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- From: luckey@rtfm.mlb.fl.us (Jon Luckey)
- Subject: Re: Soundblaster for low rent data acquisition?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.221724.2124@rtfm.mlb.fl.us>
- Organization: We don't need no stinkin' batches!
- References: <PHR.92Dec22195830@napa.telebit.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 22:17:24 GMT
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- phr@telebit.com (Paul Rubin) writes:
-
- >I am interested in a cheap way to monitor some slowly changing
- >voltages (read: DC) in a piece of test equipment. 8-bit resolution
- >is fine. I can scale the voltages to the 0-1 VDC range (or similar)
- >using resistor networks if I need to.
-
- I'd worry about common mode/ ground loop problems if you are using
- any PC port as an A to D without some sort of DC isolation.
-
- What I'd do is get a serial A to D convertor such as the Texas
- Instruments ADC831 or TLC549, probably the latter since its CMOS.
-
- To interface to this you need two outputs from your PC and one
- input. I have used a printer port for projects like this.
- With only three signals, you can power the ADC circuit from a battery,
- avoiding grounding problem, and use opto-isolators to connect
- to the PC.
-
- Then to drive the software, you activate the CS chipselect to start
- the conversion. then pulse the I/O CLOCK line, sampling the input
- to collect the serial bits.
-
- It should be way cheaper than $79 if your time to build and program
- is 'free'
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