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Re: [AVR-Chat] Why use the ADC pre-scalar bits

2004-09-02 by Dave VanHorn

At 03:23 PM 9/1/2004, Craig Limber wrote:

>> If its too fast, you will loose accuracy.
>
>Thanks for the quick responses!  I guess the next question is how
>much accuracy do I lose?  For example, what kind of variation could
>I expect with an 8 MHz clock and a prescale of 2?  I have the results
>left justified and am only interested in 8 bit readings but want a 
>high sample rate.  

That's the fun part. 
Atmel gives us no guidance here.
What worries me, is that you might get one result on one chip, and another on another chip, with a different date code. Or, it might be consistent..

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