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What Is an ADC With Enhanced Features?


It is often necessary to run some type of computation or analysis on your Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) results, whether it is filtering or verifying if a value falls within a certain range or not. Software is normally needed to handle these computations which ties up your Central Processing Unit (CPU). Using an Analog-to-Digital Converter with Computation and Context Saving provides the ability to do complex operations on the data collected by the ADC, as well as ADC channel sequencing and configuration management with zero CPU intervention.

These on-chip features eliminate the need for you to write code to see if your readings fall inside or outside of a certain window. You also will not need to average sample readings, filter sample readings or even manage contextual channel configurations for your application. The intelligent analog ADC peripheral functions independently instead of tying up CPU resources.

See the ADC in Action


Click the button below to access a live and interactive demo of the ADC rejecting noise present on the signal. The type of noise injected, the amount of oversampling  and other demo  parameters can be set by taking control of the demo. 

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Implemented features vary by device family. Please consult the device's data sheet for specifics.

8-bit Microcontrollers With an Analog-to-Digital Converter With Enhanced Features


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ADC Videos


How to Use Threshold Comparisons and Averaging on a PIC® MCU

Have you ever wanted to filter noise on an incoming analog signal? Would you like your system to notify you when an analog signal goes above, below, inside or outside of a defined window? If so, then this video will explain how to use the Analog-to-Digital Converter with Computation or ADCC to average a noisy signal from an incoming sensor. This video will also show how to use the ADCC threshold comparison to give an interrupt any time the input signal falls outside of a certain window.

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