Quote Originally Posted by RossWaddell View Post
Now that I'm not using PBP's ADCIN the readings are rock solid.
Well, they were rock solid. Now the readings are varying quite a lot and even with Melanie's 'averaging' code to pick the middle 8 values from 16 it's still jumping around a lot (and still doesn't read 0 when the trim pot wiper is at the GND end). If I measure the voltage reaching pin 6 (AN1) with a voltmeter it seems accurate and steady, varying from +5V to 0. What am I doing wrong now?

Code:
'****************************************************************
'*  Name    : Nacelle_Steady-On_Lights_12F1840_16Mhz_Int.pbp    *
'*  Author  : Ross A. Waddell                                   *
'*  Notice  : Copyright (c) 2016                                *
'*          : All Rights Reserved                               *
'*  Date    : 02/02/2016                                        *
'*  Version : 1.0                                               *
'*  Notes   : Steady-on nacelle engine lights (TOS Enterprise)  *
'*          :                                                   *
'****************************************************************


' TODO:
' Add gamma correction
' Increase ADC resolution to 1024
' Update PWM frequency/prescaler to use higher resolution



' The PWM/fade works perfectly when **not** connected to a FET
'   - if using a FET, the LEDs 'pulse' and blink but don't fade in/out
'   - use a 2N2222A transistor


DEFINE OSC 16                ' Set oscillator 16Mhz

' For production version of this code, comment out the line below re:
' LCD debugging and also update config fuses to have code protect on
#DEFINE USE_LCD_FOR_DEBUG     ; comment out for non-debug use

' ***************************************************************
' Pin Connections
' ***************************************************************

' VDD    -> pin 1            -> +5V
' RA5/Rc -> pin 2            -> EUSART receive
' RA2    -> pin 5            -> 1kohm -> 2N2222A transistor -> LEDs
' RA1    -> pin 6            -> Trim pot input
' RA0/Tx -> pin 7            -> EUSART transmit (LCD)
' VSS    -> pin 8            -> GND

' ***************************************************************
' EUSART Settings for Tx/Rc (e.g. LCD)
' ***************************************************************

' > use Mister E PIC Multi-Calc application to get register/DEFINE settings
' > as the values are dependent on the OSC and desired baud rate

DEFINE HSER_RCSTA 90h ' Enable serial port & continuous receive
DEFINE HSER_TXSTA 24h ' Enable transmit, BRGH = 1
DEFINE HSER_CLROERR 1 ' Clear overflow automatically
DEFINE HSER_SPBRG 160 ' 9600 Baud @ 16MHz, -0.08%

' ***************************************************************
' Device Fuses
' ***************************************************************
' PIC chip data sheets can be found here: C:\Program Files\Microchip\MPASM Suite

#CONFIG
   __config _CONFIG1, _FOSC_INTOSC & _WDTE_ON & _PWRTE_ON & _MCLRE_OFF & _CP_OFF & _CPD_OFF
   __config _CONFIG2, _PLLEN_OFF & _STVREN_ON & _BORV_LO & _LVP_OFF
#ENDCONFIG

' ***************************************************************
' Initialization
' ***************************************************************

OSCCON    = %01111000        ' 16MHz internal osc
pause 100                    ' for EEPROM issue

APFCON.2 = 0                 ; Tx on RA0 for LCD display
APFCON.7 = 1                 ; Rc on RA5
APFCON.0 = 0                 ; CCP1 on RA2

' Some LCD serial modules need inverted data, some do not
' Enable the line below if needed, but for SparkFun SerLCD it should be
' commented out

'BAUDCON.4 = 1               ; Transmit inverted data to the Tx pin  

' From Mister E's Multi-Calc (EUSART):
' *****************************************************************
SPBRGH    = 1
BAUDCON.3 = 1                ' Enable 16 bit baudrate generator

' *****************************************************************

FVRCON    = 0                ' Fixed Voltage Reference is disabled
ANSELA    = %00000010        ; Analog on PORTA.1 (AN1) only
'ADCON0    = %00000101        ' ADC (analog-to-digital) is enabled on AN1 (RA1) only
'PAUSEUS 20                   ; wait for the analog switch 'glitch' to die down
ADCON1    = %10010000        ; Right-justified results in 10-bits; Fosc/8 as timer;
                             ; VREF is connected to VDD

TRISA     = %00100010	     ' Make all pins output except for RA1 (trim pot input)
                             ' and RA5 (EUSART Rc)

ADCInVal       VAR WORD      ; stores ADCIN result read from trim pot
LEDBrVal       VAR WORD
FadeInPause    CON 25        ; Pause during LED fade in

i              VAR WORD

' ***************************************************************
' Set up PWM on CCP1
' ***************************************************************

CCP1CON = %00001100          ; Use CCP1 in PWM mode

' Set duty cycle registers initially to 0
CCP1CON.4 = 0
CCP1CON.5 = 0
CCPR1L    = 0

' Use Mister E's PICMultiCalc_1.3.1.exe application (Windows only)   
' to determine prescaler and PR2 values for given OSC frequency (e.g. 16Mhz)
' and duty cycle (use 100% to see highest actual value)

' ************************
' CCP1 uses TMR2
' ************************
                       
T2CON   = %00000110         ; Timer2 on with 1:16 prescaler
PR2     = 255               ; For 16Mhz OSC the desired output freq of 976.563Hz
                            ; is achieved with this PR2 value (10-bit resolution
                            ; with 1:16 prescaler)
                            
MaxDuty       VAR WORD      ; According to Darrel:
                            ;   MaxDuty = (PR2 + 1) * 4

MaxDuty = (PR2 + 1) * 4     ; 1024
MinDuty       CON 0         ; Minimum brightness for this application
MaxADCVal     CON 1023      ; 255 for 8-bit; 1023 for 10-bit
compVal       VAR WORD      ; stores last-changed ADC value


CounterA      var BYTE		' Just a BYTE Temporary working variable
DataW         var WORD		' Just a WORD Temporary working variable
RawData       var WORD [16]	' Array holding ADC Result


#IFDEF USE_LCD_FOR_DEBUG
'   Display control codes for SerLCD serial LCD (SparkFun part #LCD-09395)
'   (see 'Dropbox\PBP Projects\PIC Datasheets\SerLCD_V2_5 Datasheet.pdf' 
'   for list of control codes)
    LCD_INST   CON 254       ' instruction
    LCD_CLR    CON 1         ' Clear screen
    LCD_L1     CON 128       ' LCD line 1
    LCD_L2     CON 192       ' LCD line 2
    LCD_BR_CMD CON 124       ' command character for adjusting backlight brightness
    LCD_BR_LVL CON 140       ' 140==40%
#ENDIF

' Should only need to do this one time to adjust backlight brightness
'#IFDEF USE_LCD_FOR_DEBUG
'    HSEROUT [LCD_BR_CMD, LCD_BR_LVL]
'    PAUSE 5
'#ENDIF

#IFDEF USE_LCD_FOR_DEBUG
    pause 1000
    HSEROUT [LCD_INST, LCD_CLR, "LCD Init"]
    pause 5
    HSEROUT [LCD_INST, LCD_L2, "SerLCD_V2_5"]
    pause 500
#ENDIF

GOSUB DO_ADCIN_Chk
LEDBrVal = ADCInVal
compVal = LEDBrVal
'compVal = ADCInVal
'GOSUB Map_VrefInVal_to_PWM_Duty

#IFDEF USE_LCD_FOR_DEBUG
    HSEROUT [LCD_INST, LCD_CLR]
    pause 5
    HSEROUT ["LEDBrVal=",DEC LEDBrVal,"  "]
    pause 500
#ENDIF

' Fade in LED to final brightness
FOR i = 0 to LEDBrVal
    CCP1CON.4 = i.0
    CCP1CON.5 = i.1
    CCPR1L    = i >> 2 
            
    pause FadeInPause

    #IFDEF USE_LCD_FOR_DEBUG
        HSEROUT [LCD_INST, LCD_CLR]
        pause 5
        HSEROUT ["i=",DEC i,"  "]
    #ENDIF
NEXT i


Main:
    GOSUB DO_ADCIN_Chk
    PAUSE 100

    IF ADCInVal <> compVal THEN
        #IFDEF USE_LCD_FOR_DEBUG
            HSEROUT [LCD_INST, LCD_CLR]
            pause 5
            HSEROUT ["new ADCInVal", LCD_INST, LCD_L2, DEC ADCInVal, "  "]
        #ENDIF

        LEDBrVal = ADCInVal
        compVal = LEDBrVal
        gosub ChngLEDBrightness
    ENDIF
GOTO Main

'*********** Read ADC or USART Rc inputs *******************************
Do_ADCIN_Chk:
'	Stuff 16 Element WORD Array full of ADC values
'	----------------------------------------------
	For CounterA=0 to 15
        ADCON0    = %00000101 ' Select Channel, Turn-On A/D
						      '	7=0 Unused
						      '	6=0 Unused
						      '	5=0 )
						      '	4=0 )
						      '	3=0 ) selects AN1
						      '	2=0 )
						      '	1=0 Go-done Bit
						      '	0=1 switch-On ADC Module
		Pauseus 50			     ' Wait for channel to setup
        ADCON0.1 = 1			 ' Start conversion
		While ADCON0.1=1:Wend	 ' Wait for conversion
		DataW.HighByte=ADRESH	 ' Read variable from ADC and save
		DataW.LowByte=ADRESL
		RawData(CounterA)=DataW
	Next CounterA

'	Sort ADC Input
'	--------------
	CounterA=0
    GetADCSortLoop:
	If RawData(CounterA+1) < RawData(CounterA) then
		DataW=RawData(CounterA)
		RawData(CounterA)=RawData(CounterA+1)
		RawData(CounterA+1)=DataW
		If CounterA>0 then CounterA=CounterA-2
	endif
	CounterA=CounterA+1
	If CounterA < 15 then goto GetADCSortLoop

'	Quanticise, discarding top and bottom FOUR elements
'	----------------------------------------------------
	DataW=0
	For CounterA=4 to 11
		DataW=DataW+RawData(CounterA)
	Next CounterA
	ADCInVal=DataW>>3			' Divide Result by EIGHT

    ' Read trim pot Vref to set LED brightness
'    PAUSEUS 50              ' Wait for A/D channel acquisition time
'    ADCON0.1 = 1            ' Start conversion
    
'    WHILE ADCON0.1 = 1      ' Wait for it to complete
'    WEND
'    ADCInVal.HighBYTE = ADRESH
'    ADCInVal.LOWBYTE = ADRESL

return

'*********** Set duty registers ****************************************
ChngLEDBrightness:
    CCP1CON.4 = LEDBrVal.0
    CCP1CON.5 = LEDBrVal.1
    CCPR1L    = LEDBrVal >> 2
    
RETURN