[sdiy] (oops) EN #76 question

[Neil Johnson]

Tim Ressel wrote:
> I am looking at Electronotes #76 figures 8a and 8b. 8a shows an 8-bit
> dac made from discrete binary-weighted resistors. We've all seen this
> type of dac.
>
> Figure 8b shows a dac that has gaussian distribution. The thing is,
> this circuit will only produce 8 different levels, as opposed to the
> 256 levels of the 8a circuit. Am I missing something here?

The google term is "sine-weighted DAC".

Neil
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