What is analogue-to-digital converter?
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An electronic circuit that converts a continuously varying signal (temperature, pressure, voltage, etc.) into digital number comprising zeroes and ones. Applications include anything that involves the digital processing of signals by a digital signal processor, microprocessor or microcontroller. |
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| 2005-06-07 | Extensible modular DAQ system records to SD memory cards Dataq Instruments' latest 14-bit eight-channel instruments either stream data to your PC, or collect data as standalone data loggers |
| 2005-09-02 | Eurotech launches VxWorks BSP for CPU-1432 PC/104-Plus CPU Eurotech has disclosed the availability of a new board support package (BSP) for its CPU-1432 PC/104-Plus embedded computer and Wind River's VxWorks RTOS. |
| 2002-09-16 | Enabling VDSM SoC revolution with mixed-signal design This article demonstrates how incorporating analog/mixed-signal design automation to existing chip trends can revolutionize VDSM SoCs. |
| 2007-09-11 | Enabling digital microphones with CMOS Preamplifiers implemented in modern submicron CMOS processes enable a wide range of improvements over traditional JFETs. |
| 2006-08-17 | Elan rolls out industry-grade multipurpose MCUs Elan Microelectronics said its new industry-grade multipurpose MCUs feature streamlined architecture, advanced features, enhanced performance and competitive pricing. |
| 2003-06-16 | Early history of the DSP chip Digital signal processing (DSP) is a technology that has become pervasive in our society, but it did not become pervasive overnight. Here's a look at how DSP developed through the years. |
| 2008-07-16 | Door zone devices improve car comfort, convenience In modern vehicle doors, the control of various loads and functions is realized increasingly by using smart power semiconductor devices. The quantity of the functions to be controlled has been constantly increasing during the last few years, and different loads have been integrated inside the electronics. |
| 2014-04-08 | Domain-specific languages for medical device design Learn how existing languages for PLCs can be extended with domain-specific constructs. |
| 2006-08-15 | Digitizers allow long recordings at high sample rates Strategic Test's three new digitizer cards have standard signal memories of 64MByte expandable to 4GBytes, allowing long recordings at high sample rates. |
| 2013-12-26 | Digital trigger system with low trigger jitter Read about a digital trigger system in an oscilloscope that results in very low trigger jitter. |
| 2008-12-25 | Digital receivers tout speedy conversion Mercury Computer Systems has announced the availability of the initial offering of the new Echotek Series family of high-performance, Virtex-5 FPGA-based digital receivers that allow high-speed/high-resolution data conversion. |
| 2008-01-18 | Digital optocouplers withstand industrial environs Avago has rolled out high-temperature, high-speed digital optocouplers, which are said to be the first in the industry for use in industrial applications. |
| 2007-03-06 | Digital multimeter offers 50,000 readings per sec Agilent introduced its 1U LXI digital multimeter, providing test system integrators with measurement speed and throughput of 50,000 readings per second at 4-1/2 digits accuracy. |
| 2009-07-28 | Digi-Key, Fujitsu ink distribution deal Digi-Key has signed a new agreement with Fujitsu Microelectronics America for the worldwide distribution of the latter's new low-power, low-pin-count, 8bit MCUs and digital touchscreen sensor ICs. |
| 2005-11-16 | Differential amp drives high-speed converters Analog Devices' new AD8352 differential amplifier drives up to 14-bit ADCs at speeds of 180MHz. |
| 2007-06-01 | Devices retain logic states even without power Utilizing FRAM technology, Ramtron launches the industry's first non-volatile state saver that retains the state of signals on demand and restores them to the correct state automatically upon power up. |
| 2006-05-16 | Devices extend cable, backplane reach of serial data transmission National Semiconductor introduced four new current-mode logic signal-conditioning buffers and multiplexers with 25ps of jitter. |
| 2009-04-07 | Development kit supports ARM-based MCUs Luminary Micro has released the new Stellaris DK-LM3S9B96 development kit platform in support of the 10 recently-launched Stellaris MCUs. |
| 2013-01-16 | Developing a liquid level control/delivery system Here's a cost-effective, low-power, liquid-level control and delivery system based on data acquisition systems that use a compensated silicon pressure sensor and a high-precision delta-sigma ADC. |
| 2007-08-07 | Designing multi-cell Li-ion battery packs using the ISL9208 analog front end This application note discusses some of the hardware and software design decisions and shows how to select external components for a multi-cell Li-ion battery pack using a microcontroller and the ISL9208 analog front end. |
| 2008-04-23 | Designing DSP-based digital DC/DC power supply (Part 1) This article describes a step-by-step DSP-based digital control design and implementation of a high frequency DC/DC converter, illustrating two different approaches to digital control design: design by emulation and direct digital design. |
| 2007-07-12 | Design simple, inexpensive FlexRay nodes The FlexRay protocol provides time-triggered communication at rates 10 times that of CAN. With its nodes being critical pieces of the FlexRay-based design, how can an automotive electronics designer get one started? |
| 2013-09-25 | Design Linux-based femtocell base-station (Part 1) Here's the first of a two-part series on how to build a wireless femtocell using a single chip base-station SoC and a Linux-based fast-path architecture. |
| 2004-12-01 | Deep-submicron CMOS aids RF design High-speed serial digital interfaces are being exploited to change the way systems are partitioned. |
| 2005-10-13 | Data Translation's new USB DAQ modules cut cost/channel Data Translation announced new modules which the company claims can lower the cost of making measurements by up to 55 percent. |
| 2003-06-20 | Data Translation unveils Measure Foundry 4.0 Data Translation has announced the availability of its Measure Foundry 4.0, which integrates the live measurement capabilities of Measure Foundry with access to MATLAB from MathWorks and Microsoft Excel for a robust math processing and post-analysis solution |
| 2006-03-13 | Data acq ICs target auto, industrial apps austriamicrosystems has unveiled its AS8500/AS8501 family of sensor interfaces used for the acquisition of physical quantities. |
| 2011-02-23 | DAQ software tool reads ten instruments at once Windmill Software's data acquisition software suite lets users read and control up to 10 instruments, and includes applications to chart and log data, control analog and digital outputs and monitor the com port. |
| 2006-07-21 | DAQ software enables interactive filter design The latest version of DAPstudio measurement software from Microstar Laboratories enables filter designs that roll off at better than 96dB/quarter-octave. |
| 2006-12-20 | DAQ modules connect to computer's USB port Sealevel Systems has announced the first product in a family of USB-compatible DAQ and control modules. |
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