Q
In A/D timing for ADuC812 normaly I use low frequency of sample ( 50Khz and
lower) In DS AD declare that Frequency of A/D is MCLK / CK1,CK0 bit plus
AQ1,AQ0 table value
If I use 16Mhz clock I have a T of 1/16e6 = 62.5nS
One A/D conversione need of 16 ADC clk;
If I selecting CK1 and CK0 to zero MCLK divider is 1 .
Than for A/D conversion timing is (62.5ns x 16 ) plus AQ1, AQ0 table value
If I select AQ1 = 0 and AQ0 = 1 my final value is :
(62.5ns x 16 ) + (62.5ns x 2) = 1uS + 125ns = 1,125nS
This is value for 888Ksps!!
A/D on chip for AduC812 have a target for 200KspS or 5uS
My question is : Value of sample rate more higher that 200Ks are dangerus then
customer never must use this value ?
A
The ADuC812’s successive approximation ADC is driven by a divided down version
of the master clock. To ensure adequate ADC operation, this ADC clock must be
between 400KHz and 4MHz., and optimum performance is obtained with ADC clock
between 400KHz and 3MHz. Frequencies within this range can easily be achieved
with master clock frequencies from 400KHz to well above 16MHz with the four ADC
clock divide ratios to choose from. For example, with a 12MHz master clock, set
the ADC clock divide ratio to 4 (i.e. ADCCLK = MCLK / 4 = 3MHz) by setting the
appropriate bits in ADCCON1 (ADCCON1.5=1, ADCCON1.4=0).
There is no mechanism to prevent the user selecting an ADC conversion rate
higher than the recommended 200kHz. Selecting a conversion rate higher than
200kHz will not damage the part but the performance will be severly degraded.
Also note that at fast ADC conversion rates the micro core will not have much
time between serving ADC interuppts to do any calculations. Generally users
will make use of DMA mode when using fast conversion rates.
