High-precision, instrumentation-grade digital-to-analog conversion has undergone significant progress (see sidebar 'A history of digital-to-analog conversion'). Ten years ago, 12-bit DACs were premium ...

Many precision industrial systems require high-resolution analog to digital converters (ADCs) to digitize real-world analog signals. In order to achieve parts per million (ppm)-level resolution and ...

Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC2378-20 , a 20-bit 1Msps no latency successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with ...

A quick look at the pinouts of an Intel 8086 & 8088 processor reveals a 20 bit address bus. There was high demand for the ability to address 1 meg (2^20) of address space, and Intel delivered. However ...

A high-accuracy 20-bit resolution quasi-absolute encoder with DSP-based signal processing is housed in a dc stepper motor assembly, as shown in Fig. 1. Able to operate in a temperature range between ...

Is he really mastering--performing noise reduction, compression, equalization, etc.?<BR><BR>Did he record the music with his sound card? If not, then it does not matter. The processing is done in the ...

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Many people worry that quantum computers will be able to crack certain codes used to send secure messages. The codes in question encrypt data using “trapdoor” mathematical functions that work easily ...

Semisonic, the Nineties rock outfit behind the perennial late-night anthem “Closing Time,” are back with a new song, “The Rope,” which will appear on their first album in over 20 years, Little Bit of ...