Can Dedicated Digital Volt Meter ICs Enhance Microcontroller-Based Projects?

AI Thread Summary
Dedicated digital voltmeter ICs can enhance microcontroller-based projects by providing accurate voltage measurements while ensuring electrical isolation, especially in high-voltage applications. The ICL7103A and ICL8052A are recommended chips that can measure DC voltages and communicate binary values back to the microcontroller. Using these ICs allows for safer operation when dealing with voltages up to 1000V, as they are designed to handle such ranges effectively. This approach can simplify the design and improve measurement accuracy compared to using the microcontroller's built-in A/D converters. Implementing dedicated voltmeter ICs is a practical solution for enhancing measurement capabilities in experimental setups.
Jdo300
Messages
548
Reaction score
5
Hello All,

I am working on a microcontroller-based control circuit that can generate different frequencies for experiments I am working on, but I also want to add a feature that allows the microcontroller to take voltage measurements from my test setups.

The 68HC12 controller board I am using does have several A/D converter channels on it but I am wondering if there are any dedicated digital volt meter ICs out there that can take the actual measurements and send back a binary value to my controller. The other reason I don't want to use the microcontroller itself is for isolation reasons. some of the tests I will do could involve voltages as high as 500-1000V so I am really looking for a chip that has the same voltage reading range as a standard DVM. All voltage readings would be DC to keep things simple (see attached diagram). Any help/tips would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Jason O
 

Attachments

  • Test Circuit.GIF
    Test Circuit.GIF
    2.8 KB · Views: 663
Last edited:
Engineering news on Phys.org
The ICL7103A/ICL8052A chips can do that for you.
 
Very basic question. Consider a 3-terminal device with terminals say A,B,C. Kirchhoff Current Law (KCL) and Kirchhoff Voltage Law (KVL) establish two relationships between the 3 currents entering the terminals and the 3 terminal's voltage pairs respectively. So we have 2 equations in 6 unknowns. To proceed further we need two more (independent) equations in order to solve the circuit the 3-terminal device is connected to (basically one treats such a device as an unbalanced two-port...
suppose you have two capacitors with a 0.1 Farad value and 12 VDC rating. label these as A and B. label the terminals of each as 1 and 2. you also have a voltmeter with a 40 volt linear range for DC. you also have a 9 volt DC power supply fed by mains. you charge each capacitor to 9 volts with terminal 1 being - (negative) and terminal 2 being + (positive). you connect the voltmeter to terminal A2 and to terminal B1. does it read any voltage? can - of one capacitor discharge + of the...
Thread 'Weird near-field phenomenon I get in my EM simulation'
I recently made a basic simulation of wire antennas and I am not sure if the near field in my simulation is modeled correctly. One of the things that worry me is the fact that sometimes I see in my simulation "movements" in the near field that seems to be faster than the speed of wave propagation I defined (the speed of light in the simulation). Specifically I see "nodes" of low amplitude in the E field that are quickly "emitted" from the antenna and then slow down as they approach the far...
Back
Top