SLAU723A October 2017 – October 2018 MSP432E401Y , MSP432E411Y
An ADC is commonly used to sample an external signal and to monitor its value to ensure that it remains in a given range. To automate this monitoring procedure and reduce the amount of processor overhead that is required, each module provides eight digital comparators.
Conversions from the ADC that are sent to the digital comparators are compared against the user programmable limits in the ADC Digital Comparator Range (ADCDCCMPn) registers. The ADC can be configured to generate an interrupt depending on whether the ADC is operating within the low, mid or high-band region configured in the ADCDCCMPn bit fields. The digital comparators four operational modes (Once, Always, Hysteresis Once, Hysteresis Always) can be additionally applied to the interrupt configuration.