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\section{Voltage Measurement}
Although data can be considered in the analogue domain, it Electrical potential or voltage is
usually thought of digitally. In this way, measured in a
large portion wide range of
any DAQ system sensing applications, as it is
devoted to converting analogue signals to readily converted into digital
data in components called analogue signals for processing. This is undertaken through the use of Analogue to
digital converters Digital Converters (ADCs). There are
varied approaches to ADCs, and various types of ADC, each
have their of which has associated benefits and
flaws. drawbacks.
Flash ADCs use
individual a sequence of comparators and logic gates to
produce facilitate an extremely fast
ADCs, however as conversion. Hhowever, the number of output
bits increases, bits, the number of logic gates
and comparators needed increases
rapidly exponentially because one comparator is needed for each
discrete value.
This means that Therefore the cost
implications of
flash ADCs
with more than 7bits of
resolution is prohibitive. >8bits are prohibitive for many applications.
Successive approximation ADCs use a comparator coupled with a digital-to-analogue converter to get a gradually more accurate digital value. Successive approximation ADCs take a different amount of time to arrive at a digital value depending upon how many successive steps are taken to reach the correct analogue value. These ADCs can be produced with much higher resolution, but at lower sample rates.