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Re: [lpc2000] LPC2129 ADC

2004-11-22 by Robert Adsett

At 04:43 PM 11/22/04 -0500, you wrote:
> >Two, when I take the value from ADDR I place it into an int. However
> >I am saving these values into an 8-bit value array so I have to
> >shift right twice (due to the ADC being 10-bit). Or so I thought.
> >The values I get from this array seem to be about right, but the
> >resolution is in steps of 8 or 16 not the expected 1. This is no
> >good for my application. I have also tried dividing by 4, but this
> >produces even stranger results!
>
>Have you compared before and after values?  If the division is not tracking
>the input values it's probably just a simple arithmetic error.

Also note that the A/D result register contains more than the result. The 
top 16 bits are various status fields and the low 6 bits are zero (allowing 
compatible expansion to 16 bits of resolution).


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