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Analog-To-Digital Converter: From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is an electronic system that converts continuous physical phenomena like sound or light into discrete digital numbers that can be processed by digital signal processors. ADCs are commonly implemented as integrated circuits that integrate both analog and digital components. They convert analog voltages or currents into proportional binary numbers, with the output being a digital representation of the magnitude of the input signal.

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Analog-To-Digital Converter: From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is an electronic system that converts continuous physical phenomena like sound or light into discrete digital numbers that can be processed by digital signal processors. ADCs are commonly implemented as integrated circuits that integrate both analog and digital components. They convert analog voltages or currents into proportional binary numbers, with the output being a digital representation of the magnitude of the input signal.

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4-channel stereo multiplexed analog-to-digital converter WM8775SEDS made by Wolfson


Microelectronics placed on an X-Fi Fatal1ty Pro sound card.

In electronics, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC, A/D, or A-to-D) is a system that


converts an analog signal, such as a sound picked up by a microphone or light entering
a digital camera, into a digital signal. An ADC may also provide an isolated
measurement such as an electronic device that converts an input
analog voltage or current to a digital number representing the magnitude of the voltage
or current. Typically the digital output is a two's complement binary number that is
proportional to the input, but there are other possibilities.
There are several ADC architectures. Due to the complexity and the need for precisely
matched components, all but the most specialized ADCs are implemented as integrated
circuits (ICs). These typically take the form of metal–oxide–
semiconductor (MOS) mixed-signal integrated circuit chips that integrate
both analog and digital circuits.
A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) performs the reverse function; it converts a digital
signal into an analog signal.

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