Cecchi: Aggiunto esperimento con MCP3204 Analog to Digital Converter

2018-04-13T08:06:59Z

Aggiunto esperimento con MCP3204 Analog to Digital Converter

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This experiment shows how to communicate between an Arduino (Nano in this case) and a MCP3204 using SPI.

The MCP3204 is a 4-Channel 12-Bit A/D Converters with SPI Serial Interface. Device information here: http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/21298e.pdf.

You can find the SPI library reference here: https://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/SPI

Arduino Nano specialized pins functions for SPI: 10 (SS), 11 (MOSI), 12 (MISO), 13 (SCK).

We connected the Arduino Nano to work as master.

[[File:MCP3204_Arduino.png|400px]]
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The source code of the Arduino's sketch is:
<source lang='C'>

/* Analog to Digital Converter */

/* Input: Analog signal to CH0 of the MCP3204
* Output: Serial print
*/

#include <SPI.h>

//2 byte to store 12 bits
byte byte0; //highbyte for bit11-8
byte byte1; //lowbyte for bit7-0

int cs=10; //chipselect

void setup(){
pinMode(cs, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(cs, HIGH);
SPI.begin();
SPI.setBitOrder(MSBFIRST); //MSB goes first out
SPI.setClockDivider(SPI_CLOCK_DIV16); //1Mhz SPI clock
Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop(){
digitalWrite(cs, LOW);
SPI.transfer(0x18); //0b0000011000 configuration bits: five 0's, startbit, sind/diff, D2,D1,D0(in this case channel 0)
byte0=SPI.transfer(0x00); //transfer something to request data (synchronous communication)
byte1=SPI.transfer(0x00); //transfer something to request data (synchronous communication)
digitalWrite(cs, HIGH);

uint16_t myword;
myword = ( byte0 << 8 | byte1 ) & 0b111111111111; //cast to keep only our 12 bits
Serial.print("merged word:");
Serial.println(myword, DEC);

delay(1000);
}

</source>

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Cecchi: Aggiunto esperimento con MCP3204 Analog to Digital Converter