configuration Control

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The analog input model

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Calculating acquisition time

tac = Amplifier settling time + Hold capacitor charging time + Temperature coefficient tac = 2 s

+ 7.6RC for 10-bit accuracy + (Temperature 25C)(0.05 s/C)

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Calculating acquisition time - Example

RSS = 7k, RIC = 1k (VDD = 5V), RS = 0, Temp = 35 C, TAD = 1.6 s tac = 2 s + 7.6(7k + 1k + 0)(120pF) + (35 25)(0.05 s/C) = 2 + 7.3 + 0.5 = 9.8 s
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A/D Example Page 1

... bsf movlw movwf movlw movwf ... status,rp0 B'00001011' trisa B'10000100' adcon1 ;set port A bits, ;ADC set as inputs ;bits 0,1,3 analog input ;right justify result

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A/D Example Page 2

... bcf status,rp0 movlw B'01000001' ;set up ADC: clock Fosc/8, ;switch ADC on but not converting, ;channel selection now is irrelevant movwf adcon0

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A/D Example Page 3

main_loop movlw B'01000001' movwf adcon0 call delay20u bsf adcon0,go btfsc adcon0,go_done goto $-1 movf adresh,0 movwf ldr_left_hi bsf status,rp0 movf adresl,0 bcf status,rp0 movwf ldr_left_lo ;select channel 0 ;acquisition time ;start conversion ;conversion ended? ;read ADC output data high

;read ADC output data low

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Summary - 1
Most signals produced by transducers are analog in nature, while all processing done by a microcontroller is digital. Analog signals can be converted to digital form using an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADC generally forms just one part of a larger data acquisition system. Considerable care needs to be taken in applying ADCs and data acquisition systems, using knowledge among other things of timing requirements, signal conditioning, grounding and the use of Dr. Gheith Abandah 29 voltage references.

Summary - 2
The 16F873A has a 10-bit ADC module that contains the features of a data acquisition system. Data values, once acquired, are likely to need further processing, including offsetting, scaling and code conversion. Standard algorithms exist for all of these, and Assembler libraries are published. A simple interface between the analog and digital world is the comparator, which is commonly used to classify an analog signal into one of two states.
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