info about setup of the AD clock using PIC18F

[ik1wvq]

Hi,

I need to done AD conversions as fast as possible (18F2620 - 16MHz clock) without using SLEEP.

I normally used:

[Ttelmah]

Yes.
As a 'comment', the second part, controls whether the ADC waits before starting the reading. _If_ the reading was in a tight loop, just reading the value, and doing little else, there is not time for the internal capacitor to recharge between readings. The second part allows you to set the ADC, to wait for the capacitor to charge, before taking the value. This is section 19.2 of the data sheet. Provided the total loop time for repeated readings, (excluding the actual ADC reading), is more than 2.4uSec, and at least this much time is also present between selecting the ADC channel, and taking a reading, selecting 'MUL_0' as you have, is OK.

People not realising that the internal clock is not really suitable to get good accuracy from the ADC at higher clock frequencies, is one of my 'bug bears', so 'well done', for reading the data sheet.

Best Wishes

[ik1wvq]

many thanks Ttelmah. you are the best...

Mauro