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New Levels of Performance and Flexibility for Open-Loop and Closed-Loop Applications Our newest portfolio of industrial 16-bit DACs offers best-in-class performance, and a world of system configuration possibilities. You'll find single, dual, and quad option DACs, in small packages, with a full range of design tools and support. more ... Order Samples Press Releases Signal Chains Technical Articles Application Notes

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Press Release:

Analog Devices Debuts the Industry's Smallest, Most Flexible, Multichannel Converters
New 16-bit DACs integrate output amplifiers, references, and diagnostic feature, solving difficult board design and layout challenges in factory process control and instrumentation systems.

Analog Devices Debuts Industry's Smallest 16-Bit Quad Digital-to-Analog Converter
Extends nanoDAC family with eight new dual and quad devices that pack uncompromised performance in 30 % the board area of existing solutions.

Analog Devices Raises the Standards in Precision Data Conversion to Improve Industrial, Medical and Instrumentation System Performance
New ADCs enable faster, more accurate equipment while reducing power consumption and system size.

Analog Devices Introduces Industry's First Single-Package Solution for Data and Power Isolation
ADI extends iCoupler® family of digital isolators with a complete solution that dramatically reduces board space and cost for industrial, instrumentation and power applications.

Analog Devices' Instrumentation Amplifiers Offer Unmatched Accuracy and Bandwidth for Test, Control, and High-Speed Data Acquisition Systems
ADI's AD8250 and AD8251 programmable gain in-amps deliver best combination of speed and precision while offering the lowest power consumption in their class.

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Signal Chains:

Process Control - Discrete

Pressure Monitoring - Integrated

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Technical Articles:

Precision Signal-Processing and Data-Conversion ICs for PLCs Now Have More Performance at Less Power, Size, and Cost
A programmable-logic controller (PLC) is a compact computer-based electronic system that uses digital or analog input/output modules to control machines, processes, and other control modules. more ...

Isolation with Waferscale Transformers
New triple and quad-channel iCoupler provides a 60% reduction in circuit board space, a 40% reduction in per-channel cost, and up to a 98% reduction in power consumption over optocouplers. more ...

High-Performance Multichannel Power-Line Monitoring with Simultaneous-Sampling ADCs
The rapid expansion of the electric power industry has created a worldwide need to reinforce existing transmission and distribution networks and to construct new substations. Advances in microprocessor technology and the increasing cost of support staff are key drivers for power companies to design new automated high-voltage substations using high-accuracy integrated automation systems. more ...

Circuit converts DAC's outputs from single-ended to differential mode.
High-speed DACs, such as Analog Devices' AD9776/78/79 TxDAC family, offer differential outputs, but, for low-end ac applications or high-precision level-setting applications, a single-ended current-output DAC with a differential-conversion circuit provides a novel approach to generating differential-waveform-control functions. more ...

Thermal Sensing Requires System-Level Design
Using digital temperature sensors to monitor heat-generating components or ambient environments requires an understanding of package thermal characteristics and conductive heat transfer applied at the pc-board level. more ...

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Application Notes:

AN-913: Isolating I²C Interfaces
This application note provides a brief overview of the I²C bus (focusing on its physical layer), discusses the challenges in isolating I²C interfaces, and describes iCoupler® solutions for isolating I²C interfaces. more...

AN-880: ADC Requirements for Temperature Measurement Systems
This application note describes the available temperature sensors (thermocouple, RTD, thermistor, and thermal diodes) and the circuitry needed to interface a sensor to an ADC. It also explains the performance required of the ADC. more...

AN-876: Replacing National's LM75 with the Analog Devices, Inc. ADT75
The ADT75 has two grades, the ADT75A and the ADT75B. The ADT75B is a higher temperature accurate part, and the ADT75A is designed as a second source for the LM75. more...

AN-793: ESD/Latch-Up Considerations with iCoupler® Isolation Products
Analog Devices iCoupler products offer an alternative isolation solution to optocouplers with superior integration, performance, and power consumption characteristics. more...

AN-759: Expanding the Number of DAC Outputs on the ADuC8xx and ADuC702x Families
This application note describes how to interface the ADuC814 or the ADuC7020 to the AD5304/AD5314/AD5324 (AD53x4) quad voltage output 8-/10-/12-bit DACs using a simple 3-wire SPI-compatible interface. more...

AN-607: Selecting a Low Bandwidth (&l5;15 kSPS) Sigma-Delta ADC
Analog Devices, Inc., has a wide range of low bandwidth, high resolution Σ-Δ ADCs. Along with the ADC, these devices contain current sources, a multiplexer, a PGA, and analog input buffers on-board. This application note identifies some of the applications in which the ADCs are used and also identifies the most suitable ADCs for each application. more...

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