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11/29/05 12:04
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#104338 - Precision of these ADCs is much lower
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Andy said:
Purely for the sake of example, let's say that your Least-Significant Bit (LSB) represents 1 gramme.

Your full-scale, 24-bit reading is 0xFFFFFF = 16,777,215 - nearly 17 tonnes!! :-0

These 24bit ADC show an effective precision of no more than 16...18bit. This is due to noise and other imperfections. So, to use such a 24bit ADC makes sense for wheighing applications.

Ravi,
If I remember correctly, Texas Instruments has a micro, containing a '51 core and a 24bit ADC, built for wheighing applications. Noise is very low.

Kai

List of 18 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
low cost ADC            01/01/70 00:00      
   What is needed??            01/01/70 00:00      
      weighing scale application            01/01/70 00:00      
         USE TI ADC ADS1242 COSTS $2 10K PIECES            01/01/70 00:00      
         Why 24 bits?            01/01/70 00:00      
            1,00,000 counts            01/01/70 00:00      
               How many??            01/01/70 00:00      
                  100,000 (one hundred thousand)            01/01/70 00:00      
                     10ppm            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Low cost ADC            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Using loadcell?            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Load cell            01/01/70 00:00      
               I do not see how that can be done            01/01/70 00:00      
            Precision of these ADCs is much lower            01/01/70 00:00      
   Oxymoron?            01/01/70 00:00      
      how often do we see            01/01/70 00:00      
         Not quite true Erik            01/01/70 00:00      
            Poor specification            01/01/70 00:00      

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