From
Cartechbooks:
"Ford EECs convert most voltage inputs from sensors (MAF,
TPS, etc.) into an A/D count before actual processing. Some software packages normalize this to only show voltage values in the editor; others leave it as counts. The actual scaling depends upon the clock speed of the processor being used, but it always works out such that 0 to 5v reference signals become 0 to 1,023 A/D counts."
It's just the way the
PCM relates to input voltages....without using actual voltage. You can assume that 512 A/D counts will be 2.5 volts. Just keep in mind that the A/D on most sensors....especially the
TPS...will never be 0 counts but more of a minimum of 70-80 counts.