Preface and Introduction
This special issue of Analog Dialogue is offered as a bonus to our faithful readers and an encouragement to new readers. We have reprinted here the popular series, entitled “Ask The Applications Engineer”, from its inception in 1988 through Number 23* in 1996.
We are celebrating Analog Dialogue’s 30th sequential year in print, just concluded. During those years, Analog Dialogue has informed, enlightened, and occasionally educated more than a generation of engineers, scientists, and technicians about Analog Devices’s products, practice, and ideas for high-performance signal processing by analog, digital, and mixed means.
This 30th anniversary Selection, Ask The Applications Engineer, joins the collection of articles in our 25th anniversary bonus edition, The Best of Analog Dialogue-1967 to 1991. Readers of that 224-page collection (still available upon request) will recall its many articles relating to practice-as well as articles about landmark products. Our intent in originating the “Ask The Applications Engineer” series has been to supplement that mine of information with a source of what has come to be called FAQ-frequently asked questions (and answers). They are chronicled by a few of our Applications Engineers, but are based on the accumulated wisdom and experience of our worldwide Applications Engineering staff, interacting with tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Throughout the pages of this volume you will find references to Analog Devices products and publications, just as they appeared in the original edition. If you are interested in receiving copies of publications available from Analog Devices or information about specific products, you may consult our Web site, , or phone our Help line, 1-800-ANALOGD (1-800-262-5643) in North America, (781) 937-1428 elsewhere, or one of our local offices. Data sheets are available in North America by 24-hour automated fax by phoning the AnalogFax™ number, 1-800-446-6212. Requests for publications may also be faxed to (781) 326-8703. Naturally, any timely material is on its way to obsolescence the day it appears in print, so it’s possible that at the time you read about a particular device, updated or improved versions have become available. For updated information, phone our Help line or one of our local offices.
The articles in this publication appear in chronological order, starting with “Ask The Applications Engineer -1”. But in order for the book to be useful as a reference source, we have provided an Index at the back; it will permit the reader to find material relating to a particular interest wherever it appears. We hope you will find this publication helpful and will welcome your suggestions of questions to be answered in the future.
Dan.Sheingold@analog.com
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*With one exception: We have not included “Ask The Applications Engineer -4”, which was devoted to a description of a 5.25" Component Selection Guide diskette that was novel and useful in its time; however, it has long been obsolete-in this day of the Web site, the CD-ROM, and the selection tree in print. Just about everything else has turned out to include information of timeless value.
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