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What’s the point of a DAC and why do I care?
James explains the usefulness and relevancy of a DAC!
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Come see us in Austin, TX at DAC 2016
The Design Automation Conference (DAC) will be taking place this month from June 6-9 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, TX. It is recognized as the premier conference for design …
Read MoreLab Test Bench– Oscilloscopes and Waveform Generators
Find out more about building your own affordable lab test bench.
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How to Read a Datasheet
Here at Digilent we have a ton of products with a large amount of documentation and examples (like our Learn site and our Instructables page) letting you know how you can use our products. Within all of these, there are statements about what each product is (and is not) capable of in addition to the recommended operating condition. Some of you may be wondering, “How do we know these things?” Much of the information presented is determined from a datasheet. But where do we find this sort of information in the datasheet, or how do we even read a datasheet? Let’s find out.
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Digilent Pmods – Audio Pmods
You may recall a post we had a few days back on the Pmods that offered a DAC. As I mentioned then, DACs are used for a wide variety of applications but one of the most common ways that you see a DAC being used is in audio applications. Digilent’s Pmod line offers several audio peripheral modules that do just that.
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Digilent Pmods – Digital-to-Analog Converters
Previously, we had the chance to take a look at the LS1, which is a great Pmod to use with line-following robots such as Susan. Today, we’ll take a look at five of the digital-to-analog converter (DAC) Pmods. Four of them are conveniently named DA1, DA2, DA3, and DA4, and the last one is a R-2R circuit.
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