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MCP_ADC
Arduino library for MCP3002 MCP3004 MCP3008 MCP3202 MCP3204 MCP3208
Description
This library reads the ADC ports of the MCP ADC convertors. The chips are communicates with SPI and support both hardware SPI or optional software SPI.
type | bits | channels | notes |
---|---|---|---|
MCP3002 | 10 | 2 | |
MCP3004 | 10 | 4 | |
MCP3008 | 10 | 8 | |
MCP3202 | 12 | 2 | |
MCP3204 | 12 | 4 | |
MCP3208 | 12 | 8 |
Current version allows manual override of the hardware SPI clock as the speed is not optimized per ADC type.
The MCP ADC allow single mode which compares voltage of a channel against GND. Furthermore they allow a differential mode which compares two channels IN+ and IN- to each other. if the IN+ is equal or below IN- the ADC will return 0.
Build into the library is a delta mode which is a software enhanced differential mode. This delta mode can return negative values too.
Interface
If the pins are not set in the constructor, the class will automatically use the hardware SPI, otherwise it will use a software SPI
- MCP3002(dataIn, dataOut, clock) constructor 10 bit ADC 2 channel
- MCP3004(dataIn, dataOut, clock) constructor 10 bit ADC 4 channel
- MCP3008(dataIn, dataOut, clock) constructor 10 bit ADC 8 channel
- MCP3202(dataIn, dataOut, clock) constructor 12 bit ADC 2 channel
- MCP3204(dataIn, dataOut, clock) constructor 12 bit ADC 4 channel
- MCP3208(dataIn, dataOut, clock) constructor 12 bit ADC 8 channel
- void begin(select) set select pin.
- uint8_t channels() returns the number of channels
- int16_t maxValue() returns maxReading of adc, e.g. 1023. This makes it easy to calculate relative measurements.
- int16_t analogRead(channel) reads the value of the channel
- int16_t differentialRead(channel) reads differential between two channels
Check datasheet for details
Note if the IN+ is equal or below IN- this function will return 0. - int16_t deltaRead(channel) reads differential like above however it will return a negative value if IN+ is below IN-.
- void setSPIspeed(speed) sets SPI clock in Hz, please read datasheet of the ADC first to get optimal speed.
- uint32_t getSPIspeed() gets current speed in Hz
Differential channel table
Channel | diff IN+ | diff IN- | MCP |
---|---|---|---|
0 | 0 | 1 | 3x02/3x04/3x08 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 3x02/3x04/3x08 |
2 | 2 | 3 | 3x04/3x08 |
3 | 3 | 2 | 3x04/3x08 |
4 | 4 | 5 | 3x08 |
5 | 5 | 4 | 3x08 |
6 | 6 | 7 | 3x08 |
7 | 7 | 6 | 3x08 |
debug
- bool usesHWSPI() returns true if HW SPI is used.
ESP32 specific
- void selectHSPI() in case hardware SPI, the ESP32 has two options HSPI and VSPI.
- void selectVSPI() see above.
- bool usesHSPI() returns true if HSPI is used.
- bool usesVSPI() returns true if VSPI is used.
- void setGPIOpins(clk, miso, mosi, select) overrule GPIO pins of ESP32 for hardware SPI.
About SPI Speed
See https://github.com/RobTillaart/MCP_ADC/issues/3
The default SPI speed is reduced to 1 MHz. This is the value recommended in the datasheet for 2.7V.
In a test with an ESP32 (3.3V) the library showed stable results at 4 Mhz and at 6 Mhz it was almost good.
The max value read at 6 MHz was 1020 instead of 1023 (MCP3008) which indicates that the last 2 bits got lost due to signal deformation.
Board | Voltage | safe | max |
---|---|---|---|
ESP32 | 2.7V | 1 MHz | 4 Mhz |
UNO | 5.0V | 2 MHz | 4 Mhz |
For hardware SPI the ESP32 uses the VSPI pins. (see ESP examples).
Future / ideas / improvements
- testing, a lot ...
- get / setF(float A, float B) => float readF(channel) output = A*value + B; it actually does float mapping. As it implies the same mapping for all it might not be that useful
- analogRead (mask, int array[8] ) read ports (set in mask) in an array in one call.
- ESP32 - how to integrate the HSPI interface.
Operations
See examples.