This article outlines the main causes of error in a DAC signal chain, including DAC intrinsic errors which vary depending on the system and must be considered in an open-loop application. Download Whitepaper … [Read more...]
From IoT Factories to Operating Rooms: How to Design Better Comms Systems
Industry 4.0 requires reliable communication infrastructure. This article describes those key requirements for safe and robust video and camera interfaces in industrial and medical applications. It looks at the key technology options for implementing these interfaces while maintaining critical … [Read more...]
Why MEMS Accelerometers are the Designer’s Best Choice for CbM Applications
This article compares MEMS accelerometers to piezoelectric accelerometers to highlight just how far MEMS sensors have come in their short lifetime. By comparing five different MEMS sensors, it also looks at key design considerations for CbM applications. Download Whitepaper … [Read more...]
Power-Up Phase Determinism Using Multichip Synchronization Features in DACs and ADCs
Read how the integration of multiple digital signal processing blocks, wideband digital-to-analog converters, and wideband analog to digital converters within a single monolithic chip is now enabling the offload of power hungry FPGA resources. Download Whitepaper … [Read more...]
How Software Configurable Hardware Helps Flexibility in Industrial I/O Modules
In this technical article, learn how software configurable input/output (SWIO) ICs can help design a system with the ultimate flexibility against the challenges facing designers in process control and industrial automation. Download Whitepaper … [Read more...]
A Modern Solution to Evolving Smoke Safety Regulations
To assist designers in meeting UL 217 Ed. 8 specifications, this whitepaper provides a smoke reference design that has been tested and proven at smoke testing facilities including Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and Intertek Group plc. Download Whitepaper … [Read more...]
Characterizing the PSRR of Data Acquisition μModule Devices with Internal Bypass Capacitors
This article showcases how DAQ solutions evolve to be more complete signal chain solutions via system-in-package (SiP) technology, the supply decoupling can be co-packaged with the precision signal chain to improve the overall system PSRR. Download Article … [Read more...]
Peak Current of Isolated Gate Drivers
This article discusses the issues with using peak current as a deciding factor when selecting a gate driver and compares some of the more common representations of peak current. Download Article … [Read more...]
The A to Z of A2B Applications
This article highlights ADI’s A2B® solution, which is a high bandwidth, bidirectional, digital bus. This technology addresses many of the challenges that characterized point-to-point analog connections—cable weight, cable cost, routing difficulties, and the reliability of multiple … [Read more...]
AC and DC Data Acquisition Signal Chains Made Easy
Sampling phenomena in analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) induce the problems of aliasing and capacitive kickback. This article describes continuous-time sigma-delta (∑-Δ) ADCs that inherently and dramatically solve the sampling problems by simplifying signal chains. Download Article … [Read more...]