Electronics Weekly

7GHz ADC-DAC card honed for FPGA software-defined radio

Abaco Systems latest analogue front-end mezzanine card for FPGAs has been tailored for software defined radio, as well as electronic warfare, radar, test and measurement. FMC300, as it will be known, ...
Electronic Design

Evaluating ADC and DAC Performance Characteristics

Functionality of ADC/DACs, their performance characteristics, and how they have been improved. Advantages, disadvantages, and applications of various ADC/DAC architectures. How ADC/DACs are used in ...
Geeky Gadgets

JayShoe’s Pro Audio Series Teensy 4 ADC and DAC Audio Shield

JayShoe based in Philadelphia has created an affordable high quality audio DAC and ADC for use in designing professional quality audio systems using the Teensy 4 and Teensy 4.1. Early bird pledges are ...
EDN

ADC/DAC IPs and the changing face of RF designs

Analog-to-digital (ADC) and digital-to-analog (DAC) converter IPs are becoming a staple in RF system-on-chips (SoCs), and it’s reshaping the wireless design landscape. These silicon-proven IP cores ...
EDN

Fix those drooping DAC and ADC responses

In “Why DAC and ADC responses droop,” we looked at the two common places where the sinc() function crops up in a data acquisition system. A DAC with zero-order hold has a frequency response that ...
Design-Reuse

Specifying a PLL Part 1: Calculating PLL Clock Spur Requirements from ADC or DAC SFDR

It is common for an ADC or DAC to be required to meet a SFDR (spurious free dynamic range) specification. Definition: “Spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) is the strength ratio of the fundamental ...