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This document provides instructions for an lab exercise involving programming an ARM microcontroller to function as a digital thermometer. It describes using the microcontroller's analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to read the voltage output of an LM60 temperature sensor and convert it to a temperature value in degrees Celsius. The relationships between sensor output voltage and temperature are defined. Students are tasked with writing a program to read the analog sensor value, convert it to temperature, and display the result on an LCD screen using a provided template.

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Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa Institute of Technology School of Electrical & Computer Engineering

This document provides instructions for an lab exercise involving programming an ARM microcontroller to function as a digital thermometer. It describes using the microcontroller's analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to read the voltage output of an LM60 temperature sensor and convert it to a temperature value in degrees Celsius. The relationships between sensor output voltage and temperature are defined. Students are tasked with writing a program to read the analog sensor value, convert it to temperature, and display the result on an LCD screen using a provided template.

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Addis Ababa University

Addis Ababa Institute of Technology


School of Electrical & Computer Engineering

ECEG- 4501 Microcomputers & Interfacing

Lab4: ARM Based MCU Programming: ADC

Introduction

ADC (Analog to Digital Converter) is a hardware that converts analog signals into digital. It can be
used to acquire signals from analog devices (e.g. from sensors). LPC2148 has two 10-bit ADCs with
8 channels at each ADC. The ADCs have the following features:

Input analog voltage: 0V 3.3V


Output digital value: 0 1023 (10 bits)

The pins associated with ADC in LPC2148 are shown below.

LPC2148

V3A ADC Power Supply (3.3V)


AD0.0 - AD0.7 VSSA ADC Ground
ADC Inputs
AD1.0 - AD1.7 VREF ADC Reference Voltage

The ADC reference voltage determines the range of input analog voltage values. It can be from 0V
to 3.3V. For our purpose VREF = 3.3V.

The digital value read from the ADC is in the range of 0 to 1023 (10-bit ADC). The digital value is
given as:

In this lab you will learn how to read analog value from a temperature sensor and convert the
voltage reading into temperature reading.

For the lab exercise we will use an IC temperature sensor, LM60. The sensor has the following
characteristics:

Linear voltage output of +6.25mV/0C


Offset voltage output of +424mV (It outputs +424mV at 00C, 6.25mV+424mV at 10C, and so
on )

1
Can be supplied with a single +2.7V - +10V power supply

For our exercise the sensor output is connected to AD0.6 input of LPC2148.

The relationship between sensor voltage output and temperature value is given as

( ) ( )

Example sensor output values and corresponding temperature values are given in the following
table.

Sensor Output (Vo) Temperature


(mV) (T) (0C)
424 0
486.5 10
549 20
611.5 30

Task: Digital Thermometer


Using the provided template, write a program that reads the analog output from the
temperature sensor, converts this value into a temperature value in degree centigrade, and
displays the temperature value on an LCD.

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