A/D Converter - Free Running Mode

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Hierarchy: A/D prevodník

The A/D converter has one interesting option to measure the analog signal as quickly as possible. Starting a new analogue measurement can be triggered by the end of the previous measurement. This mode is called Free Running.

Example

The Free Running mode is set in the ADCSRB register. All ADTS[0-2] bits must be set to 0. The first measurement must be run by setting the bit ADSC. It is also necessary to set the bit ADATE, which invokes the automatic startup according to the set ADTS bit combination.

In order not to be an entirely boring example, using the variable counter in the interrupt, I count how many measurements Arduino did in one second. In such a clock setting, Arduino will make about 9600 measurements in one second. If you need more measurements then you can manipulate the prescaler with bits ADPS. Without more serious problems with reduced accuracy, you can set the value to 16 to get about 77,000 measurements per second.

const byte adc_pin = A0; // = 14 (pins_arduino.h)
volatile unsigned long counter = 0;
unsigned long counter_last = 0;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin (115200);
  Serial.println("ADC Auto Trigger");

  ADCSRB = 0; // ADTS[0-2]=0 - Free Running mode
  ADCSRA = bit(ADEN) // Turn ADC on
           | bit(ADATE) // ADC Auto Trigger Enable
           | bit(ADIE) // Enable interrupt
           | bit(ADPS0) | bit(ADPS1) | bit(ADPS2); // Prescaler of 128
  ADMUX  = bit(REFS0) // AVCC
           | ((adc_pin - 14) & 0x07); // Arduino Uno to ADC pin
  bitSet(ADCSRA, ADSC);
}

void loop() {
  uint8_t SREG_old = SREG;
  noInterrupts();
  unsigned long cnt = counter;
  SREG = SREG_old;
 
  Serial.print("adc_value = ");
  Serial.print(ADC);
  Serial.print(", counter = ");
  Serial.print(cnt);
  Serial.print(" (+");
  Serial.print(cnt - counter_last);
  Serial.println(")");
  counter_last = cnt;
  delay(1000);
}

// ADC complete ISR
ISR(ADC_vect) {
  counter++;
}

Source code

The source code is located on the GitHub server.


11.10.2018

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