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Assgmient 21 Objetives:: Single-Slope ADC Architecture

This document describes the design and testing of a digital voltmeter using a dual-slope integrating analog-to-digital conversion technique. Key points: 1. The dual-slope ADC works by integrating the input voltage for a fixed time, then "de-integrating" with a known reference voltage for a variable time. 2. Through testing, the student measured a voltage of 187.7mV but needs to adjust the reference voltage to correctly read 100mV. 3. Calculations show the reference voltage should be 1V for a full-scale input of 2V. Testing showed errors always less than 1%.

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Assgmient 21 Objetives:: Single-Slope ADC Architecture

This document describes the design and testing of a digital voltmeter using a dual-slope integrating analog-to-digital conversion technique. Key points: 1. The dual-slope ADC works by integrating the input voltage for a fixed time, then "de-integrating" with a known reference voltage for a variable time. 2. Through testing, the student measured a voltage of 187.7mV but needs to adjust the reference voltage to correctly read 100mV. 3. Calculations show the reference voltage should be 1V for a full-scale input of 2V. Testing showed errors always less than 1%.

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Rodrigo Tavarez

2017-0392 (Erasmus)

ASSGMIENT 21
Objetives:
 Reach a good level of comprehension of the dual slope integrating technique widely used for
digital multimeter.
 Be able to choose the external components designing a 200 mV Digital Voltmeter.
Hardware required
Digital Panel Meter kit, Frequency counter Oscilloscope, 4 (1/2) digital DVM, ±5 power supply,
+15 Power Supply, Feedback kit EEC740/1, heliport.
Theorical Introduction

Single-Slope ADC Architecture

The simplest form of an integrating ADC uses a single-slope architecture (Figures 1a and 1b).
Here, an unknown input voltage is integrated and the value compared against a known reference
value. The time it takes for the integrator to trip the comparator is proportional to the unknown
voltage (TINT/VIN). In this case, the known reference voltage must be stable and accurate to
guarantee the accuracy of the measurement.
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Double slope integrating method

A dual-slope ADC (DS-ADC) integrates an unknown input voltage (VIN) for a fixed amount of
time (TINT), then "de-integrates" (TDEINT) using a known reference voltage (VREF) for a
variable amount of time (see Figure 2)

Formulas:
Tx t 1∗Vi
Nx= = t1=m*Tc
Tc Tc∗Vref
m∗Vin
Nx= Where: m is clock pulses (integer)
Vref
Vi= input voltage under measurement
Vref= reference voltage

Questions:

1- What is the reading of your DVM? 187.7mV


2- What kind of corrections do you suggest if VREF≠100mV? Original number 101.1mV. To change
this number to 100mV we should change the value of R’REF.
3- What should be the value of the reference voltage for the full-scale reading 2v?

Vin 2
VREF=1000 =1000 =1 v
Nx 200
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2017-0392 (Erasmus)

4- What is the form, the V peak-to-peak value and the frequency of the oscillator or signal?

F=
1
¿¿

5- What frequency value you would suggest in order to secure 50Hz noise suppression? Any
frequency multiple of 50Hz, like 100Hz, 200Hz, 500Hz…
6- What is the value of Rosc= if fosc=50kHz and Cosc=100pF?

0.45 0.45
Rosc= = =90 kΩ
Cosc∗fosc (50 kHz)(100 x 10e-12)

7- Why increasing the input voltage leads the following effect measured by the probe on TP4? As we
increase the voltage we are increasing the amplitude of the wave.

Practical 21.7

m 4 6 10 18 19 19
Vin 0 2 4 10 20 80 120 150
V 0 0 0 0 0 5
m 2. 10. 20. 4 6 79. 10 119 149 18 19 19
V - 4.1
V 2 1 1 0 0 9 0 .9 .9 0 0 5
- - -
  0. 0.0 0.0 0.0
  - 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
% 1 5 5 5
5 5 5
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2017-0392 (Erasmus)

CONCLUSION
Using the dual slope integrating method, we can create a real accuracy voltmeter. To make that we should
configurate the voltage reference, and for that is necessary to have the current resistance reference. While
we get correct voltage reference, we can see the frequency and the form of the wave change; but the don’t,
and that is what we are interested.
Our frequency generator is generating a different as we can see in the video is 100 in the display, but when
we calculate we get approximately 35.7kHz that me be caused because of the distortion of the wave.
But as I said before the new shape of the wave doesn’t change its peaks values, as we notice in the
practice 21.7 in the table the error is always less than 1%.

Reference

https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/design/technical-documents/tutorials/1/1041.html

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