analog-to-digital converter

system that converts an analog signal, such as a sound picked up by a microphone or light entering a digital camera, into a digital signal; device converting a physical quantity to a digital number
class electronic_circuit Q190169
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analog-to-digital converter

Summary

analog-to-digital converter is an electronic circuit[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of electronic_circuit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,461 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • analog-to-digital converter's instance of is recorded as electronic circuit[3].
  • analog-to-digital converter's instance of is recorded as integrated circuit[4].
  • analog-to-digital converter is a type of mixed-signal integrated circuit[5].
  • analog-to-digital converter is a type of audio electronics[6].
  • analog-to-digital converter's Commons category is recorded as Analogue-digital converters[7].
  • analog-to-digital converter is the opposite of digital-to-analog converter[8].
  • analog-to-digital converter's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/analog-digital-converter[9].
  • analog-to-digital converter's has characteristic is recorded as quantization error[10].
  • analog-to-digital converter's has characteristic is recorded as quantization level[11].
  • analog-to-digital converter's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ADC'}[12].
  • analog-to-digital converter's uses is recorded as staircase approximation[13].

Why It Matters

analog-to-digital converter ranks in the top 9% of electronic_circuit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,461 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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