Analog-to-digital converter
part · 1950 · Digital age
Turns an analogue signal into numbers.
What it is made of
- Transistor — has part. It is built from transistors.
Principles and materials it uses
- Binary number system — uses. The output is a binary number.
- Silicon — is made of. An ADC is a silicon chip.
Where it is used
- Microphone — is part of. Digital microphones contain an ADC.
- Image sensor — is part of. The pixel signal is digitized.
- Oscilloscope — is part of. Digital oscilloscopes.
- Multimeter — is part of. Digital multimeters.
- Cochlear implant — is part of. Digital processing.
- Sound card — is part of. ADC/DAC.
- Sampler — is part of. Digitization.
- Brain–computer interface — is part of. Digitization.