Sound card and camera: what they have in common
- Step 1. Sound card — has part — Analog-to-digital converter. ADC/DAC.
- Step 2. Analog-to-digital converter — is part of — Image sensor. The pixel signal is digitized.
- Step 3. Image sensor — is part of — Digital camera. Instead of film a digital camera has an image sensor.
- Step 4. Digital camera — evolved from — Camera. A sensor instead of film.