Noisy analogue input

#21

The voltage readouts are stable. I changed to osc/sine but it's still noisy the same way.
Yes in my example it was a log potentiometer, I but tested with linear pot, and brand new. log or linear still the same.

#22

OK, in a last attempt I just changed the cables. And it's much better !!!
I still have a little noise which make the sine wave a little grainy. Capacitors between input and ground make it worse. Maybe it is possible to smooth it with an object ?
Nevertheless when pot is at max value , there is noise, as much as before, but only when it reaches the last degrees of rotation.
Thanks for your patience

#23

It's getting better now ! I just soldered the capacitor directly on the axoloti, and I use a kfilter object to smooth everything.

#24

Have you tried grounding the adjacent analog input pins? All those unused traces / terminals can sometimes act as antennas that pick up more noise.

#25

That was it, I grounded all the other inputs.
Now it works great
Fantastic !!

#26

im having th same problem,

im using:

  • 10 x 10 K linear pots
  • all is grounded
  • 2 switches (on ground ,before vdda,no differnce)
  • 4 rotary switches,only 2 really connected with the resistor chain,2 are connected to ground,vdda and gpio(before not connected ,no difference)
  • there is nothing disconnected
  • everyhing is on VDDA

it is quite important because i control the dial matrix with them,and everytime i switch to another carrier what i want to modulate,he automaticly goes to the value what i had before,just because he wiggles a tiny tiny bit.

#27

I believe excessive noise is not your problem here, but the dial matrix reacting on every tiny change. Please start a different topic (or reply to an existing topic if it exists) about this dial matrix business.

#28

Hi, I'm digging out this old thread as I was looking for ways to reduce potentiometer noise before I finally start building an enclosure for my axoloti. It's going to be out of wood, so I'm going to shield it with copper tape on the inside like described in this thread.

To further reduce noise, how important is adding capacitors?

I also don't really get this - would I solder a wire from the center pin of a potentiometer to an analog input and then another wire from the input to the capacitor, then to GND?
Could only one capacitor be used for all of my 15 potentiometers?

#29

no you want one capacitor from every analog in you use

#31

Thanks. Just to make sure that I don't screw this up I made a sketch of how I would do the wiring:

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Would it work like that?

Also what kind of capacitors do I need - are these ok (10nF ceramic capacitors with 50V rating)?

#32

yep, looks good. you can also solder the capacitor across the potentiometer, from ground to middle pin. or directly from the axo input to ground. it depends a little on how long those wires from potentiometer to analog in are going to be. i would say, try on the pot first(easiest), if you still have too much noise, move them closer to the board.

#33

I'll try that, thanks a lot!