Hi 2 all, Actually iam doing a project where i have to convert the analog voltage to digital and read it's output. I have done the program for generating the sclock and ss/ for ADC(Max187) and getting the serial 12 bit data output successfully.... But iam not able to convert this serial 12 bit data to parallel using 89C51 controller... Can anyone help me by giving some hints or a sample program for it please....
The shifting of serial bits from SPI to/from a parallel register is no different from shifting any other serial bits to/from a parallel register - so you can use any such example to see how it's done.
There is nothing specific to the 8051 or Keil here - it is all just basic 'C' skills...
Just verify if you do want to transfer 8 bits to one register and then 4 bits to the next register, or if the data is sent in the bit order that you want to do the reverse - receive only 4 bits to the first register before then receiving the remaining 8 bits.
Actually i want just 4MSB bit's of that 12bit serial data to convert into parallel data... Thanks...
Now, why would you select a 12-bit ADC if you only want a 4-bit conversion?
If having 4 bits and full range is 0 to 5V, then each step would represent 0,33V, so one tick up or down is more than the allowed tolerance for the 5V supply. 4 bits would also be unsuitable for measuring battery voltages, unless you don't measure relative to ground but have an offset voltage you measure against.