Data Acquisition
Data acquisition systems accurately capture the signals generated by electronic devices and sensors for real-time processing, hardware-in-the-loop simulation, automated test, and data logging. Analog Devices, the world-leader in data conversion and signal processing products, offers a wide array of data acquisition system solutions for different form factors and sensor interfaces. These include:
- High-resolution sigma-delta and successive approximation ADCs for precision signal acquisition
- High-speed pipelined A/D converters, suitable for use in waveform digitizers
- Precision DACs and direct-digital synthesizers for analog outputs and signal generation
- High-speed precision amplifiers for high-performance signal conditioning and ADC driving
- Fault-protected switches for robust, high-channel count systems
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Reference Designs
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Application Notes
- AN-1380: Generating Secondary Fault Supplies for Fault Protected Switches PDF
- AN-1359: Low Noise, Dual-Supply Solution Using the ADP5070 for the Precision AD5761R Bipolar DAC in Single-Supply Systems (Rev. A) PDF
- AN-931: Understanding PulSAR ADC Support Circuitry (Rev. 0) PDF
- AN-202: An IC Amplifier User’s Guide to Decoupling, Grounding, and Making Things Go Right for a Change (Rev. B) PDF
- AN-1279: How to Oversample 5 MSPS, 18-Bit/16-Bit Precision SAR Converters to Increase Dynamic Range (Rev. A) PDF
Technical Articles
- μModule Data Acquisition Solution Eases Engineering Challenges for a Diverse Set of Precision Applications
- Power-Up Phase Determinism Using Multichip Synchronization Features in Integrated Wideband DACs and ADCs
- Intelligence at the Edge Part 2: Reduced Time to Insight
- Intelligence at the Edge Part 1: The Edge Node
- Protecting ADC Inputs
Product Selection Guide
User Guides
Technical Books
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Videos
- New ADAQ4003: 18-Bit, 2 MSPS, μModule® Data Acquisition Solution
- New Compact and Quiet: A Tiny Electrification Solution
- Protect your Innovations: from High Precision to High Power
- ADI: Low EMI Isolated RS-485 for Your Energy and Solar Applications
- Introducing the LTM4686 Ultrathin Dual 10A µModule® Regulator
Tutorials
- MT-101: Decoupling Techniques PDF
- MT-076: Differential Driver Analysis PDF
- MT-075: Differential Drivers for High Speed ADCs Overview PDF
- MT-074: Differential Drivers for Precision ADCs PDF
- MT-021: ADC Architectures II: Successive Approximation ADCs PDF
Press Release
Analog Dialogue
- Functional Safety in a Data Acquisition System
- Voltage Reference Design for Precision Successive-Approximation ADCs
- Front-End Amplifier and RC Filter Design for a Precision SAR Analog-to-Digital Converter
- Ultrahigh-Performance Differential-Output Programmable-Gain Instrumentation Amplifier for Data Acquisition