Removing noise from ADC for STM8S 8-bit microcontroller

Question

I have implemented ADC for STM8S1003, but looking for a way to reduce the noise on he signal.

There's no offset but the ADC varies 50 digital levels for each analog voltage input.

I'm reading a DC voltage from a wearable biosensor, the input ranges from 0-5V with sampling frequency of 444 kHz. I'm mearing the digital output.

What are the most efficient ways to reduce such an error?

Answer 1

There are several possible causes for this CODE SPREAD.

• deterministic noise entering along with the signal; try 1,000 ohms in series, and 0.1uF capacitor from the ADC Analog VIn pin, to Ground (analog Ground?) with very short leads on the capacitor.

• is the MCU or ADC well bypassed, right at the AVDD pins?

• is the ADC VREF pin well bypassed, with the capacitor going right to the AGROUND pin

and importantly

• consider a GROUND PLANE, tho that will not fend off magnetic fields of SwitchReg or power transformers; standard copper foil is useless below 4 MHz edge rates;

I assist a musician in embedded_systems for signal processing of music instruments. He has used these methods, plus moderately shielded cables, PLUS NO BLACK BRICK POWER SUPPLIES anywhere nearby, to reduce Code Spread from 30 milliVolts down to < 1 millivolt.