ADC in Atmega8

Hello,
I am doing a project using ATmega8. For that we need an ADC of atleast
5Msps. We first thought of using the built in ADC but I want to know
the maximum samples per second for the in built ADC? I guess it is
around 150Ksps but I am not sure. Can I increase this sample rate by
loading the prescalar value like one or 2? Could someone help.
Thanks
with regards

"Sam" <djdansays@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
> I am doing a project using ATmega8. For that we need an ADC of atleast
> 5Msps. We first thought of using the built in ADC but I want to know
> the maximum samples per second for the in built ADC? I guess it is
> around 150Ksps but I am not sure. Can I increase this sample rate by
> loading the prescalar value like one or 2? Could someone help.

No, it will not do anything like that speed. Even if it did, you would
not be able to process the data fast enough to do anything with it...


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John Devereux

Sam <djdansays@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> I am doing a project using ATmega8. For that we need an ADC of atleast
> 5Msps. We first thought of using the built in ADC but I want to know
> the maximum samples per second for the in built ADC?

   The data sheet, table 103, says that max clock speed for the ADC is 1
MHz, and a "normal" conversion takes 13 clock cycles. The "brag tape" at
the beginning of the description of the ADC says "Up to 15 kSPS at
maximum resolution"...

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On 30 Apr 2006 07:40:57 -0700, "Sam" <djdansays@gmail.com> wrote:

>Hello,
>I am doing a project using ATmega8. For that we need an ADC of atleast
>5Msps. We first thought of using the built in ADC but I want to know
>the maximum samples per second for the in built ADC? I guess it is
>around 150Ksps but I am not sure. Can I increase this sample rate by
>loading the prescalar value like one or 2? Could someone help.

You posted exactly the same question on 4 Mar 06 in
alt.microcontrollers.8bit. The answers haven't changed.

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