ARM Embedded Tutorial - Raspberry Pi Pico using the ADC

Introduction

There are three ADC Inputs available on the Raspberry Pi which can be accessed on

• ADC0 Pin 31 (GP26)
• ADC1 Pin 32 (GP27)
• ADC2 Pin 34 (GP28)

the input voltage range of the ADC pins is 0V .. 3.3V

In addition there is another on-board ADC Input which is connected to a temperature sensor on the chip.

Load the demo project into lazarus

This example shows you how to read out the analog pins and the internal sensor.

Please open adc/adc-raspi_pico.lpi in lazarus.

The example on this page is a stripped down version of the full source code that you see in Lazarus.

program adc;
{$MODE OBJFPC}
{$H+}
{$MEMORY 10000,10000}

uses
  pico_gpio_c,
  pico_adc_c,
  pico_timer_c,
  pico_c;

var
  milliVolts,milliCelsius : longWord;

begin
  adc_init;
  // Make sure GPIO is high-impedance, no pullups etc
  adc_gpio_init(TPicoPin.ADC0);

  // Turn on the Temperature sensor
  adc_set_temp_sensor_enabled(true);

  repeat
    // Select ADC input 0 (GPIO26)
    adc_select_input(0);

    // For now we avoid floating point, there have been fixes done on FPC trunk which are yet to be verified
    milliVolts := (adc_read * 3300) div 4096;

    // Select internal temperature sensor
    adc_select_input(4);
    milliVolts := (adc_read * 3300) div 4096;

    //Temperature formula is : T = 27 - (ADC_voltage - 0.706)/0.001721
    milliCelsius := 27000-(milliVolts-706)*581;

    busy_wait_us_32(500000);
  until 1=0;
end.

When programming the ADC there is more or less only one thing to be aware of, the Pins are configured with their GPIO Values (26,27,28) but when selecting a ADC Input we need to reference the ADC Inputs by their Name

• ADC0 --> 0
• ADC1 --> 1
• ADC2 --> 2
• ADC4 --> 4

no big deal, but easy to get wrong.....

See also

• ARM Embedded Raspberry Pi Pico Tutorials