Your favorite (cheap) 8 bit DAC?

[The Old Crow]

On Sun, 16 Apr 2000, Paul Perry wrote:

> Doing some stuff with a PIC & a DAC, but dont want to
> do it with a DAC that isn't cheap, current, & available.
> Recommendations? 
> I was thnking NE5018, but I'm not sure they come in DIP,
> or how long they will be around....

  I've always been happy with the Analog Devices AD7523 or AD7524, the '24
having a latching input register.  Could also use the venerable DAC-08.

  For a PIC, you could simply use discrete resistors (10K, 20K) in R-2R
fashion and a voltage follower if you want the lowest-cost solution.

Crow

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