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After the A/D conversion is completed or aborted, a
2 TAD wait is required before the next acquisition can
be started. After this wait, acquisition on the selected
channel is automatically started.
19.6 A/D Conversions
Figure 19-4 shows the operation of the A/D Converter
after the GO/DONE bit has been set and the
ACQT<2:0> bits are cleared. A conversion is started
after the following instruction to allow entry into Sleep
mode before the conversion begins.
Note:
The GO/DONE bit should NOT be set in
the same instruction that turns on the A/D.
Figure 19-5 shows the operation of the A/D Converter
after the GO/DONE bit has been set and the
ACQT<2:0> bits are set to ‘010’, and selecting a 4 TAD
acquisition time before the conversion starts.
19.7 Discharge
The discharge phase is used to initialize the value of
the capacitor array. The array is discharged before
every sample. This feature helps to optimize the unity-
gain amplifier, as the circuit always needs to charge the
capacitor array, rather than charge/discharge based on
previous measure values.
Clearing the GO/DONE bit during a conversion will abort
the current conversion. The A/D Result register pair will
NOT be updated with the partially completed A/D
conversion sample. This means the ADRESH:ADRESL
registers will continue to contain the value of the last
completed conversion (or the last value written to the
ADRESH:ADRESL registers).
FIGURE 19-4:
A/D CONVERSION TAD CYCLES (ACQT<2:0> = 000, TACQ = 0)
TCY - TAD
TAD6 TAD7 TAD8 TAD9 TAD10 TAD11 TAD1
TAD1 TAD2 TAD3 TAD4 TAD5
b7
b6
b4
b1
b0
b9
b8
b5
b3
b2
Conversion starts
Discharge
Holding capacitor is disconnected from analog input (typically 100 ns)
Set GO/DONE bit
On the following cycle:
ADRESH:ADRESL are loaded, GO/DONE bit is cleared,
ADIF bit is set, holding capacitor is connected to analog input.
FIGURE 19-5:
A/D CONVERSION TAD CYCLES (ACQT<2:0> = 010, TACQ = 4 TAD)
TAD Cycles
TACQT Cycles
7
8
9
10
b1
11 TAD1
b0
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
5
6
b7
b6
b3
b2
b8
b5
b4
b9
Automatic
Acquisition
Time
Discharge
Conversion starts
(Holding capacitor is disconnected)
Set GO/DONE bit
(Holding capacitor continues
acquiring input)
On the following cycle:
ADRESH:ADRESL are loaded, GO/DONE bit is cleared,
ADIF bit is set, holding capacitor is connected to analog input.
© 2008 Microchip Technology Inc.
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