Problems with analog.read using ANALOG SHIELD

[trungmanhhuynh]

Question 1:

 

I changed a little bit to print out the value on passthrough code: 

 

#include <analogShield.h>   //Include to use analog shield.

#include <SPI.h> //required for ChipKIT but does not affect Arduino

 

void setup()

{

  //no setup

  

  Serial.begin(9600); 

}

 

unsigned int count = 0;

void loop()

{

  count = analog.read(1);  //read in on port labeled 'IN0'

  Serial.println(count);

  analog.write(0, count);  //write out the value on port labeled 'OUT0'

}

 

I read values for all ADC pins 0->3. And I see that A0,A2,A3 read correct values with 32,000 for 0V, But for A1, this value is around  2200. 

 

Could you help me explain why that happens? Is that the Shield damaged ?

 

Question 2:

 

Is the default value around 45k, if I dont read anything ? 

 

COuld you help me answer ASAP ? Thank you 

 

 

 

[trungmanhhuynh]

Another question is when I use it command :

int count = 0 ;

 

count  = analog.signedRead(0,true);  

 

The value is always 32767. 

[mwingerson]

1. Have you downloaded the latest version of the library here?

 

https://github.com/mwingerson/analogShield

 

2. To determine if A1 is damaged, run this:

 

#include <analogShield.h>   //Include to use analog shield.

#include <SPI.h> //required for ChipKIT but does not affect Arduino

 

void setup()

{

  //no setup

  

  Serial.begin(9600); 

}

 

unsigned int count = 0;

void loop()

{

  count = analog.read(0);  //read in on port labeled 'IN0'

  Serial.print(count);

  Serial.print("    ");

  count = analog.read(1);  //read in on port labeled 'IN0'

  Serial.print(count);

  Serial.print("    ");

  count = analog.read(2);  //read in on port labeled 'IN0'

  Serial.print(count);

  Serial.print("    ");

  count = analog.read(3);  //read in on port labeled 'IN0'

  Serial.println(count);

}

 

Please take a screenshot of the serial output.

 

3. You probably only want to use analog.signedRead(0)  without "true".  

[Diagonal]

On 4/1/2015 at 5:51 PM, mwingerson said:

3. You probably only want to use analog.signedRead(0)  without "true".  

Why would that be? Is the differential read just slow, or is there a bug?

[mwingerson]

No, the differential read is fine.  Just I wouldn't use it unless I was meaning to use it.  I suspected trungmanhhuynh wasn't using the differential mode.

Hope this clears it up.

Marshall