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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: TS-ADC24 on TS-7800
From: "charliem_1216" <>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:45:24 -0000
--- In  "kvnherrera" <> wrote:
>
> I finally found the answer!!!
> 
>        The designers didn't include the ADC documentation on the manual, and 
> that was the real problem. The deal is that in 0-5 V range you don't read 
> from 0-4095 (like you would expect, or at least like I would).
> 
>        The thing is that 0 = 2048 but it's not wrong!, because the scale it's 
> split, so 0 end's in the middle (next to 4095), like in 3.5V; add noise and 
> lack of experience in this kind of hardware and you get lot of pain...

Hi Kevin --

Sorry, I didn't notice that was your problem the first time.  The ADC returning 
signed values has confused a few people on this list.  More background and and 
links to past threads are here:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ts-7000/message/11067

regards, ........ Charlie

> 
> 
>        I really hope that this help's someone else.
> 
>                                   Kevin H.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In  Matthew Harrell <lists-keyword-yahoo.fd265e@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > > I think that maybe you're right,the only thing is that I keep reading 
> > > weird 
> > > numbers, for example if I connect it to 0V I read a 2095. Do I need to 
> > > wire
> > > something in order to read 0 with 0V, or why am I getting this behavior?
> > 
> > I do usually read noise on the line even when nothing is there.  It's a 
> > relatively steady number but mine tends to be about 1000.  You can 
> > experiment
> > with the voltage range values and other settings to adjust that but I did
> > always notice some noise.  If you're not doing it already then maybe you 
> > should try using it in differential mode so you're measing the difference
> > between the signal lines and not just the total signal
> > 
> > -- 
> >   Matthew Harrell
> >   Bit Twiddlers, Inc.
> >   mharrell@
> >
>




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