Analog-to-Information Converters?

1. What is an ADC converter used for?
2. What is an ADC and how does it work?
3. What is ADC and DAC converter?

What is an ADC converter used for?

An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is used to convert an analog signal such as voltage to a digital form so that it can be read and processed by a microcontroller.

What is an ADC and how does it work?

Analog-to-Digital converters (ADC) translate analog signals, real world signals like temperature, pressure, voltage, current, distance, or light intensity, into a digital representation of that signal. This digital representation can then be processed, manipulated, computed, transmitted or stored.

What is ADC and DAC converter?

As its name implies, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) takes an analog wave as an input and converts this wave to a digitally represented output form (Fig. 1). A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) essentially does the reverse, converting a digital representation into an analog form (Fig. 2).