
PIC16F87XA
DS39582A-page 130
Advance Information
2001 Microchip Technology Inc.
11.4
A/D Conversions
Clearing the GO/DONE bit during a conversion will
abort the current conversion. The A/D result register
pair will NOT be updated with the partially completed
A/D conversion sample. That is, the ADRESH:ADRESL
registers will continue to contain the value of the last
completed conversion (or the last value written to the
ADRESH:ADRESL registers). After the A/D conversion
is aborted, the next acquisition on the selected channel
is automatically started. The GO/DONE bit can then be
set to start the conversion.
In Figure 11-3, after the GO bit is set, the first time seg-
ment has a minimum of T
CY
and a maximum of T
AD
FIGURE 11-3:
A/D CONVERSION T
AD
CYCLES
11.4.1
A/D RESULT REGISTERS
The ADRESH:ADRESL register pair is the location
where the 10-bit A/D result is loaded at the completion
of the A/D conversion. This register pair is 16-bits wide.
The A/D module gives the flexibility to left or right justify
the 10-bit result in the 16-bit result register. The A/D
Format Select bit (ADFM) controls this justification.
Figure 11-4 shows the operation of the A/D result justi-
fication. The extra bits are loaded with ’0’s’. When an
A/D result will not overwrite these locations (A/D dis-
able), these registers may be used as two general
purpose 8-bit registers.
FIGURE 11-4:
A/D RESULT JUSTIFICATION
Note:
The GO/DONE bit should
NOT
be set in
the same instruction that turns on the A/D.
T
AD
1
T
AD
2
T
AD
3
T
AD
4
T
AD
5
T
AD
6
T
AD
7
T
AD
8
T
AD
9
Set GO bit
Holding capacitor is disconnected from analog input (typically 100 ns)
b9
b8
b7
b6
b5
b4
b3
b2
T
AD
10 T
AD
11
b1
b0
T
CY
to T
AD
Conversion starts
ADRES is loaded
GO bit is cleared
ADIF bit is set
Holding capacitor is connected to analog input
10-bit Result
ADRESH
ADRESL
0000 00
ADFM = 0
0
2 1 0 7
7
10-bit Result
ADRESH
ADRESL
10-bit Result
0000 00
7
0 7 6 5
0
ADFM = 1
Right Justified
Left Justified