Skill Store 33

Adc Dac Baremetal

Bare-metal ADC and DAC skill.

by mohitmishra786 · MIT

The skill

Bare-metal ADC and DAC skill. Use when configuring analog sampling, DMA-driven ADC, calibration, or DAC output on MCUs. Activates on queries about ADC bare-metal, sampling time, DMA ADC, or DAC channel setup.

ADC and DAC (Bare-Metal)

Purpose

Configure ADC and DAC peripherals: channel selection, sampling times, calibration sequences, DMA circular buffers, and DAC static/dynamic output.

When to Use

  • Reading analog sensors (temperature, voltage)
  • Audio or control voltage output via DAC
  • Continuous sampling with DMA
  • Post-reset ADC calibration on STM32

Workflow

1. STM32 ADC single conversion

/* Enable ADC1 and GPIOA clock; PA0 analog mode */
ADC1->CR2 |= ADC_CR2_ADON;
for (volatile int i = 0; i < 10000; i++);  /* stabilization — RM value */

ADC1->SMPR2 |= ADC_SMPR2_SMP0_2;  /* 84 cycles sample time ch0 */
ADC1->SQR3   = 0;                 /* channel 0, 1 conversion */
ADC1->CR2   |= ADC_CR2_SWSTART;

while (!(ADC1->SR & ADC_SR_EOC))
    ;
uint16_t sample = ADC1->DR;

Run ADC_Calibration() / ADC_CR2_RSTCAL/CAL per RM on F1/F4 families.

2. DMA circular ADC

/* ADC1 → DMA2 Stream0, circular mode into buffer[64] */
/* Configure DMA: periph-to-mem, halfword, increment mem, circular */
ADC1->CR2 |= ADC_CR2_DMA | ADC_CR2_CONT;
DMA2_Stream0->CR |= DMA_SxCR_EN;

Half-transfer / transfer-complete IRQs for double buffering.

3. DAC output (STM32)

RCC->APB1ENR |= RCC_APB1ENR_DACEN;
DAC->CR |= DAC_CR_EN1;
DAC->DHR12R1 = 2048;  /* mid-scale 3.3V reference */

4. Agent usage

/adc-dac-baremetal Set up ADC1 channel 0 with DMA circular buffer

Common Problems

Symptom Cause Fix
Noisy readings Short sample time Increase SMP bits
Stuck EOC Clock not enabled RCC ADC enable
Wrong voltage Vref not 3.3V Measure VDDA; calibrate
DMA corrupt Buffer alignment Use uint16_t aligned buffer

Related Skills

  • skills/baremetal/dma-baremetal — ADC DMA streams
  • skills/baremetal/timers-pwm-baremetal — ADC external trigger
  • skills/baremetal/gpio-baremetal — analog pin mode

Use this skill

Connect your agent to the Skill Store MCP server and ask for it by ref: mohitmishra786/adc-dac-baremetal-26043444720.

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Details

Publisher
mohitmishra786
Category
Software Development › Misc
License
MIT
Updated
2026-06-27

References

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