Item No.: CO4204-6B

Course Digital electronics 4: Converter circuits

Includes:

  • 1 Experiment card with 1 D/A converter with weighted resistors and 1 D/A converter with R-2R network, built using discrete components
  • 1 Experiment card with 1 A/D converter using single-/dual-slope method and 1 A/D converter using parallel method (flash converter), built using discrete components
  • 1 Experiment card with 1 V/f converter and 1 f/V converter
  • Storage case
  • Labsoft browser and course software

Course contents:

  • Basic parameters for converter circuits: resolution, linearity, speed
  • Introduction to the design and function of a D/A converter with an R/2R network
  • Recording static and dynamic characteristics for a D/A converter with R-2R network
  • Introduction to the design and function of a D/A-converter with weighted resistors
  • Recording static and dynamic characteristics for a D/A converter with weighted resistors
  • Investigation of an applied D/A converter circuit
  • Basic terminology for digital data acquisition: sampling, sampling theorem, signal reconstruction, aliasing
  • Introduction to the design and function of a flash A/D converter
  • Introduction to the design and function of an A/D converter using the "single-/dual-slope" method
  • Introduction to the design and function of sigma-delta-converters
  • Recording the characteristic for an A/D converter
  • Measuring internal signals in an A/D converter
  • Introduction to the design and function of V/f and f/V converters
  • Adjusting the reference voltage for V/f and f/V converters
  • Recording the characteristic of V/f and f/V converters
  • Measuring internal signals in V/f and f/V converters
  • Investigating V/f/f/V converter circuits
  • Fault simulation (5 simulated faults activated by relay)
  • Course duration 8 h approx. (fault finding 1 h approx.)