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adhemp

PWMcontrolwithinputfromADC
Posted:ThuApr05,20076:06pm

Heyguys,I'mcurrentlyworkingontemperaturesensingprojectwhereIwouldliketoalterthedutycyclecomingfrom
myPIC(16F877)basedonthetemperaturereadfromathermistor.Ihavethethermistorasonelegofavoltage

Joined:05Apr2007
Posts:3

dividercircuitwho'svoltageoutputissenttoanopampforbuffering,thentotheADCofthePIC.

I'mnotsureifI'mmissingsomethingsimpleinmyADCcodeorwhat,butifyoucouldtakealookandofferany
suggestionsthenI'dbemostappreciative...thanks!

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PCMprogrammer

Posted:ThuApr05,200711:26pm

HereisalinktoademoprogramthatshowshowtoreadtheA/D
anddisplaytheresultasavoltage.

Joined:06Sep2003
Posts:19034

http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28842&start=7
Thatprogramisn't100%applicabletoyourproblem,butitmighthelp.

Here'sabetteridea.You'rerunningtheA/Din10bitmode,and
presumablyyourboardisrunningat+5v.SotheA/Dvalueread
fora+5vinputwillbe1023.Fora0voltinput,itwillbe0.
For3volts,itwillbe(3/5)*1023=approximately614.

Youdon'tneedtoconverttherawA/Dvaluetoasingledigit"volts"
value.Youalreadyknowthatifyouread614,it'sat3.0volts.
Soyoucandefineaconstantthatrepresentsthe3vlevel.Thenuse
thatconstantinyourcode:
Code:
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Also,youneedtolookabitmorecloselyatyourlogicinthecode
thatsetsthePWMdutycycle.Whatifthevoltageisexactly3volts?
Yourcodedoesn'thandlethatstate.
Whatifthevoltagechangesslightlyeveryfewmilliseconds,dueto
noise?Whatifonemomentit's2.95volts,andthenit's3.01volts,etc.
Yourprogramwouldconstantlydofairlylargechangesindutycycle.
Youneedtolookintotheconceptof"hysteresis".
Lastly,doyoureallyneed10bitsofresolution?It'spossiblethatthe
bottomoneortwobitsmightbenoise,anyway.Itmightbebetterto
usetheA/Din8bitmodeandjustreadavaluefrom0to255fromit.
Idon'tknowyourrequirements,sothat'sjustasuggestion.
adhemp

Joined:05Apr2007
Posts:3

Posted:FriApr06,20073:35pm

Thanksforyourhelp...I'mnowabletoswitchbetweendutycyclesbasedonchangingvoltageinthedividernetwork.I
ranintoanotherproblemtodaythatIcouldn'tquiteunderstand.TheinputintotheADConthePICisinitially~3.8V,
measuredwithanoscilloscope.
IfIrunthefollowingcode:

Code:
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VHWBSZPBGXW\GXW\F\FOHRQSLQ&
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thenIwouldexpecttohaveadutycycleof50%showninitially.However,thedutycyclebeginsat75%andthen
switchesto50%atapproximately3.4V.Oddly,thetransitionbetweenthe50and15%dutycyclesoccursat3V,as
expected.
Doyouknowwhythisinitialdutycyclewouldbeoffbutthesecondtransitionat3Vwouldnotbe?
Thanks!
PCMprogrammer

Posted:FriApr06,20074:25pm

1.Postthe#definestatementsforthoseconstants.

Joined:06Sep2003
Posts:19034

2.Verifythattheoscilloscopeiscalibratedproperlybycheckingthe
A/Dinputvoltagewithavoltmeter(assumingit'saDCvoltage).

adhemp

3.MeasuretheVddvoltageforyourPICwithavoltmeter.Isit5.0v?
Posted:SatApr07,20073:23pm

Figureditout...sillymistakeonmypartinhowIdefinedmyconstants.Thanksforyourhelp.

Joined:05Apr2007
Posts:3

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