ADC

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 PIC16F877A has 8 analog input channels
5 Channels on PORT A
3 Channels on PORT E

10 bit resolution

Basic registers used for ADC conversion

ADCON0
ADCON1

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 ADCON0
Controls the operation of A/D module

Bit 7 Bit 0
ADCS1 ADCS2 CHS2 CHS1 CHS0 ADGO ---- ADON

Bit 7:6 ADCS1:ADCS2 A/D conversion clock select bit

Bit 5:3 CHS2:CHS0 Analog channel select bit

Bit 2 ADGO A/D conversion status bit

Bit 1 Unimplemented Set as 0

Bit 0 ADON A/D ON bit

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ADCS1 ADCS2 CLOCK

0 0 Fosc/2

0 1 Fosc/8

1 0 Fosc/32

1 1 FRC(Clock derived from Internal A/D RC Oscillator)

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CHS2 CHS1 CHS0 Analog Channel

0 0 0 Channel 0,(AN0)

0 0 1 Channel 1,(AN1)

0 1 0 Channel 2,(AN2)

0 1 1 Channel 3,(AN3)

1 0 0 Channel 4,(AN4)

1 0 1 Channel 5,(AN5)

1 1 0 Channel 6,(AN6)

1 1 1 Channel 7,(AN7)

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ADGO:
When ADON=1
1 = Starts A/D conversion(automatically cleared by
hardware when conversion is complete)
0 = A/D not in progress

ADON:
1 = A/D conversion module is powered up
0 = A/D conversion is shut off

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 ADCON1
Configure the functions of port pins

Bit 7 Bit 0
------- -------- ADFM ------ PCFG3 PCFG2 PCFG1 PCFG0

Bit 7:6 Unimplemented Read as 0

Bit 5 ADFM A/D result format select

Bit 4 Unimplemented Read as 0

Bit 3:0 PCFG3:PCFG0 A/D port configuration control bits

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 ADFM :
1 = Right justified. 6 MSB of ADRESH are read as 0
0 = Left justified. 6 LSB of ADRESL are read as 0

10- Bit Result

ADFM=1 ADFM=0

7 210 7 0 7 0 7 65 0

0000 00 RESULT RESULT 0 0 0000

ADRESH ADRESL ADRESH ADRESL

10-bit 10-bit
Right justified Left justified
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PCFG3:0 AN7 AN6 AN5 AN4 AN3 AN2 AN1 AN0
0000 A A A A A A A A
0001 A A A A VREF+ A A A
0010 D D D A A A A A
0011 D D D A VREF+ A A A
0100 D D D D A D A A
0101 D D D D VREF+ D A A
011X D D D D D D D D
1000 A A A A VREF+ VREF- A A
1001 D D A A A A A A
1010 D D A A VREF+ A A A
1011 D D A A VREF+ VREF- A A
1100 D D D A VREF+ VREF- A A
1101 D D D D VREF+ VREF- A A
1110 D D D D D D D A
1111 D D D D VREF+ VREF- D A
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