Data Conversion Reference Materials

Description: Explains how DACs convert digital data into analog signals. Reviews resolution, update rate, linearity, settling time, and output configurations to help engineers select devices that meet accuracy, ...

Description: Introduces the electronic building blocks of patient monitoring systems, including physiological signal acquisition, analog front ends, safety isolation, network connectivity, and alarm functions. ...

Description: The PCT2075GVX is a digital temperature sensor from NXP Semiconductors designed for precise temperature measurement across a range of -55?C to +125?C with I2C interface compatibility. This article ...

Description: When a satellite is launched into space, it's accompanied with a multitude of sensors that read out various telemetry signals and statuses for mission critical systems. Digital microprocessors ...

Description: When selecting a component in the signal path of a satellite system, it is often difficult to find a device with the radiation tolerance and the accuracy required. The main causes of error to the ...

Description: Is your motor spinning at the intended rate? Closed-loop motor control systems continue to answer this question, as there tends to be a closed-loop system implemented wherever a motor spins. Whether ...

Description: Compensating a DC-DC buck converter is challenging if a designer is not familiar with the loop control theory. To achieve a stable design under all corner and adverse conditions, the user must ...

Description: The input structure circuit of a successive-approximation register analog-to-digital converter (SAR ADC) in combination with the driving circuit forms a transfer function that can be used to determine ...

Description: This paper analyzes a simple method for calculating minimum acquisition times for successive-approximation register analog-to-digital converters (SAR ADCs). The input structure of the ADC is examined ...

Description: This white paper examines the system implications around the JESD204B data converter interface standard. Learn which parameters will influence your analog-to-digital (ADC) or digital-to-analog (DAC) ...

Description: This paper explores the noise issues that are inherent in the design of programmable gain amplifiers (PGAs) when multiplying digital-to-analog converters (MDACs) are used as the programmable gain ...

Description: With careful analysis, a designer can get good performance from what may, at first, look like incompatible components in a motor control system. One might assume that for a ±5V output signal from the ...

Description: Modern trends are driving the need for lower supply voltages across many system-level designs. As most processor voltage levels continue to decrease in the interest of achieving the lowest possible ...

Description: Selecting the most suitable A/D Converter (ADC) for your application is based on more than just the precision or bits. Different architectures are available, each exhibiting advantages and ...