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can i measure AC voltage with a mcu with only resistance?

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mcu measuring ac frequency

can i measure AC voltage with a mcu with only resistance?
 

ac voltage amplitude mcu

You can divide AC voltage to, say +/-2.5V, then add +2.5V offset, so the voltage that is fed to microcontroller is 0-5V ..
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Re: can i measure AC voltage with a mcu with only resistance

You can not measure directly AC voltage if use only the MCU and resistance (without ADC).
 

Re: can i measure AC voltage with a mcu with only resistance

yes. if you have high voltage such as 110v or 220v you must first reduce it.
and if you don't have ADC and you want to use mcu adc, you must have an offset DC valtage.
you can use AVR MCU such as ATMega32 or ATmega16 Or Atmega8.
 

Re: can i measure AC voltage with a mcu with only resistance

in this case, we used the ADC buit in with MCU.
 

Re: can i measure AC voltage with a mcu with only resistance

without aux. ADC or built-in ADC it seems not possible. Bu as a theory, if you know the frequency of AC signal, you can make a R-2R ladder to create a DAC synchrosed with your test signal at zero-crossing. By changing amplitude of DAC output and adding it to test signal, you can find the AC amp. up to 4.7 volts.
 

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