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[ts-7000] Odd effect ADC sampling LED on TS7250

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Subject: [ts-7000] Odd effect ADC sampling LED on TS7250
From: "j.chitte" <>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:51:01 -0000
Hi,

I'm using an LED as a light sensor. It is shunted by 200k and buffered by a 
voltage follower, then sampled by the MAX197 on the 7250. The follower has a 2k 
pull down resistor since the op-amp can't sink enough current at outputs near 
the 0V rail.

All other channels seem to sample correctly but don't sample this low. This one 
seems to need double read on low voltages.

Subsequent samplings seem correct but after delay of about a minute the initial 
reading is at or near zero.

$ ./adc_logger -c 4 3,0 && sleep 15 && ./adc_logger -c 4 3,0
# ch3

0.071 
0.067 
0.071 
0.067 
# ch3

0.068 
0.070 
0.000 
0.070 
$ ./adc_logger -c 4 3,0 && sleep 60 && ./adc_logger -c 4 3,0
# ch3

0.072 
0.070 
0.071 
0.071 
# ch3

0.002 
0.071 
0.072 
0.076 

Testing the input to the follower shows the expected final value and is 
constant.

I'm having a bit of difficulty seeing what may be happening, any ideas?

TIA. 




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