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GetADC (function form)
Type
Function returning Integer
Invocation
GetADC(pin)
Parameter
Method
Type
Description
pin
ByVal
Byte
The pin from which to read an analog voltage.
Discussion
This function performs an analog-to-digital conversion of the voltage present on the specified pin which
must be one of the analog port pins (see the table below). The return value will be a 10-bit digital
approximation of the input voltage with a range from zero to the AVcc reference voltage (usually +5 volts).
The return value represents the measured voltage voltage according to the formula V
ref
* adcVal /
1024 where V
ref
is the AVcc reference voltage and adcVal is the value returned by GetADC().
You must make the specified pin an input before calling this routine.
The conversion is performed using the AVcc reference voltage (connected internally to Vcc on the ZX-24,
ZX-24a, ZX-24p, ZX-24n, ZX-24e, ZX-24ae, ZX-128e and ZX-1281e).
Resource Usage
The ZX processors contain a single analog-to-digital converter thus allowing only one converstion to be
performed at a time. The conversion process takes approximately 220uS during which time the calling
task will be wait for conversion completion.
Only analog port pins may be used to perform an analog-to-digital conversion. The analog port pins vary
depending on the ZX model and some ZX models have more analog input pins available.
Analog Ports and Pins
ZX Models
Port
Pins
Port
Pins
ZX-24, ZX-24a, ZX-24p, ZX-24n
PortA
13-20
-
-
ZX-40, ZX-40a, ZX-40p, ZX-40n
PortA
33-40
-
-
ZX-44, ZX-44a, ZX-44p, ZX-44n
PortA
30-37
-
-
ZX-24e, ZX-24ae
PortA
29-36
-
-
ZX-1281, ZX-1281n
PortF
54-61
-
-
ZX-1280, ZX-1280n
PortF
90-97
PortK
82-89
ZX-24e, ZX-24ae
PortA
29-36
-
-
ZX-128e, ZX-1281e
PortF
29-36
-
-
Compatibility
Although the BasicX manual indicates that that it is not necessary to configure the pin to be an input
before calling, tests indicate that it is, in fact, necessary to do so. Consequently, the behavior of this
implementation matches the actual behavior of the BasicX platform.