Understand different types of ADCs, their applications, and factors to consider when choosing an ADC for your project. Learn about Flash, SAR, Sigma-Delta, Dual Slope, Pipelined, and Time-to-Digital ADCs. The Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) is one of the fundamental building blocks of modern data acquisition systems (aka DAQ or DAS systems). Successive Approximation (SAR) ADC 2. Delta-sigma (ΔΣ) ADC 3. Flash ADCSee full list on dewesoft.comEvery technology has features and capabilities that drive its use in the market. With ADCs these include: 1. Sample rate- how fast can an ADC convert analog to digital? Bit resolution- with how much precision can an ADC convert analog to digital? Let’s look at each of these fundamental specifications in more detail:See full list on dewesoft.comThe rate at which the signals are converted from the analog domain to a stream of digital data is called the sample rateor sampling frequency. There is no right or wrong here, it simply depends on the application. For example, let’s say that we want to measure the output of an accelerometer. Wouldn’t that solve the undersampling problem? Yes, but it would create a new problem: drastically increasing the amount of data recorded creates a data handling, storage, and analysis problem. And it may not even be po...See full list on dewesoft.comIf we filter in the analog domain before the ADC, we can prevent the aliasing problem from ever occurring.