In previous installments of the AudioFile, we’ve talked about basic PCM audio, which encodes audio into a series of numbers that a computer can play or manipulate. We’ve also discussed the process of ...

When it comes to getting signals from an analog world into our computers, most of us don’t give much thought to how the hardware that does the job works. But as it turns out, there are a number of ...

While we all went through intensive course work in engineering school studying analog-to-digital converters (ADC), operational amplifiers (Op Amp), digital-to-analog converters (DAC) and other ...

Digital-to-analog converters produce an analog output which is proportional to a digital input. They perform the opposite function to that of analog-to-digital converters. Digital-to-analog converters ...

Making sound with digital logic usually calls for a Digital to Analog converter. Building one can be very simple, and the sound quality out of an R-2R Ladder is actually pretty good. In the last ...

The general topic of digital signal processing has filled a number of books, and to cover any substantial portion is far beyond the scope of our discussion here. We shall limit ourselves to a few ...

The previous blog discussed how makers can select an A/D converter by understanding the application and how manufacturers optimize a part for that role. Now, what happens when an A/D fires up—how ...

Photonic digital-to-analog converters (DACs) harness optical components to transform discrete electronic signals into continuous optical or electrical waveforms. By exploiting properties of light such ...

Aspects of format conversion have been known and appreciated for some time, due to the frequent need to convert between different video standards. Many of the same techniques that were developed for ...

Here's why I'm asking: I have a Denon AVR 3803 receiver. I like it quite a bit, except for one glaring (IMHO) omission; in order to use my Sennheiser wireless headphones, I have to run both analog and ...

2007-03-13T10:56:01-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/a1b/197077-m.jpgMr. Kneuer spoke to reporters about conversion to digital broadband broadcasts in the ...