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Analog-to-Digital Conversion

The analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is used to convert an analog voltage to a digital number (figure 8.4).

 
Figure 8.4:  A generalized hybrid and digital circuit by which input analog data can be transmitted, stored, delayed, or otherwise processed as a digital number before re-conversion back to an analog output.





Doug Gingrich
Tue Jul 13 16:55:15 EDT 1999