Course Digital electronics 4: Converter circuits

Includes:

• 1 Experiment card with 1 D/A converter with weighted resistors and 1 D/A converter with R-2R network, built using discrete components
• 1 Experiment card with 1 A/D converter using single-/dual-slope method and 1 A/D converter using parallel method (flash converter), built using discrete components
• 1 Experiment card with 1 V/f converter and 1 f/V converter
• Storage case
• Labsoft browser and course software

Course contents:

• Basic parameters for converter circuits: resolution, linearity, speed
• Introduction to the design and function of a D/A converter with an R/2R network
• Recording static and dynamic characteristics for a D/A converter with R-2R network
• Introduction to the design and function of a D/A-converter with weighted resistors
• Recording static and dynamic characteristics for a D/A converter with weighted resistors
• Investigation of an applied D/A converter circuit
• Basic terminology for digital data acquisition: sampling, sampling theorem, signal reconstruction, aliasing
• Introduction to the design and function of a flash A/D converter
• Introduction to the design and function of an A/D converter using the "single-/dual-slope" method
• Introduction to the design and function of sigma-delta-converters
• Recording the characteristic for an A/D converter
• Measuring internal signals in an A/D converter
• Introduction to the design and function of V/f and f/V converters
• Adjusting the reference voltage for V/f and f/V converters
• Recording the characteristic of V/f and f/V converters
• Measuring internal signals in V/f and f/V converters
• Investigating V/f/f/V converter circuits
• Fault simulation (5 simulated faults activated by relay)
• Course duration 8 h approx. (fault finding 1 h approx.)