====== digital to analog conversion ====== ^ Techniques infobox ^^ | image | | | designers | | | date | | | vitamins | | | materials | | | transformations | | | lifecycles | | | parts | [[:resistors|Resistors]], [[:capacitors|Capacitors]], [[:inductors|Inductors]], [[:printed_circuit_boards|Printed circuit boards]], [[:solder|Solder]] | | techniques | [[:soldering|Soldering]] | | tools | [[:soldering_irons|Soldering irons]] | | git | | | files | | | suppliers | | | reversible | true | [[:category:techniques|Category:Techniques]] [[:category:electric_parts|Category:Electric parts]] ==== Introduction ==== In electronics, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC, D/A, D2A, or D-to-A) is a system that converts a digital signal into an analog signal. An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) performs the reverse function. There are several DAC architectures; the suitability of a DAC for a particular application is determined by figures of merit including: resolution, maximum sampling frequency and others. Digital-to-analog conversion can degrade a signal, so a DAC should be specified that has insignificant errors in terms of the application. ==== Challenges ==== ==== Approaches ==== ==== References ==== * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital-to-analog_converter|Wikipedia: Digital to analog converter]] ---- [[https://github.com/timschmidt/replimat/blob/e0bc0b855bb946bab00c75ca0d8b002ae0dc0172/wiki/digital_to_analog_conversion.html|Original archived page]] — revision 8324, 2021-09-25T10:02:17+00:00, by Tim.