Accuracy of ADC at higher rate on E - Series

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I have been trying to get accurate ADC reading at 16KHz sampling rate. I am using SparkIntervalTimer library to get the sampling rate. Due to higher sampling rate, I have set the ADC sampling time to 56 Cycles.

Here’s the code I used to get the data.

#include <SparkIntervalTimer.h>
#include "Particle.h"
#include <math.h>

IntervalTimer ReadADC;

volatile uint16_t raw_data[8000], i = 0, ADCSample = 0;
volatile bool SampleFlag = true;
const int PIN_AIN = A1;

SYSTEM_THREAD(ENABLED);

void Toggle(void) 
{        
    if(SampleFlag)	    
		raw_data[ADCSample++] = HAL_ADC_Read(PIN_AIN);    
    
    if(ADCSample == 8000)
		  SampleFlag = false;
}

void setup() {

  pinMode(PIN_AIN, INPUT);  
  Serial1.begin(9600);  
  setADCSampleTime(ADC_SampleTime_56Cycles);
  ReadADC.begin(Toggle, 61, uSec); 
}

void loop() 
{    
    if(!SampleFlag)
    {         
        for(i = 0; i < 8000; i++)
        {
            Serial1.println(raw_data[i]);
			raw_data[i] = 0;
        }       
        
        SampleFlag = true;
    }
}

Note: Ignore the code error if found. I pasted the code without testing but this is the same code(logically) I have used to get the data.

Hardware used:

  • E series development board
  • Powered with stable 5V VIN instead of USB or battery.
  • 1.24V stable DC applied to the A1 Pin.
  • Internal 3.3V as a reference voltage.

I logged approx 15000 samples and plotted on the graph which helped me find that ADC does fluctuate a lot. I have no idea what is causing this fluctuation. Power supply is for sure stable as it was from a lab power supply.

Here’s the data:
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Is this the limitation of ADC? All suggestions and help are welcomed.

Thanks

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It looks like a variation of 10 out of a scale of 0-4095. That’s +/- 0.004028 volts, which doesn’t seem like that big of a variation to me. However, this application note explains how to get the best performance out of the ADC:

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