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12-bit converter upgrades µC's ADC

The simple circuit in Fig 1 and an accompanying software routine let you easily substitute a multichannel 12-bit ADC for the 8-bit ADC internal to the 87C752 µC. A single assembly can then implement both the low- and high-performance version of a system. A socket lets you plug in the external ADC when you need it; otherwise, you plug in the network of 10 100V resistors. At power-up, the µC executes a routine that looks for the external converter.

Source Link : http://www.edn.com/archives/1994/070794/14di5.htm

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18-bit ADC uses PC's serial port

A PC usually requires a plug-in ADC card to process analog signals. However, with the circuitry in Figure 1, a PC can communicate with an 18-bit ADC through its serial port. The port provides both positive and negative power supplies as well as control signals. IC1 is an 18-bit MAX132 ADC with a serial interface. It requires three input control signals, , DIN, and SCLK, and emits serial data, DOUT, and EOC (end-of-conversion) signals.

Source Link : http://www.edn.com/article/CA159691.html

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2-channel ADC tags its own output

The circuit in Fig 1 shows a simple way to operate a 1-MHz, 12-bit ADC (IC1) in DMA mode while alternating between its two analog-input channels. The converter operates continuously, driven by the 1-MHz clock on the S/H input. Tying RD and CS low ensures that data are always present on the ADC's output bus. The outputs of the 74HC74 flip-flop, IC2, change state on the rising edge of the end-of-conversion (EOC) signal.

Source Link : http://www.edn.com/archives/1994/042894/09di4.htm

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4-bit µP's A/D converter decodes keypad's inputs

Fig 1 shows a Mitsubishi M50927-XXXSP/FP 4-bit microcontroller decoding a 4×4 keypad using only four digital I/O lines instead of eight. Saving four of a 4-bit µC's precious I/O lines couild be significant. The 4-bit µC's ADC provides the key to the savings. The µC's output lines, F1 through F4, energize the keypad's column lines one at a time via 74HC4049 buffer/ driver. If a user presses a key, the µC's ADC reads an analog voltage coresponding to the row of the pressed key.

Link Source:http://www.edn.com/archives/1994/101394/21di6.htm

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Logic Probe by 74LS47

This circuit is a Logic Probe. It indicates the logic state of the node of any TTL logic circuit. To do that, we have to supply the probe with the same power of the circuit that we want to analyse: same Vcc and same GND. ...

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