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Arduino Analog I/O Multiplexer

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[SeanHodgins] has a project in mind where he needs to sample over 500 analog sensors. To get ready, he made a breakout board for 32-channel analog multiplexer device he wants to use. He put the project out on Hackaday.io and also has a video tutorial you can see below.

There are five input pins to the chip which lets you connect one analog pin to any one of 32 analog pins. Of course, in addition to the five control lines, you need some handshaking lines, too so you could use as many as eight digital pins to control the device. …read more

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A Few of Our Favorite Chips: 4051 Analog Mux

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Raindrops on roses, and whiskers on kittens? They’re alright, I suppose. But when it comes down to it, I’d probably rather have a bunch of 4051, 4052, and 4053 analog multiplexers on the component shelf. Why? Because the ability to switch analog signals around, routing them at will, under control of a microcontroller is tremendously powerful.

Whether you want to read a capacitive-sensing keyboard or just switch among audio signals, nothing beats a mux! Read on and see if you agree.

The Basics

An ideal analog multiplexer routes a single common pin on one side through multiple switches to multiple …read more

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