class DAC – digital to analog conversion¶

The DAC is used to output analog values (a specific voltage) on pin X5 or pin X6. The voltage will be between 0 and 3.3V.

This module will undergo changes to the API.

Example usage:

from pyb import DAC

dac = DAC(1)            # create DAC 1 on pin X5
dac.write(128)          # write a value to the DAC (makes X5 1.65V)

dac = DAC(1, bits=12)   # use 12 bit resolution
dac.write(4095)         # output maximum value, 3.3V

To output a continuous sine-wave:

import math
from pyb import DAC

# create a buffer containing a sine-wave
buf = bytearray(100)
for i in range(len(buf)):
    buf[i] = 128 + int(127 * math.sin(2 * math.pi * i / len(buf)))

# output the sine-wave at 400Hz
dac = DAC(1)
dac.write_timed(buf, 400 * len(buf), mode=DAC.CIRCULAR)

To output a continuous sine-wave at 12-bit resolution:

import math
from array import array
from pyb import DAC

# create a buffer containing a sine-wave, using half-word samples
buf = array('H', 2048 + int(2047 * math.sin(2 * math.pi * i / 128)) for i in range(128))

# output the sine-wave at 400Hz
dac = DAC(1, bits=12)
dac.write_timed(buf, 400 * len(buf), mode=DAC.CIRCULAR)

Constructors¶

class pyb.DAC(port, bits=8)¶

Construct a new DAC object.

port can be a pin object, or an integer (1 or 2). DAC(1) is on pin X5 and DAC(2) is on pin X6.

bits is an integer specifying the resolution, and can be 8 or 12. The maximum value for the write and write_timed methods will be 2**``bits``-1.

Methods¶

dac.init(bits=8)¶: Reinitialise the DAC. bits can be 8 or 12.

dac.deinit()¶: De-initialise the DAC making its pin available for other uses.

dac.noise(freq)¶: Generate a pseudo-random noise signal. A new random sample is written to the DAC output at the given frequency.

dac.triangle(freq)¶: Generate a triangle wave. The value on the DAC output changes at the given frequency, and the frequence of the repeating triangle wave itself is 2048 times smaller.

dac.write(value)¶: Direct access to the DAC output. The minimum value is 0. The maximum value is 2**``bits``-1, where bits is set when creating the DAC object or by using the init method.

dac.write_timed(data, freq, *, mode=DAC.NORMAL)¶

Initiates a burst of RAM to DAC using a DMA transfer. The input data is treated as an array of bytes in 8-bit mode, and an array of unsigned half-words (array typecode ‘H’) in 12-bit mode.

freq can be an integer specifying the frequency to write the DAC samples at, using Timer(6). Or it can be an already-initialised Timer object which is used to trigger the DAC sample. Valid timers are 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.

mode can be DAC.NORMAL or DAC.CIRCULAR.

Example using both DACs at the same time:

dac1 = DAC(1)
dac2 = DAC(2)
dac1.write_timed(buf1, pyb.Timer(6, freq=100), mode=DAC.CIRCULAR)
dac2.write_timed(buf2, pyb.Timer(7, freq=200), mode=DAC.CIRCULAR)