[sdiy] Quantizer DAC or PWM?

[ezion]

ESP32 S3 might be overkill. ESP32 S2 is the little brother, single core
lower clock. BUT it has 2 channels of 8 bit DAC.
For pitch CV I would prefer to hook up an external DAC with more
resolution.

Cheers Theo

On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 10:58 PM Didier Leplae via Synth-diy <
synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:

> If I understand correctly, the ESP32-s3 got rid of DACs but previous
> versions had them. I was a bit surprised not to find any
>
> On Dec 19, 2022, at 4:59 PM, The SynthiMuse <synthimuse at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> Literally today, I just received my first esp32 dev board to build :
>
>
> https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.instructables.com/Extremly-Simple-Oscilloscope-Clock-With-ESP32/%3famp_page=true
>
> I was under the impression that the standard esp32 had native DACs.
> Am I wrong?
>
> Gerry
>
> On Mon, 19 Dec 2022, 16:14 Didier Leplae via Synth-diy, <
> synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
>
>> I’m working on developing a quantizer module for eurorack. I made a
>> previous version using a PIC chip with a DAC which I abandoned during the
>> chip shortage.
>> Now I’m looking at taking up the project again but possibly with an
>> esp32-s3 chip instead. This chip only has PWM, though.
>>
>> Question is whether PWM with smoothing circuit is it accurate enough for
>> a quantizer? Does anyone have smoothing circuit to recommend?
>> Or is a DAC the better option?
>>
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