[sdiy] (oops) EN #76 question

[bbob]

tim, are you thinking about replacing those ladder DACs with something
more modern?  I've been wondering the same thing... about 50% done w/
a PCB layout for this, and that was one of the outstanding issues to
solve...

b

On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Neil Johnson
<neil.johnson97 at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> 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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