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For microcontrollers without an analog-to-digital converter or when you want an ADC system, the ads1115 provides 16-bit precision at 860 samples/second on I2 C. The chip can be configured as 4-channel single-ended differential input, or two channels. As a bonus from Nice, it even includes a programmable gain amplifier, up to x16, to help us boost the one size/differential signals to the entire range. We love this ADC, because it can operate from 2 to 5V power supply/logic, can measure a wide range of signals and it is super easy to use. It is a great general purpose 16-bit converter.
The chip is small enough so that it comes on a breakout board with ferrites to keep the avdd and agnd quiet. Interfacing is carried out via I2 C. The address can be changed to any of the four options (see table 5 datasheet) so you can have up to 4 ads1115 connected on a single two-wire I2C bus for 16 single ended inputs.
To get you started, we have for example code both Raspberry Pi (in our Adafruit pi Python library) and Arduino (in our ads1 x 15 Arduino library repository) Simply connect GND to the ground, the VDD power supply to your logic, and SCL/SDA to your microcontroller the I2 C port and run the sample code to start reading data.