ADC issue

[alexanderpruss]

When I put a standard red LED with a 100ohm resistor on a gpio (or just between ground and V3) on my black pill, and I connect PA6 to ground with a 10K resistor, analogRead(PA6) returns around 300 when the LED is on, and 0 when it's off. Is 10K not enough for a pulldown?

I don't have any issue with the built in LED on the board.

[GonzoG]

Checked with bluepill (F103) and blackpill (F411) and no problems. It reads 1-2 with LED connected.
There must be something wrong with your circuit.

If I connected 100 Ohm resistor to GND and then LED and pull down resistor to it, then I got ~150-170 with white, blue and green LEDs and ~350 with yellow and red LEDs, but this is expected as there is voltage loss on this 100 Ohm resistor and it depends on current drawn by LED.

[ag123]

working some numbers
300 / 4096 * 3.3 = 0.24v

Then look at some datasheets
https://downloads.cree-led.com/files/ds/h/HB-C4SMA.pdf
it turns out forward voltage can run from 2-3.8v
TYPICAL ELECTRICAL & OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS (TA = 25°C) table

given that if the voltage is measured across the 100 ohm resistor, 0.24v isn't after all incorrect
the other thing is to use a large sample time, especially if you are using a higher series resistance to the adc.

[alexanderpruss]

But the 100 ohm resistor is not connected to the ADC pin, only to V3 or another GPIO.

[STM32ardui]

But the 100 ohm resistor is not connected to the ADC pin, only to V3 or another GPIO.

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From your start posting

When I put a standard red LED with a 100ohm resistor ... (or just between ground and V3) on my black pill, and I connect PA6 to ground with a 10K resistor ...

it can be this:

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