Understanding Modern Electronics
Season 1
Ep 22. Digital to Analog
- January 1, 1970
- 35 min
Because we live in an analog world - sound, time, temperature, speed, and light are all analog phenomena - it's important to be able to convert outputs of digital circuits into analog signals that we can perceive. Discover two digital-to-analog converters (DACs): weighted-resistor DACs, and the delta-sigma DACs that provide high-resolution audio for our smartphones and mp3 players.