ADC2_VREF routed to a gpio pin lowers voltage 10mv under a ~800K Ohm load

[tastynaysty]

I want to use ADC2 VREF as the voltage source for a divider circuit that I will then read with ADC1. I use the following to accomplish the routing of the vref to the gpio.

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    esp_err_t status = adc2_vref_to_gpio( GPIO_NUM_25); 

When this pin is floating the voltmeter reads it at 1.112 but reads at 1.102 when I attach two voltage divider circuits that are about 1.56M OHMS each so about 800K Ohms from gpio25 ==> Ground . I have a unity gain op amp to make sure that reading by the ADC should not impact the circuit. Is it inadvisable to apply any load to this pin when the adc2_vref is routed to it? Should I just add another op amp at the output of gpio25?

[ESP_Sprite]

Yeah, I would not load that pin; just throw an unity gain amplifier at it and you should be good.

[tastynaysty]

Yeah, I would not load that pin; just throw an unity gain amplifier at it and you should be good.

Ok that makes sense to me. It felt a bit hack to put a load on it .

If the value I measure at this pin without a load does not match the value burned into the efuse that sets vref is there a way to override that value so that I can give it a more accurate readings? I am seeing the estimates generated by

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 esp_adc_cal_raw_to_voltage(reading, adc_chars);

Return values that are always about 10mv too high and I am wondering if this is due to the fact that the efuse is not the same as that which I read from routing adc2 to gpio.

[ESP_Sprite]

Yes, I think there is an ESP-IDF call somewhere to set a custom vref voltage.