When it comes to getting signals from an analog world into our computers, most of us don’t give much thought to how the hardware that does the job works. But as it turns out, there are a number ...

For example, a 12-bit converter is capable of 4096 gradations. If the analog signal is within the range of 0-5 V (a typical control signal), this range would be broken up into 4096 intervals in order ...