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12/23/10 18:46
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#180260 - piezo sensing
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Thanks for the quick initial responses.

I am only looking to know what the maximum amplitude was. Per said: "if you can just use a standard ADC". That's the kind of thing I'm looking for: is there a typical "standard ADC"? Are there ADC chips with multiple analog inputs (like 4 or 8) that I could then scan using address lines? This is for a one-off project and the precision doesn't need to be very high. I'm just trying to use low cost standard chips if I can. If I can get about 8 levels of sensitivity out of it I would be quite happy with that. As for sampling and hold, hopefully it could be done with as little as a RC circuit if I can scan the analog inputs fast enough. Experimenting with a scope will tell me that.

Thanks again.

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TopicAuthorDate
measuring piezo voltage            01/01/70 00:00      
   Oscilloscope            01/01/70 00:00      
   you ned to read up on ...            01/01/70 00:00      
      piezo sensing            01/01/70 00:00      
         Careful with resolution or strength will feel "random"            01/01/70 00:00      
         Really need ADC?            01/01/70 00:00      
            source impedance            01/01/70 00:00      
               Once digital?            01/01/70 00:00      
         Piezo signals high dynamic range            01/01/70 00:00      
   not 8051 specific?            01/01/70 00:00      
   Some Reference Materials            01/01/70 00:00      
      reference materials            01/01/70 00:00      
   Two comments            01/01/70 00:00      
      one comment on a comment            01/01/70 00:00      
      made good progress            01/01/70 00:00      
         not necessarily a good idea            01/01/70 00:00      
            zener            01/01/70 00:00      
   one important thing            01/01/70 00:00      

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