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Welcome to Lesson 8 of the Raspberry Pi Pico with MicroPython - GPIO Mastery course. In this lesson, we will explore analog input and the Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) on the Raspberry Pi Pico using MicroPython.
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In this lesson, you will learn:
Analog input is used to measure the continuous range of values of a physical quantity, such as light, sound, or temperature. In contrast, digital signals represent values in binary format (0s and 1s).
Raspberry Pi Pico uses ADC to convert the continuous analog signal to a discrete digital signal that can be processed by the computer.
To use a pin on the Raspberry Pi Pico for analog input, you need to configure it for analog to digital conversion (ADC). This is done using the ADC class in MicroPython. To configure a pin for ADC, you can use the following code:
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from machine import ADC, Pin # Configure pin 0 for analog input adc = ADC(Pin(0))
Once a pin has been configured for analog input, you can read analog values from it. To read the value of an analog input pin, you can use the read_u16() method of the ADC class. This method returns the value of the analog input pin as a 16-bit unsigned integer between 0 and 65535. For example:
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from machine import ADC, Pin # Configure pin 0 for analog input adc = ADC(Pin(0)) # Read the value of the analog input pin value = adc.read_u16()
The value variable will contain the value of the analog input pin.
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In this lesson, you learned about analog input, the role of ADC (Analog to Digital Converter), how to configure Raspberry Pi Pico pins for analog input, and how to read analog values using MicroPython. You can use this knowledge to measure physical quantities, such as light, sound, or temperature, and process them in your Raspberry Pi Pico projects.
After you have completed this lesson, you will have a solid understanding of analog input and the ADC on the Raspberry Pi Pico using MicroPython. You will be able to configure pins for analog input, read analog values from sensors, and process them in your MicroPython programs.
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