MCP356x Library for STM32

C Library for configuring the MCP3561/2/4 1/2/4 channel 24 Bit sigma-delta ADC on STM32

The MCP356x is a highly versatile ADC with a relatively complex configuration scheme. Becaue the chip is so highly configurable, this library does not necessarily reduce the time spent reading documentation.

• Microchip Product Page
• Datasheet

The user of this library must configure the chip inside the mcp3561_conf.h-file.

Sample Rate and Delay calculation vs. Resolution

See the Microsoft Excel file

Example:

The example above will automatically SCAN the four differential input channels. The total sample rate per channel shall be 1 Hz. (the internal sample rate is therefore 4 x 1 Hz = 4 Hz). The external 4.915 MHz clock is not divided (1:1 / PRE = DIV0 = 1). The oversampling rate (OSR) is chosen to be 4096 to achieve a maximum ENOB resolution of 22.7 bit (see Datasheet, Table 2-2 no page 21 @ GAIN = 1). Each sample per channel is spaced 512 digital clock cycles apart. A remaining delay of 1206734 must be filled by the ADC.

Playing around with this configuration also shows that the maximum achievable sample rate with 4 channels at 22.7 bit resolution is approximately 59 Hz (with DLY = 0).

If the sample rate needs to be higher, you can either lower the amount of channels or the resolution: For example using an OSR = 1024 (yielding an ENOB = 20.2 bit) would give a sample rate of 150 Hz for all 4 channels. Or 300 Hz when only 2 channels are sampled.

see also

• jspark311/MCP356x-Breakout
• edmundsj/MCP3561DevBoard
• nerdyscout/Arduino_MCP3x6x_Library