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Application Notes (13)

AN-1229: AD5383 Channel Monitor Function (pdf, 91 kB)
AN-1227: AD5381 Channel Monitor Function (pdf, 78 kB)
AN-1226: AD5382 Channel Monitor Function (pdf, 134 kB)
AN-1223: Output Channel Monitoring Using the AD5380 Multichannel DAC (pdf, 83 kB)
AN-1219: Power-Off Protected Data Acquisition Signal Chain Using Fault-Protected CMOS Switches (pdf, 162 kB)
AN-1141: Powering a Dual Supply Precision ADC with Switching Regulators (pdf, 640 kB)
AN-935: Designing an ADC Transformer-Coupled Front End (pdf, 363 kB)
AN-932: Power Supply Sequencing (pdf, 95 kB)
AN-931: Understanding PulSAR ADC Support Circuitry (pdf, 299 kB)
This application note discusses in general the pitfalls that occur regularly when using SAR ADCs and, more importantly, how to easily prevent them.
AN-877: Interfacing to High Speed ADCs via SPI (pdf, 1594 kB)
AN-742: Frequency Domain Response of Switched-Capacitor ADCs (pdf, 401 kB)
AN-713: The Effect of Long-Term Drift on Voltage References (pdf, 237 kB)
EE-139: Interfacing the ADSP-2191 to an AD7476 via the SPI Port (pdf, 271 kB)
- Associated reference code for EE-139 (zip, 32 kB)

Circuit Note (8)

Technical Articles (7)

ECG Detects T-Wave Alternans and Late Potential Waveforms
High Performance Electrocardiogram (ECG) Signal Conditioning
MS-2022: Seven Steps to Successful Analog-to-Digital Signal Conversion (Noise Calculation for Proper Signal Conditioning) (pdf, 277 kB)
MS-2124: Understanding AC Behaviors of High Speed ADCs (pdf, 276 kB)
MS-2210: Designing Power Supplies for High Speed ADC (pdf, 327 kB)
Nine Often Overlooked ADC Specifications (pdf, 445 kB)
Analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) have many specifications; some are more important for a given application than others. Understanding these specifications and controlling external devices affecting the ADC will lead to better performance.
Software Calibration Reduces D/A Converter Offset and Gain Errors
by Ken Kavanagh, Analog Devices, Inc. (Planet Analog, 5/18/2006)

ADIsim Design/Simulation Tools (2)

ADIsimDDS™
The purpose of this tool is to assist a user in selecting and evaluating Analog Devices, Direct Digital Synthesis (DDS) IC's. It allows a user to select a device, enter the desired operating conditions and evaluate it's general performance.
ADIsimPower™ Voltage Regulator Design Tool
This expert design tool produces custom DC-DC converter designs in about a minute. The user enters 5 inputs and chooses to optimize for efficiency, PCB space, cost, or part count. Output is a complete schematic, BOM, efficiency plot, and performance summary. A PDF summary and a blank PCB is offered for each design to facilitate fast prototyping to verify the design.

Aerospace Information (1)

Space Qualified Parts List (pdf, 93 kB)
This document lists 67 (240+) space level products that are available from Analog Devices. Many of the products listed are state-of-the-art data conversion and signal processing products that were previously only available as commercial or military Class B products. Through our Space Products Group and MIL-PRF-38535 certified Level V (Class S) facility, we are pleased to offer these products to the space marketplace.

Data Sheets (9)

Design Calculators (2)

Voltage Reference Selection & Evaluation Wizard
Voltage Reference Wizard (downloadable)
This Wizard helps you select the most suitable voltage for a use with a data converter. Supply the Wizard with a given data converter; it will provide you with a number of suitable references plus the maximum DC error contributed to your overall system. Or enter the amount of DC error your system can tolerate and find out which of ADI’s reference and data converter pairs will meet your requirement.

Design Handbooks (1)

The Data Conversion Handbook

Device Drivers (4)

Documentation (5)

AD5390/AD5391/AD5392 Evaluation Tools (pdf, 576 kB)
AD7476 Stamp SPI Daughter Card
ADIsimPower™ Voltage Regulator Design Tool
This expert design tool produces custom DC-DC converter designs in about a minute. The user enters 5 inputs and chooses to optimize for efficiency, PCB space, cost, or part count. Output is a complete schematic, BOM, efficiency plot, and performance summary. A PDF summary and a blank PCB is offered for each design to facilitate fast prototyping to verify the design.
Controller For Precision Converter Evaluation/Demonstration Boards (pdf, 410 kB)
- Evaluation Board Controller (Eval-ControlBrd2)
- 110VAC Transformer (US Pinout) (Eval-110VAC-US)
- 220VAC Transformer (European Pinout)(Eval-220VAC-EU)
- 220 VAC Tranformer (UK Pinout) (Eval-220VAC-UK)
EVAL-AD7476/AD7477: Evaluation Board for 1 MSPS 12-/10-Bit ADCs (pdf, 885 kB)

FAQs/RAQs (1)

What do I need to know about selecting and using Voltage References?

Overview (7)

8- to 18-Bit SAR ADCs ... From the Leader in High Performance Analog (pdf, 1885 kB)
8- to 18-Bit SAR ADCs with Sample Rates up to 3 MSPS -- The latest additions to ADI’s ADC portfolio offer unrivaled functionality in terms of channel count and power supply voltage, optimal power/speed ratios, and the smallest packages to meet the demands of any data acquisition application, including portable, industrial, medical, wireless, and communications.
ADR43x: The Newest Family of High Precision, Low Noise XFET®
Analog Devices extends its denseDAC™ family of data converters
Extending the denseDAC™ Multichannel D/As (pdf, 1100 kB)
denseDAC multichannel D/As are Analog Devices digital-to-analog converters with 8 to 40 channels, offering 12-bit to 16-bit resolution.
ICs for Programmable Logic Control and Distributed Control Systems (pdf, 976 kB)
Analog Devices leadership in industrial IC technology, with the development of the iCMOS™ and iPolar™ processes, has uniquely defined high voltage and low voltage integration to deliver smaller, higher performance, and more cost effective ICs for industrial systems.
Optical and High Speed Networking (pdf, 2236 kB)
Analog Devices’ optical and high speed networking ICs solve a depth and breadth of challenges faced by today’s designers of datacom and telecom systems, optical modules, and subsystems. Analog Devices products address a wide range of networking applications from O/E/O conversion, clock recovery, and backplane transmission to monitoring and control of optical power, power management, and clock generation and distribution.
When high performance and low power make the design, ADI converters make the difference.

Product Reviews (1)

Low-Power Data Conversion Technology Enhances Portability
(Electropages, 10/5/2006)

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