Analog-to-digital converter (ADC) RM0090
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13 Analog-to-digital converter (ADC)
This section applies to the whole STM32F4xx family, unless otherwise specified.
13.1 ADC introduction
The 12-bit ADC is a successive approximation analog-to-digital converter. It has up to 19
multiplexed channels allowing it to measure signals from 16 external sources, two internal
sources, and the V
BAT
channel. The A/D conversion of the channels can be performed in
single, continuous, scan or discontinuous mode. The result of the ADC is stored into a left-
or right-aligned 16-bit data register.
The analog watchdog feature allows the application to detect if the input voltage goes
beyond the user-defined, higher or lower thresholds.
13.2 ADC main features
• 12-bit, 10-bit, 8-bit or 6-bit configurable resolution
• Interrupt generation at the end of conversion, end of injected conversion, and in case of
analog watchdog or overrun events
• Single and continuous conversion modes
• Scan mode for automatic conversion of channel 0 to channel ‘n’
• Data alignment with in-built data coherency
• Channel-wise programmable sampling time
• External trigger option with configurable polarity for both regular and injected
conversions
• Discontinuous mode
• Dual/Triple mode (on devices with 2 ADCs or more)
• Configurable DMA data storage in Dual/Triple ADC mode
• Configurable delay between conversions in Dual/Triple interleaved mode
• ADC conversion type (refer to the datasheets)
• ADC supply requirements: 2.4 V to 3.6 V at full speed and down to 1.8 V at slower
speed
• ADC input range: V
REF–
≤ V
IN
≤ V
REF+
• DMA request generation during regular channel conversion
Figure 44 shows the block diagram of the ADC.
Note: V
REF–
, if available (depending on package), must be tied to V
SSA
.