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CSCE 236 Embedded Systems, Spring 2016
Lab 3


Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Names of Group Members:


1  Instructions

This is a group assignment to work on during class. You only need to hand in one copy of this, but make sure that the names of all of your group members are on this sheet to receive credit. Complete all of the sections below and make sure to get the instructor or TA to sign off where required. You should keep your own notes on what you complete since parts of future homework will build on this lab.

2  Manual Analog to Digital Converter

In this section of the lab, you will manually configure the analog to digital converter (also know as ADC or A2D). You will then test it by creating a voltage divider and reading the values at different points on the voltage divider.
Refer to the datasheet (Section 24.9) and configure the ADC in the setup function by:
Now create a voltage divider on your bread board using 3 different resistors (of your choosing, whatever you have available). Connect 1 end of the divider to ground and the other to the 5V power rail. Connect a wire to the ADC3 pin and use this as a probe to measure the values between each of the resistors. To do this in your loop code you should:
Checkoff: What clock divider did you end up using and what is the final ADC clock value?
Checkoff: How do you convert from the ADC value to the actual voltage on the pin? Do the voltages you read on your voltage divider match the theoretical values given the resistor values you have?

3  Reflectance Sensor

In this section of the lab, you will hook up infrared (IR) reflectance sensors to your robot. These sensors emit an IR light and then measure how much is reflected back. If the IR sensor is over a white surface a lot of IR will be measured, while if it is over a black surface little will be seen. The distance to the surface also makes a difference.
For this part of the lab, you can either read the ADC manually as you configured it above, or use the Arduino analogRead(...) command. I would recommend using the analogRead(...) command or creating functions that encapsulate the ADC reading code above. Regardless, you are expected to know how both work.
The reflectance sensors have three wires. Black should be connected to ground, red to 5V, and the green wire to one of your ADC ports. Perform basic experiments to characterize the performance of the sensors. You can use the black line on the following page as a reference.
Checkoff: As you move the sensor closer to a surface, does the ADC value increase or decrease?
Checkoff: How close do you have to be to an object to have a difference of more than 100 ADC values between a black and white object?



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