Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Arduino 5MSPS Oscilloscope revisited.

I have been testing various fast analog to digital converters with the Arduino.  There are two  objectives. I want to see if I can improve the old CA3306 version by getting rid of the glitches.  I want to add a FIFO that can push past 10MSPS as that was the fastest rate achieved previously.

The first picture is of a rebuilt version of the CA3306 circuit.

Next I tried a TLC5510.  The results were a bit noisy as seen in the next picture.

A picture of the TLC5510 screen.  The noise might not be the fault of the A to D converter.  The noise was cured by synchronizing the clocks.

TDA8703 Analog to Digital converter being tested.  At first it did not work until I increased the power from 4.2 volts (from USB) to 5 volts via an AC adapter.

I found a way to synchronize the clocks and thus reduce the amount of glitches!  Here is the video.


Here is a Youtube video showing the TLC5510 running without the clock glitches.


Here is a video showing a completed Arduino Oscilloscope with working selection switches.
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9 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 17, 2016 at 6:04 AM

    code please

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  2. Bens blogApril 20, 2016 at 3:35 PM

    Hi, I'd love to build this but I have no coding experience (or little) do you give out your code?

    Thanks
    Gary

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  3. Bens blogApril 24, 2016 at 11:53 AM

    So, are the codes available for this project sir?
    I would like to build this please Ben

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  4. Bob DavisApril 29, 2016 at 1:07 PM

    My code is elsewhere on my blog and in my book "Arduino Oscilloscope Projects" available on Amazon.com

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  5. ArunachalamAugust 2, 2016 at 10:20 PM

    Hi Bob,

    This is Arun from India.
    I purchased your book yesterday. Very Interesting read.
    I'm software engineer trying to learn hardware stuff. I have the following questions for you.

    1. Can i use TLC5510/TDA8703 to read SPI data. SPI interface data transfer rate is at least 10mbps. My requirement is to check if data is transferred or not in the interface.

    2. The TDA8703 can read up to 40MHZ. Is it possible that can read SPI interface data.
    3. Arduino UNO operates at 8MHZ/16Mhz. So if i use TDA8703/TLC5510 should i go ahead and use FIFO IC ?

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  6. Bob DavisAugust 3, 2016 at 12:35 PM

    Arunachalam - You will need a FIFO. There is also a cheap little USB 8 channel logic analyzer that could do the job. It is less than $20 on eBay. It works up to 25MHz.

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  7. Bob DavisApril 19, 2017 at 12:11 PM

    MY code is at: http://bobdavis321.blogspot.com/2015/07/22-or-24-or-28-inch-spi-tft-lcd-ili9341.html

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  8. UnknownJuly 13, 2017 at 6:25 AM

    Hello Bob,

    Im using ADC CA3306 for my raspberry pi oscilloscope project.

    1. What is the value of frequency clock you supply for your CA3306?
    2. and what is the most suitable clock generator to supply for the CA3306? is it any IC clock generator can be used? or I take from my Pi?

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  9. Bob DavisJuly 14, 2017 at 12:07 PM

    Any 5-10 MHz clock will work. For the Arduino I use 8 MHz and synchronize the clocks.

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