Ic 7107 As Voltmeter
Ic 7107 As Voltmeter
Ic 7107 As Voltmeter
Description.
The circuit given here is of a very useful and accurate digital
voltmeter with LED display using the ICL7107 from Intersil. The
ICL7107 is a high performance, low power, 3.5 digit analog to
digital converter. The IC includes internal circuitry for seven
segment decoders, display drivers, reference voltage source
and a clock. The power dissipation is less than 10mW and the
display stability is very high.
The working of this electronic circuit is very simple. The voltage
to be measured is converted into a digital equivalent by the
ADC inside the IC and then this digital equivalent is decoded to
the seven segment format and then displayed. The ADC used in
ICL7107 is dual slope type ADC. The process taking place inside
our ADC can be stated as follows. For a fixed period of time the
voltage to be measured is integrated to obtain a ramp at the
output of the integrator. Then a known reference voltage of
opposite polarity is applied to the input of the integrator and
allowed to ramp until the output of integrator becomes zero.
The time taken for the negative slope to reach zero is
measured in terms of the IC’s clock cycle and it will be
proportional to the voltage under measurement. In simple
words, the input voltage is compared to an internal reference
voltage and the result is converted in a digital format.The
resistor R2 and C1 are used to set the frequency of IC’s internal
clock. Capacitor C2 neutralizes the fluctuations in the internal
reference voltage and increases the stability of the display.R4
controls the range of the voltmeter. Right most three displays
are connected so that they can display all digits. The left most
display is so connected that it can display only “1” and “-“.The
pin5(representing the dot) is connected to ground only for the
third display and its position needs to be changed when you
change the range of the volt meter by altering R4. (R4=1.2K
gives 0-20V range, R4=12K gives 0-200V range ).
Notes.
Assemble the circuit on a good quality PCB.
The circuit can be powered from a +/_5V dual supply.
For calibration, power up the circuit and short the input terminals.
Then adjust R6 so that the display reads 0V.
The ICL7107 is a CMOS device and it is very sensitive to static
electricity. So avoid touching the IC pins with your bare hands.
The seven segment displays must by common anodeing fine.
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IC 7107 AS VOLTMETER CKT. DIAGRAM