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MichaelMor
Associate II
June 18, 2023
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STM32WL55 - ADC conversion time

  • June 18, 2023
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Hello everyone!

I'm working on STM32WL55JCI7 board and trying to run ADC at the fastest speed (min total conversion time mention on datasheet 0.4uSec) and I don't receive this time.

My configuration is the following:

MichaelMor_0-1687075081305.png

And to measure total time of conversion I'm using GPIO as RT check like the following:

//Turn GPIO on 
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(GPIOC, GPIO_PIN_4, GPIO_PIN_SET);
 
// Start ADC conversion, function reutrn
HAL_ADC_Start(&hadc);
 
    /* Wait till conversion is done */
while(LL_ADC_REG_IsConversionOngoing(hadc.Instance) == 0UL);
 
//Turn GPIO off
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(GPIOC, GPIO_PIN_4, GPIO_PIN_RESET);
 
Result (via scope) is 2.1uSec total time.
Also my optimization of C/C++ builder setting is optimize for speed.
Any advice how to run ADC at maximum speed?

BTW, when trying to change to Sync clock divide by 1 getting the following error:
MichaelMor_1-1687075306648.png


I'll appreciate your help!

Thanks!

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AScha.3
AScha.3
Super User
June 18, 2023

just to do a correct time measurement : put in a set/reset pin without adc() , to see how much time hal functions need.

like this:

//Turn GPIO on 
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(GPIOC, GPIO_PIN_4, GPIO_PIN_SET);
 
//Turn GPIO off
HAL_GPIO_WritePin(GPIOC, GPIO_PIN_4, GPIO_PIN_RESET);

 

the adc conv.time is the time(adc+pin set)  - time(pin set) .

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MichaelMorAuthor
Associate II
June 18, 2023

But does the way I measured ADC runtime is fine? there is a better/accurate way? like system clock cycles?
I tried, so with ADC I got the following result (GPIO4 connected to scope -1.287uSec)

MichaelMor_0-1687083393591.png

 

and with only set/reset command give me (343nSec):

MichaelMor_1-1687083453233.png

 

So I got 1287 - 343 = ~900nSec = 0.9uSec, still twice then datasheet
How can I reduce it?

AScha.3
AScha.3
Super User
June 18, 2023

>But does the way I measured ADC runtime is fine?

basically - yes. but your ADC-conv.time is including the HAL call time, going sub...return, and the wait-ready-loop, also need some time, to check for adc ready.

so to see the adc-time alone , you should start adc by register access, if possible.

(i did this way: first convert by HAL call; now adc is set ready to run, hal did it. then write to AD_CR -> ADEN bit 1...

try...

>How can I reduce it?

direct register access; but "pure" adc speed you can get only by using DMA to put result to an array, without any cpu start and check ready loops; and simply adc in continuous mode, so running as fast, as it can be.

 

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