# Reading ADC

**URL:** <https://community.sparkfun.com/t/reading-adc/19984>\
**Category:** MicroMod\
**Tags:** arm-lpc\
**Created:** [March 19, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/reading-adc/19984 "2011-03-19T20:56:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![itslucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b38774/32.png) [@itslucky](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/itslucky)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/reading-adc/19984/1 "2011-03-19T20:56:15Z")

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Hi friends,

I’m new with ARM / ADC actually i have a sample code with read the ADC and show its output thats fine, but the value for ADC which i get from ADC reader function is always **“0x000002D0”** please tell me what this value mean… even i change the value for potentiometer the value remain same…

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**Author:** ![leon\_heller](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/sparkfun/user_avatar/community.sparkfun.com/leon_heller/32/7602_2.png) [@leon\_heller](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/leon_heller)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/reading-adc/19984/2 "2011-03-19T22:50:04Z")

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Code?