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I am building an autoranging digital voltmeter as the subject line suggests and am having a problem with the ICL7107 chip that I am using. Looking at figure 15 on: http://www.intersil.com/data/fn/fn3082.pdf
specifically RefHI and RefLO, with a 2V max input difference between the pos and neg inputs. I do not necessarily have the negative input at 0 volts, and therefore would like assistance on how to use the Vref inputs. Do I need to set Vref=1V greater than the low input, or should it be 1V with repect to ground? Also why does the figure show a potentiometer rather than simply using resistors? Also should I just short the COM pin to my low input? I am unsure of how it actually functions after reading the cryptic explanation on the data sheet. Thank you for your assistance.
Kevin Hurley
specifically RefHI and RefLO, with a 2V max input difference between the pos and neg inputs. I do not necessarily have the negative input at 0 volts, and therefore would like assistance on how to use the Vref inputs. Do I need to set Vref=1V greater than the low input, or should it be 1V with repect to ground? Also why does the figure show a potentiometer rather than simply using resistors? Also should I just short the COM pin to my low input? I am unsure of how it actually functions after reading the cryptic explanation on the data sheet. Thank you for your assistance.
Kevin Hurley