EDN

Error budgets keep your analog-signal path honest

To deal with errors in your design’s analog-signal chain,you must understand their sources in attenuators, amplifiers,multiplexers, references, and ADCs. Although MonteCarlo Spice simulations can help ...
The Globe and Mail

T8431 Analog Input Module: Complete Guide to Rockwell’s Industrial-Grade Signal Conversion Solution

In industrial automation, analog input modules serve as the critical bridge between field sensors and control systems, converting real-world physical measurements into digital data that drives process ...
EDN

Measure twice cut once: Choosing the correct ADC analog input type to reduce risk of redesign

Successive approximation register analog to digital converters, better known as SAR ADCs, are a versatile class of analog to digital converters that produce a digital discrete time representation of a ...
Embedded

Using input-referred noise to improve analog-to-digital converter resolution

All analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) have a certain amount ofinput-referred noise. In most cases,less input noise is better. There are some cases, however, where inputnoise can actually be helpful ...
Electronic Design

Noise Considerations in ADC Signal Chains

Many noise sources can plague high-speed radio-frequency (RF) analog signal chains, making design considerations that much more challenging. Both megahertz and sub-terahertz sampling-rate converters ...
Electronic Design

The ABCs of Analog Signal-Path Design—and Coping with Today’s Challenges

How analog signal engineering is performed, in broad strokes. What are the component-selection considerations for new designs? What are VFAs and how are they used? Analog signal engineers specialize ...