[sdiy] How droopy is too droopy in a S & H?

[cheater cheater]

Why of course, I forgot to mention the dithering :) Silly mistake :)

> By dithering and then averaging you can increase the resolution of a DAC
> but not the accuracy. Unless you have a 12-bit DAC with better than 12-bit
> accuracy, it doesn't help much.

I assume the DAC gets calibrated anyways, and a LUT generated in the
digital stage.

Cheers
D.

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Simon Brouwer <simon.oo.o at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
> cheater cheater schreef:
>> For pitch CV from DAC I suggest a very long averaging circuit, say 100
>> samples.
>> This means you get 18-bit quality from a 12-bit DAC.
>
> By dithering and then averaging you can increase the resolution of a DAC
> but not the accuracy. Unless you have a 12-bit DAC with better than 12-bit
> accuracy, it doesn't help much.
>
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>
> Simon Brouwer
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