Noise in I2C bus during ADC acquisition

[Nicola Bizzotto]

Hi,

I've developed a custom board which integrate an ESP32-WROVER-IE. During the PCB testing I noticed a noise in the I2C bus. The noise seems to be correlated to ADC acquisitions. I would like to find out what's the cause of this phenomenon and possibly solve it.

For simplicity, I replicated the same behavior by using an ESP32-DevKitC-32UE and activating only I2C and ADC peripherals.
For this purpose I've used the following pins:

- IO25 --> SDA
- IO26 --> SCL
- IO34 --> ANALOG INPUT

Here below I'm adding some code screenshots.

I2C setup

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ADC setup and periodic task (ADC acquisition)

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The noise on the I2C bus seems to be synchronous to the periodic task.

Hardware-side, the only things I've added to the ESP32-DevKitC-32UE were two 10k pullup resistor between SDA/SCL and +3V3 supply.

The following images are some oscilloscope captures that highlight the noise present in the I2C bus. Specifically, the oscilloscope probe was placed between the SDA and GND lines:

Oscilloscope acquisitions

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Have any of you encountered the phenomenon I described?

[MicroController]

I'm adding some code screenshots

Seriously?

Also, I can't see/access any of the images in your post.

[Nicola Bizzotto]

I'm adding some code screenshots

Seriously?

Also, I can't see/access any of the images in your post.

Sorry. I've now edited my original post to make the images accessible.
Thank you for the feedback.