[sdiy] A crazy idea..

[ChristianH]

I've always wondered if those dirt cheap 16+ bit audio DACs are suitable
for generating high resolution control voltages, or is there a catch? 
Apart from the serial interfaces, that is - but that's nothing a micro
controller couldn't do.

Chris



On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 23:16:40 +0100 Richard Wentk <richard at skydancer.com>
wrote:

> [...]
> I don't think A/Ds have built-in blocking caps. Last time I looked, which 
> was a while ago, they didn't, but this may have changed.
> 
> D/A chips certainly don't. Full DAC circuits may do, but I've built a laser 
> controller that handled down to DC without any problems. (Okay, with lots 
> of problems, but DC output wasn't one of them. :-) )
> 
> Richard