# Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) Continuous Mode Driver

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## Introduction

This document describes the ADC continuous mode driver on ESP32-C6.

In continuous mode, the ADC performs automatic, high-speed sampling on one or more analog input channels, with results efficiently transferred to memory via DMA. This mode is suitable for applications that require periodic or high-frequency data acquisition.

To perform single, on-demand ADC conversions, check ADC Oneshot Mode Driver.

## Driver Concepts

ADC continuous mode organizes data into conversion frames, which consist of multiple conversion results.

- Conversion Frame: A frame contains multiple conversion results. Conversion frame size is configured with `adc_continuous_new_handle()` in bytes.

- Conversion Result: A result consists of multiple bytes, as defined by `SOC_ADC_DIGI_RESULT_BYTES`. Its structure is `adc_digi_output_data_t`, including the ADC unit, ADC channel, and raw data.

## Functional Overview

The following sections of this document cover the typical steps to install the ADC continuous mode driver, and read ADC conversion results from a group of ADC channels continuously:

- Resource Allocation: covers which parameters should be set up to initialize the ADC continuous mode driver and how to deinitialize it.

- ADC Configurations: describes how to configure the ADC(s) to make it work under continuous mode.

- ADC Control: describes ADC control functions.

- Register Event Callbacks: describes how to hook user-specific code to an ADC continuous mode event callback function.

- Read Conversion Result: covers how to get ADC conversion result.

- Hardware Limitations: describes the ADC-related hardware limitations.

- Power Management: covers power management-related information.

- IRAM Safe: covers the IRAM safe functions.

- Thread Safety: lists which APIs are guaranteed to be thread-safe by the driver.

### Resource Allocation

The ADC continuous mode driver is implemented based on ESP32-C6 SAR ADC module. Different ESP targets might have different numbers of independent ADCs.

To create an ADC continuous mode driver handle, set up the required configuration structure `adc_continuous_handle_cfg_t`:

- `adc_continuous_handle_cfg_t::max_store_buf_size`: set the maximum size of the pool in bytes, and the driver saves ADC conversion result into the pool.

- `adc_continuous_handle_cfg_t::conv_frame_size`: set the size of the ADC conversion frame, in bytes.

- `adc_continuous_handle_cfg_t::flags`: set the flags that can change the driver's behavior.

  - `flush_pool`: When the pool is full, the old data in the buffer pool will be automatically flushed and new data will be written. Otherwise, when the pool is full, new conversion results will be lost.

After setting up the above configurations for the ADC, call `adc_continuous_new_handle()` with the prepared `adc_continuous_handle_cfg_t`. This function may fail due to various errors such as invalid arguments, insufficient memory, etc.

Especially, when this function returns `ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND`, this means there is no free GDMA channel.

If the ADC continuous mode driver is no longer used, you should deinitialize the driver by calling `adc_continuous_deinit()`.

#### IIR filter

Two IIR filters are available when ADC is working in continuous mode. To create an ADC IIR filter, you should set up `adc_continuous_iir_filter_config_t` and call `adc_new_continuous_iir_filter()`.

- `adc_digi_filter_config_t::unit`: ADC unit.

- `adc_digi_filter_config_t::channel`: ADC channel to be filtered.

- `adc_digi_filter_config_t::coeff`: Filter coefficient.

To recycle a filter, you should call `adc_del_continuous_iir_filter()`.

Note

If you use both filters on the same ADC channel, then only the first one will take effect.

#### Monitor

2 monitors are available when ADC is working under continuous mode, you can set one or two threshold(s) of a monitor on a working ADC channel, then the monitor will invoke interrupts every sample loop if conversion result outranges of the threshold. To create an ADC monitor, you need to set up the `adc_monitor_config_t` and call `adc_new_continuous_monitor()`.

- `adc_monitor_config_t::adc_unit`: Configures which ADC unit the channel you want to monitor belongs to.

- `adc_monitor_config_t::channel`: The channel you want to monitor.

- `adc_monitor_config_t::h_threshold`: The high threshold, conversion result larger than this value invokes interrupt, set to -1 if do not use.

- `adc_monitor_config_t::l_threshold`: The low threshold, conversion result less than this value invokes interrupt, set to -1 if do not use.

Once a monitor is created, you can operate it by following APIs to construct your apps.

- `adc_continuous_monitor_enable()`: Enable a monitor.

- `adc_continuous_monitor_disable()`: Disable a monitor.

- `adc_continuous_monitor_register_event_callbacks()`: register user callbacks to take action when the ADC value exceeds of the thresholds.

- `adc_del_continuous_monitor()`: Delete a created monitor and free resources.

Specifically, the monitor function can be used to implement zero-crossing detection. As ADC cannot directly process negative input signals, an extra DC bias should be applied to the original signal before measurement.

First, add a DC bias to the input signal through a circuit to "shift" the negative signal into the ADC's measurement range. For the measurement range, please refer to the On-Chip Sensor and Analog Signal Processing chapter in TRM. For example, adding a 1 V bias would transform a signal from -1 V to +1 V into 0 V to 2 V range. Then by setting the appropriate high and low thresholds, the ADC can detect if the input signal approaches zero, allowing for the identification of phase changes in the signal. Refer to the example code below for details.

    // Initialize the ADC monitor handle
    adc_monitor_handle_t adc_monitor_handle = NULL;

    // Configure the ADC monitor
    adc_monitor_config_t zero_crossing_config = {
        .adc_unit = EXAMPLE_ADC_UNIT_1,      // Specify the ADC unit to monitor
        .channel = EXAMPLE_ADC_CHANNEL_0,    // Specify the ADC channel to monitor
        .h_threshold = 1100,                 // Set the high threshold close to the DC bias and adjust it as needed
        .l_threshold = 900,                 // Set the low threshold close to the DC bias and adjust it as needed
    };

    // Create the ADC monitor
    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(adc_new_continuous_monitor(&zero_crossing_config, &adc_monitor_handle));

    // Register the callback function
    adc_monitor_evt_cbs_t zero_crossing_cbs = {
        .on_over_high_thresh = example_on_exceed_high_thresh,
        .on_below_low_thresh = example_on_below_low_thresh,
    };

    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(adc_continuous_monitor_register_event_callbacks(adc_monitor_handle, &zero_crossing_cbs, NULL));

    // Enable the ADC monitor
    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(adc_continuous_monitor_enable(adc_monitor_handle));

    // Disable and delete the ADC monitor
    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(adc_continuous_monitor_disable(adc_monitor_handle));
    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(adc_del_continuous_monitor(adc_monitor_handle));

#### Initialize the ADC Continuous Mode Driver

    adc_continuous_handle_t handle = NULL;
    adc_continuous_handle_cfg_t adc_config = {
        .max_store_buf_size = 1024,
        .conv_frame_size = 256,
    };
    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(adc_continuous_new_handle(&adc_config, &handle));

#### Recycle the ADC Unit

    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(adc_continuous_deinit(handle));

### ADC Configurations

After the ADC continuous mode driver is initialized, set up the `adc_continuous_config_t` to configure ADC IOs to measure analog signal:

- `adc_continuous_config_t::pattern_num`: number of ADC channels that will be used.

- `adc_continuous_config_t::adc_pattern`: list of configs for each ADC channel that will be used, see the description below.

- `adc_continuous_config_t::sample_freq_hz`: expected ADC sampling frequency in Hz.

- `adc_continuous_config_t::conv_mode`: continuous conversion mode.

- `adc_continuous_config_t::format`: conversion output format.

Set `adc_digi_pattern_config_t` with the following process:

- `adc_digi_pattern_config_t::atten`: ADC attenuation. Refer to the On-Chip Sensor and Analog Signal Processing chapter in TRM.

- `adc_digi_pattern_config_t::channel`: the IO corresponding ADC channel number. See the note below.

- `adc_digi_pattern_config_t::unit`: the ADC that the IO is subordinate to.

- `adc_digi_pattern_config_t::bit_width`: the bitwidth of the raw conversion result.

Note

For the IO corresponding ADC channel number, check TRM to acquire the ADC IOs. Besides, `adc_continuous_io_to_channel()` and `adc_continuous_channel_to_io()` can be used to acquire the ADC channels and ADC IOs.

To make these settings take effect, call `adc_continuous_config()` with the configuration structure above. This API may fail due to reasons like `ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG`. When it returns `ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE`, this means the ADC continuous mode driver is started, you should not call this API at this moment.

See ADC continuous mode example peripherals/adc/continuous_read to see configuration codes.

To enable/disable the ADC IIR filter, you should call `adc_continuous_iir_filter_enable()` / `adc_continuous_iir_filter_disable()`.

To enable/disable the ADC monitor, you should call `adc_continuous_monitor_enable()` / `adc_continuous_monitor_disable()`.

### ADC Control

#### Start and Stop

Calling `adc_continuous_start()` makes the ADC start to measure analog signals from the configured ADC channels, and generate the conversion results.

On the contrary, calling `adc_continuous_stop()` stops the ADC conversion.

    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(adc_continuous_stop(handle));

### Register Event Callbacks

By calling `adc_continuous_register_event_callbacks()`, you can hook your own function to the driver ISR. Supported event callbacks are listed in `adc_continuous_evt_cbs_t`.

- `adc_continuous_evt_cbs_t::on_conv_done`: this is invoked when one conversion frame finishes.

- `adc_continuous_evt_cbs_t::on_pool_ovf`: this is invoked when the internal pool is full. Newer conversion results will be discarded.

As the above callbacks are called in an ISR context, you should always ensure the callback function is suitable for an ISR context. Blocking logic should not appear in these callbacks. The callback function prototype is declared in `adc_continuous_callback_t`.

You can also register your own context when calling `adc_continuous_register_event_callbacks()` by the parameter `user_data`. This user data will be passed to the callback functions directly.

This function may fail due to reasons like `ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG`. Especially, when CONFIG_ADC_CONTINUOUS_ISR_IRAM_SAFE is enabled, this error may indicate that the callback functions are not in the internal RAM. Check the error log for more details. Besides, when it fails due to `ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE`, it indicates that the ADC continuous mode driver is started, and you should not add a callback at this moment.

#### Conversion Done Event

When the driver completes a conversion, it triggers the `adc_continuous_evt_cbs_t::on_conv_done` event and fills the event data. Event data contains a buffer pointer to a conversion frame buffer, together with the size. Refer to `adc_continuous_evt_data_t` to know the event data structure.

Note

It is worth noting that, the data buffer `adc_continuous_evt_data_t::conv_frame_buffer` is maintained by the driver itself. Therefore, never free this piece of memory.

Note

When the Kconfig option CONFIG_ADC_CONTINUOUS_ISR_IRAM_SAFE is enabled, the registered callbacks and the functions called by the callbacks should be placed in IRAM. The involved variables should be placed in internal RAM as well.

#### Pool Overflow Event

The ADC continuous mode driver has an internal pool to save the conversion results. When the pool is full, a pool overflow event will emerge. Under this condition, the driver will not fill in the event data. This usually happens because the speed to read data from the pool by calling `adc_continuous_read()` is much slower than the ADC conversion speed.

### Read Conversion Result

After calling `adc_continuous_start()`, the ADC continuous conversion starts. Call `adc_continuous_read()` to get the conversion results of the ADC channels. You need to provide a buffer to get the raw results.

Function `adc_continuous_read()` tries to read the expected length of conversion results each time.

- When calling `adc_continuous_read()`, you can request to read a conversion result of the specified length. Sometimes, however, the actual available conversion results may be less than the requested length, in which case the function still moves the data from the internal pool into the buffer you provided. Therefore, to learn the number of conversion results actually moved into the buffer, please check the value of `out_length`.

- If there is no conversion result generated in the internal pool, the function will block for `timeout_ms` until at least one conversion result is generated. If there are still no generated results, the function will return `ESP_ERR_TIMEOUT`.

- If the generated results fill up the internal pool, newly generated results will be lost. Next time when `adc_continuous_read()` is called, this function will return `ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE` to indicate this situation.

This API aims to give you a chance to read all the ADC continuous conversion results.

The ADC conversion results read from the above function are raw data. To calculate the voltage based on the ADC raw results, this formula can be used:

    Vout = Dout * Vmax / Dmax       (1)

where:

Vout | Digital output result, standing for the voltage.
--- | ---
Dout | ADC raw digital reading result.
Vmax | Maximum measurable input analog voltage, this is related to the ADC attenuation, please refer to the On-Chip Sensor and Analog Signal Processing chapter in TRM.
Dmax | Maximum of the output ADC raw digital reading result, which is 2^bitwidth, where the bitwidth is the `adc_digi_pattern_config_t::bit_width` configured before.

To do further calibration to convert the ADC raw result to voltage in mV, please refer to Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) Calibration Driver.

#### Parse ADC Raw Data

The raw data read from ADC continuous mode needs to be further parsed to obtain usable ADC conversion results. The function `adc_continuous_parse_data()` provides the functionality to parse raw data into structured ADC data.

Note

Input buffer requirements:

- Length alignment: raw_data_size must be a multiple of `SOC_ADC_DIGI_RESULT_BYTES`

- Buffer size: Ensure the raw_data buffer is large enough to hold raw_data_size bytes of data

    // Read raw data
    uint32_t ret_num = 0;
    esp_err_t ret = adc_continuous_read(handle, result, EXAMPLE_READ_LEN, &ret_num, 0);
    if (ret == ESP_OK) {
        // Parse raw data
        adc_continuous_data_t parsed_data[ret_num / SOC_ADC_DIGI_RESULT_BYTES];
        uint32_t num_parsed_samples = 0;

        esp_err_t parse_ret = adc_continuous_parse_data(handle, result, ret_num, parsed_data, &num_parsed_samples);
        if (parse_ret == ESP_OK) {
            for (int i = 0; i < num_parsed_samples; i++) {
                if (parsed_data[i].valid) {
                    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "ADC%d, Channel: %d, Value: %"PRIu32,
                             parsed_data[i].unit + 1,
                             parsed_data[i].channel,
                             parsed_data[i].raw_data);
                }
            }
        }
    }

The parsed data structure `adc_continuous_data_t` contains the following information:

- `adc_continuous_data_t::unit`：ADC unit (ADC_UNIT_1 or ADC_UNIT_2)

- `adc_continuous_data_t::channel`：ADC channel number (0-9)

- `adc_continuous_data_t::raw_data`：ADC raw data value (0-4095, 12-bit resolution)

- `adc_continuous_data_t::valid`：Whether the data is valid

#### Read and Parse ADC Data

To simplify the usage flow, the function `adc_continuous_read_parse()` is provided, which merges the read and parse operations into a single function call.

    // Using the read and parse function
    adc_continuous_data_t parsed_data[64];  // User specifies maximum number of samples
    uint32_t num_samples = 0;

    esp_err_t ret = adc_continuous_read_parse(handle, parsed_data, 64, &num_samples, 1000);
    if (ret == ESP_OK) {
        for (int i = 0; i < num_samples; i++) {
            if (parsed_data[i].valid) {
                ESP_LOGI(TAG, "ADC%d, Channel: %d, Value: %"PRIu32,
                         parsed_data[i].unit + 1,
                         parsed_data[i].channel,
                         parsed_data[i].raw_data);
            }
        }
    }

### Hardware Limitations

- A specific ADC unit can only work under one operating mode at any one time, either continuous mode or one-shot mode. `adc_continuous_start()` has provided the protection.

- Random Number Generator (RNG) uses ADC as an input source. When ADC continuous mode driver works, the random number generated from RNG will be less random.

### Power Management

When power management is enabled, i.e., CONFIG_PM_ENABLE is on, the APB clock frequency may be adjusted when the system is in an idle state, thus potentially changing the behavior of ADC continuous conversion.

However, the continuous mode driver can prevent this change by acquiring a power management lock of type `ESP_PM_APB_FREQ_MAX`. The lock is acquired after the continuous conversion is started by `adc_continuous_start()`. Similarly, the lock will be released after `adc_continuous_stop()`. Therefore, `adc_continuous_start()` and `adc_continuous_stop()` should appear in pairs, otherwise, the power management will be out of action.

### IRAM Safe

All the ADC continuous mode driver APIs are not IRAM-safe. They are not supposed to be run when the Cache is disabled. By enabling the Kconfig option CONFIG_ADC_CONTINUOUS_ISR_IRAM_SAFE, the driver's internal ISR handler is IRAM-safe, which means even when the Cache is disabled, the driver will still save the conversion results into its internal pool.

### Thread Safety

ADC continuous mode driver APIs are not guaranteed to be thread-safe. However, the share hardware mutual exclusion is provided by the driver. See Hardware Limitations for more details.

## Application Examples

- peripherals/adc/continuous_read demonstrates how to use the ADC Continuous Read Mode (DMA Mode) on ESP32-C6 development boards to read from GPIO pins via on-chip ADC modules.

## API Reference

### Header File

- components/esp_adc/include/esp_adc/adc_continuous.h

- This header file can be included with:

  >     #include "esp_adc/adc_continuous.h"

- This header file is a part of the API provided by the `esp_adc` component. To declare that your component depends on `esp_adc`, add the following to your CMakeLists.txt:

  >     REQUIRES esp_adc

  > or

  >     PRIV_REQUIRES esp_adc

### Functions

esp_err_t adc_continuous_new_handle(const adc_continuous_handle_cfg_t *hdl_config, adc_continuous_handle_t *ret_handle)

  Initialize ADC continuous driver and get a handle to it.

  Parameters:

    - hdl_config -- [in] Pointer to ADC initialization config. Refer to `adc_continuous_handle_cfg_t`.

    - ret_handle -- [out] ADC continuous mode driver handle

  Returns:

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG If the combination of arguments is invalid.

    - ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND No free interrupt found with the specified flags

    - ESP_ERR_NO_MEM If out of memory

    - ESP_OK On success

esp_err_t adc_continuous_config(adc_continuous_handle_t handle, const adc_continuous_config_t *config)

  Set ADC continuous mode required configurations.

  Parameters:

    - handle -- [in] ADC continuous mode driver handle

    - config -- [in] Refer to `adc_digi_config_t`.

  Returns:

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE: Driver state is invalid, you shouldn't call this API at this moment

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: If the combination of arguments is invalid.

    - ESP_OK: On success

esp_err_t adc_continuous_register_event_callbacks(adc_continuous_handle_t handle, const adc_continuous_evt_cbs_t *cbs, void *user_data)

  Register callbacks.

  Note

  User can deregister a previously registered callback by calling this function and setting the to-be-deregistered callback member in the `cbs` structure to NULL.

  Note

  When CONFIG_ADC_CONTINUOUS_ISR_IRAM_SAFE is enabled, the callback itself and functions called by it should be placed in IRAM. Involved variables (including `user_data`) should be in internal RAM as well.

  Note

  You should only call this API when the ADC continuous mode driver isn't started. Check return value to know this.

  Parameters:

    - handle -- [in] ADC continuous mode driver handle

    - cbs -- [in] Group of callback functions

    - user_data -- [in] User data, which will be delivered to the callback functions directly

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK: On success

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: Invalid arguments

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE: Driver state is invalid, you shouldn't call this API at this moment

esp_err_t adc_continuous_start(adc_continuous_handle_t handle)

  Start the ADC under continuous mode. After this, the hardware starts working.

  Parameters:

    handle -- [in] ADC continuous mode driver handle

  Returns:

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE Driver state is invalid.

    - ESP_OK On success

esp_err_t adc_continuous_read(adc_continuous_handle_t handle, uint8_t *buf, uint32_t length_max, uint32_t *out_length, uint32_t timeout_ms)

  Read bytes from ADC under continuous mode.

  Parameters:

    - handle -- [in] ADC continuous mode driver handle

    - buf -- [out] Conversion result buffer to read from ADC. Suggest convert to `adc_digi_output_data_t` for `ADC Conversion Results`. See the subsection `Driver Backgrounds` in this header file to learn about this concept.

    - length_max -- [in] Expected length of the Conversion Results read from the ADC, in bytes.

    - out_length -- [out] Real length of the Conversion Results read from the ADC via this API, in bytes.

    - timeout_ms -- [in] Time to wait for data via this API, in millisecond.

  Returns:

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE Driver state is invalid. Usually it means the ADC sampling rate is faster than the task processing rate.

    - ESP_ERR_TIMEOUT Operation timed out

    - ESP_OK On success

esp_err_t adc_continuous_stop(adc_continuous_handle_t handle)

  Stop the ADC. After this, the hardware stops working.

  Parameters:

    handle -- [in] ADC continuous mode driver handle

  Returns:

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE Driver state is invalid.

    - ESP_OK On success

esp_err_t adc_continuous_deinit(adc_continuous_handle_t handle)

  Deinitialize the ADC continuous driver.

  Parameters:

    handle -- [in] ADC continuous mode driver handle

  Returns:

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE Driver state is invalid.

    - ESP_OK On success

esp_err_t adc_continuous_flush_pool(adc_continuous_handle_t handle)

  Flush the driver internal pool.

  Note

  This API is not supposed to be called in an ISR context

  Parameters:

    handle -- [in] ADC continuous mode driver handle

  Returns:

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE Driver state is invalid, you should call this API when it's in init state

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: Invalid arguments

    - ESP_OK On success

esp_err_t adc_continuous_io_to_channel(int io_num, adc_unit_t *const unit_id, adc_channel_t *const channel)

  Get ADC channel from the given GPIO number.

  Parameters:

    - io_num -- [in] GPIO number

    - unit_id -- [out] ADC unit

    - channel -- [out] ADC channel

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK: On success

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: Invalid argument

    - ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND: The IO is not a valid ADC pad

esp_err_t adc_continuous_channel_to_io(adc_unit_t unit_id, adc_channel_t channel, int *const io_num)

  Get GPIO number from the given ADC channel.

  Parameters:

    - unit_id -- [in] ADC unit

    - channel -- [in] ADC channel

    - io_num -- [out] GPIO number

    - - -- ESP_OK: On success

      - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: Invalid argument

esp_err_t adc_continuous_parse_data(adc_continuous_handle_t handle, const uint8_t *raw_data, uint32_t raw_data_size, adc_continuous_data_t *parsed_data, uint32_t *num_parsed_samples)

  Parse ADC continuous mode raw data.

  Note

  The function will parse all available samples from raw_data. User should ensure parsed_data array is large enough to hold raw_data_size/SOC_ADC_DIGI_RESULT_BYTES samples. The function includes comprehensive bounds checking to prevent buffer overflow and integer overflow.

  Parameters:

    - handle -- [in] ADC continuous mode driver handle

    - raw_data -- [in] Raw data buffer obtained from adc_continuous_read()

    - raw_data_size -- [in] Size of raw data buffer in bytes

    - parsed_data -- [out] Parsed data array

    - num_parsed_samples -- [out] Number of samples actually parsed and stored in parsed_data

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK: Success

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: Invalid arguments

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_SIZE: raw_data_size is not aligned to SOC_ADC_DIGI_RESULT_BYTES, integer overflow detected, or buffer overflow detected

esp_err_t adc_continuous_read_parse(adc_continuous_handle_t handle, adc_continuous_data_t *parsed_data, uint32_t max_samples, uint32_t *num_samples, uint32_t timeout_ms)

  Read and parse ADC continuous mode data in one call.

  Note

  This function automatically handles raw data buffer allocation and cleanup. User only needs to provide parsed_data array and specify max_samples.

  Parameters:

    - handle -- [in] ADC continuous mode driver handle

    - parsed_data -- [out] Parsed data array

    - max_samples -- [in] Maximum number of samples that can be stored in parsed_data array

    - num_samples -- [out] Number of samples actually parsed and stored in parsed_data

    - timeout_ms -- [in] Timeout in milliseconds

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK: Success

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: Invalid arguments

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_SIZE: Buffer size issues or overflow detected

    - ESP_ERR_TIMEOUT: Operation timed out

    - ESP_ERR_NO_MEM: Memory allocation failed

### Structures

struct adc_continuous_handle_cfg_t

  ADC continuous mode driver initial configurations.

  Public Members

  uint32_t max_store_buf_size

    Max length of the conversion results that driver can store, in bytes.

  uint32_t conv_frame_size

    Conversion frame size, in bytes. This should be in multiples of `SOC_ADC_DIGI_DATA_BYTES_PER_CONV`.

  uint32_t flush_pool

    Flush the internal pool when the pool is full.

  struct adc_continuous_handle_cfg_t flags

    Driver flags.

struct adc_continuous_config_t

  ADC continuous mode driver configurations.

  Public Members

  uint32_t pattern_num

    Number of ADC channels that will be used.

  adc_digi_pattern_config_t *adc_pattern

    List of configs for each ADC channel that will be used.

  uint32_t sample_freq_hz

    The expected ADC sampling frequency in Hz. Please refer to `soc/soc_caps.h` to know available sampling frequency range

  adc_digi_convert_mode_t conv_mode

    ADC DMA conversion mode, see `adc_digi_convert_mode_t`.

  adc_digi_output_format_t format

    ADC DMA conversion output format, see `adc_digi_output_format_t`.

struct adc_continuous_evt_data_t

  Event data structure.

  Note

  The `conv_frame_buffer` is maintained by the driver itself, so never free this piece of memory.

  Public Members

  uint8_t *conv_frame_buffer

    Pointer to conversion result buffer for one conversion frame.

  uint32_t size

    Conversion frame size.

struct adc_continuous_evt_cbs_t

  Group of ADC continuous mode callbacks.

  Note

  These callbacks are all running in an ISR environment.

  Note

  When CONFIG_ADC_CONTINUOUS_ISR_IRAM_SAFE is enabled, the callback itself and functions called by it should be placed in IRAM. Involved variables should be in internal RAM as well.

  Public Members

  adc_continuous_callback_t on_conv_done

    Event callback, invoked when one conversion frame is done. See the subsection `Driver Backgrounds` in this header file to learn about the `conversion frame` concept.

  adc_continuous_callback_t on_pool_ovf

    Event callback, invoked when the internal pool is full.

struct adc_continuous_data_t

  Parsed ADC continuous mode data structure.

  Public Members

  adc_unit_t unit

    ADC unit (ADC_UNIT_1 or ADC_UNIT_2)

  adc_channel_t channel

    ADC channel number (0-9)

  uint32_t raw_data

    ADC raw data value (0-4095, 12-bit resolution)

  bool valid

    Whether the data is valid.

### Macros

ADC_MAX_DELAY

  ADC read max timeout value, it may make the `adc_continuous_read` block forever if the OS supports.

### Type Definitions

typedef struct adc_continuous_ctx_t *adc_continuous_handle_t

  Type of adc continuous mode driver handle.

typedef bool (*adc_continuous_callback_t)(adc_continuous_handle_t handle, const adc_continuous_evt_data_t *edata, void *user_data)

  Prototype of ADC continuous mode event callback.

  Param handle:

    [in] ADC continuous mode driver handle

  Param edata:

    [in] Pointer to ADC continuous mode event data

  Param user_data:

    [in] User registered context, registered when in `adc_continuous_register_event_callbacks()`

  Return:

    Whether a high priority task is woken up by this function

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