TMS320F280025C: TMS320F280025C

Yogini Joshi

Part Number: TMS320F280025C
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: LAUNCHXL-F280025C, REF6025, OPA320, C2000WARE

Currently we are getting offset error in ADC results. Every time, we are getting different value in ADC results when constant input vtg is applied to ADC input.

We tried below things;

- We have made an forceful call to (*Device_cal) , as suggested in TRM.

Also called below APIs forcefully ;

- - ADC_setOffsetTrim
  - ADC_setINLTrim
- Also, tried to get the offset value , by applying 0v to ADC input channel (nothing is provided to Adc input.), and tried changing the OFFSET_TRIM register for particular ADC module. But what we observed is, we are always getting a different value of offset when nothing is applied.
- We checked with example code adc_ex10_multiple_soc_epwm, but we are observing same offset error with sample code as well.

We have below configurations in ADC;

Internal reference vtg = 3.3 V
ADC A and ADC C modules have been configured for 4 SOCs each.
Trigger source = PWM trigger for 4 channels and software trigger for 4 channels (PWM with 20KHZ freq and 50% duty cycle)
SYSCLOCK = 100 MHZ and ADCLK = 50 MHZ

I tried the procedure mentioned at below link for ADC calibration ; with internal reference voltage = 3V3,

https://e2e.ti.com/support/microcontrollers/c2000-microcontrollers-group/c2000/f/c2000-microcontrollers-forum/707204/tms320f280049-adc-calibration

Below are my observations;

When I sample VREFLO with A13 channel, and follow the below mentioned procedure, I get the offset value at 4^th step as, -40 (decimal.)
If I set the same value in OFFSET_TRIM register, I get 1 (decimal) LSB, for VREFLO. But with same value in register when I apply ADCin as 1.4V, (1737 LSB) and I tired 512 conversions , average count I got is 1629. This average count value for applied voltage (1.4V) remains same even if I change the OFFSET_TRIM to any value.
So, overall conclusion is , whatever value we set in OFFSET_TRIM register, we always get the approx. -100 to -110 offset error in the ADC result count.

Do you suggest, what can be the reason for this error?

Note: we have same observations when we apply external reference voltage 3V3 , by taking vtg from the eval board pins itself.

Do you think that , there might be issue in the hardware connections or issue in ADC configuration?

over 2 years ago

0 Devin Cottier over 2 years ago

TI__Guru 60865 points

Hi Yogini,

If the fundamental issue is that you are applying 1.4V and sampling with 3.3V internal reference, but getting a result that is over 100 LSBs too low, then the issue is probably not offset error.

The typical offset error for this device is +/-2 LSBs and the min/max is +/-5 LSBs (and self-calibration is not required or recommended on this device, since it will not be able to get results much better than this). Note also that for the offset trim register, each step is not 1 LSBs (at 12-bit resolution), but instead 1/16 of an LSBs (to be compatible with other devices with similar ADCs that can also operate with 16 bit resolution in addition to 12 bit resolution). Also the trim range is only +7 LSBs / -8 LSBs @ 12-bit resolution, so self trim is not going to be able to help with your 100 LSBs of error.

An offset error would also be a fixed error regardless of the input voltage, so you'd expect say -100 LSBs of error whether you applied 0V, 0.3V, 1.4V, or 3.2V. I'd recommend that you try a variety of input voltages to determine if you have an offset error (fixed error regardless of input voltage), gain error (fixed ratio w.r.t. to the input voltage...e.g. you might expect 200 LSBs of error with a 2.8V input), or something non-linear.

If you have a gain error, you'd be looking at issues with the reference. For instance, if you are trying to using internal reference mode, but something is externally pulling on or otherwise conflicting with the VREF voltage the device is trying to drive out onto the VREFHI pin.

If you have a non-linear error, a good place to start would be looking at the impedance of the driving source vs. the configured S+H time (sample-and-hold time, set by ACQPS register). For instance, if your source impedance is extremely high (say your DC voltage is generated by a voltage divider) then you may need to greatly increase the S+H time from the minimum (which assumes a high bandwidth op-amp driving with 10's of ohms of source impedance). The following app. notes may be helpful if you need to go deeper into this topic: https://www.ti.com/lit/an/spract6/spract6.pdf and https://www.ti.com/lit/an/spracv0/spracv0.pdf.

0 Yogini Joshi over 2 years ago in reply to Devin Cottier

Intellectual 290 points

Hello Devin,

As per your recommendation I tried to measure multiple input values on single channel. Below are my observations

0 Yogini Joshi over 2 years ago in reply to Yogini Joshi

Intellectual 290 points

I am not able to get if the error is offset error or gain error. or there is something missing in our HW connections.

0 Yogini Joshi over 2 years ago in reply to Yogini Joshi

Intellectual 290 points

can you check the same at your side with your hardware setup?

0 Devin Cottier over 2 years ago in reply to Yogini Joshi

TI__Guru 60865 points

Hi Yogini,

Are you using a TI EVM, or is this a custom board? Is the signal buffered locally on the PCB with an op-amp? Do you have any capacitance on the ADC input (a couple 100 pF would be ideal, unless you are sampling relatively slow, in which case you can use 100nF or so to do a "charge-sharing" input design)?

What does the distribution of your 512 ADC results look like? For a good low-noise source, you might expect a max spread of maybe 3-6 LSBs with a standard deviation of maybe 0.5 to 1.0 LSBs.

Have you tried increasing the S+H duration? For 100ns I would expect that you are using a high-bandwidth op-amp to buffer the voltage.

0 Yogini Joshi over 2 years ago in reply to Devin Cottier

Intellectual 290 points

Hello Devin,

We are using LAUNCHXL-F280025C evaluation board. And currently for testing purpose I am directly applying the input voltage to the controller pin from power supply.

I tried increasing the S-H window to 15 sysclock cycles. But still there is no visible change in the output.

0 Yogini Joshi over 2 years ago in reply to Devin Cottier

Intellectual 290 points

Hello Devin,

Please find attached excel sheet for reference wherein I have copied the results for ADC conversion count for 512 conversions with input voltage = 2.733 V.

I directly applied 2.7V to the controller pin A0 from the power supply and observed the ADC counts for the same.

Note: I have measured the vtg from power supply on multimeter and then applied to the controller pin to supply the accurate vtg.

adcbuff	unsigned long[512]	[3450,3459,3451,3431,3457...]	0x0000B126@Data
	[0 ... 99]
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		[3]	unsigned long	3431	0x0000B12C@Data	Number of conversions		512
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		[6]	unsigned long	3462	0x0000B132@Data		count	vtg
		[7]	unsigned long	3462	0x0000B134@Data	Vin	3392	2.733
		[8]	unsigned long	3441	0x0000B136@Data	Sum
		[9]	unsigned long	3475	0x0000B138@Data	avg	3459.519	2.787
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		[11]	unsigned long	3467	0x0000B13C@Data	error	67.519	0.054
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	[200 ... 299]
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0 Devin Cottier over 2 years ago in reply to Yogini Joshi

TI__Guru 60865 points

Hi Yogini,

Based on the results I don't think you have a good connection between the signal source and the ADC. I think you will want to improve your setup to get your results to be much less noisy and chaotic before worrying about the accuracy. Some things you can try, either in isolation or in combinations, are:

Use a function generator, precision signal injector EVM (https://www.ti.com/tool/PSIEVM), or precision reference IC (e.g. REF6025) to generate the DC test voltage instead of a power supply
Add a capacitor to the ADC input. The recommended value of this capacitor would be 200-300pF for fastest sampling (assuming a very good driver like a high bandwidth op-amp) or a ~100nF capacitor for slower "charge-sharing" based sampling
- High speed ADC input design is explored in the app. note: https://www.ti.com/lit/an/spract6/spract6.pdf
- Charge-sharing ADC input design is explored in the app. note: https://www.ti.com/lit/an/spracv0/spracv0.pdf
- Note that on the LAUNCHXL-F280025C, capacitor footprints are provided on ADC inputs at C25-C40 for the user to populate as needed
Add a high-speed low-noise op-amp (e.g. OPA320) to locally buffer the signal near the ADC input pin
- I'm not sure if there is a good boosterpack to do this for the launchpad, but if you can find an SMT prototyping launchpad you can build an op-amp circuit on it, or even just use some .100 protoboard
- On the ControlCard EVM, we sometimes use the protoboard area along with https://www.ti.com/tool/DIP-ADAPTER-EVM to build ADC buffers
Pay careful attention to cabling and signal return path
- Use as short of cables as possible
- Use shielded cables where possible
- For unshielded cables or unshielded portions of the cable connection, twist the signal and ground cables together for as much of the distance as possible to reduce the loop area between the signal and its return path
- Ensure that the ground connection to the board is made as close to the signal connection as possible
Increase the S+H duration
- Note: the max S+H duration is 512 SYSCLKs = 5.12us. If you are using a cable to connect from off-board and no buffer or capacitor, then you are probably closer to needing the max possible value than the min value

It is also always worth going back and double and triple checking the values of the device power rails (VDDIO, VDDA, VDD) and clocks (SYSCLK and ADCCLK) and running only the unmodified ADC examples provided in C2000ware

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