Hackaday

Tearing Into Delta Sigma ADC’s

It’s not surprising that Analog to Digital Converters (ADC’s) now employ several techniques to accomplish higher speeds and resolutions than their simpler counterparts. Enter the Delta-Sigma (Δ∑) ADC ...
Electronic Design

What’s the Difference Between SAR and Delta-Sigma ADCs?

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Today, almost every electronic product contains an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). When designing a new product, one ...
EDN

Three ways of looking at a sigma-delta ADC device

The growing availability of digital ICs like microcontrollers, microprocessors, and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) allows developers to use complex digital processing techniques rather than ...
EDN

ADC Basics, Part 4: Using Delta-Sigma ADCs in Your Design

The delta-sigma ADC tackles the application demands of a slow analog signal that requires a high signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) and wide dynamic range. But, the delta-sigma converter is not the only ...
Design-Reuse

Pipeline vs. Sigma Delta ADC for Communications Applications

The Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) is a key component in digital communications receive channels, and the correct choice of ADC is critical for optimizing system design. In this article, we discuss ...
Hackaday

Tearing Into Delta Sigma ADCs Part 2

In part one, I compared the different Analog to Digital Converters (ADC) and the roles and properties of Delta Sigma ADC’s. I covered a lot of the theory behind these devices, so in this installment, ...
Nature

Incremental Analog-to-Digital Converters and Delta-Sigma Modulators

Incremental analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and delta-sigma modulators represent two advanced architectures that have been pivotal in high-precision signal processing. Incremental ADCs convert ...
Electronic Design

Using Delta-Sigma Can Be As Easy As ADC

As an application engineer, I spend a lot of time convincing customers that a delta-sigma modulating analog-to-digital converter (ADC), or DSM, would be the best choice for their particular ...
The Engineer

Optimised Sigma-Delta Modulated Current Measurement for Motor Control

Isolated sigma-delta (∑-Δ)-based analogue-to-digital converters (ADCs) have become the preferred method for phase current measurement in high performance motor and servo drives. The converters have ...
Electronics Weekly

Solar radiation and a delta-sigma ADC

A device to measure the rays all around us, but it doesn't come under the 'tin-foil helmet' category. File it under delta-sigma ADC - it is a very detailed Solar Server project to measure the solar ...
The Engineer

Maximise the Performance of Your Sigma-Delta ADC Driver

Have you ever checked how many entries are in the web for “design buffer for an ADC”? It can be hard to find what you are looking for amongmore than 4 million references. Probably not a big surprise ...