Today,designengineersrelymoreonmicroprocessorsand

microcontrollerstosupporttheirapplications.Compatibleanalog-

to-digital(A/D)anddigital-to-analog(A/D)convertershavegreatly

increasedtheflexibilityofinterfaceandcontrolcircuits.

Mostoftheavailableconverters,however,are“independent”and

notsubjecttoreconfigurationundersoftwarecontrol—nomatter

howsmartyourprocessor.Forexample,ifyourtaskinvolves8-bit

conversionsofbatteryvoltageand16-bitconversionsofoutput

voltage,youarerequiredtousetwodifferentconverters—ortake

16bitsoftimetomeasureyourbattery.AN789IntegratingConverterAnalogProcessor

集成转换器的模拟处理器 - TC500A

集成转换器的模拟处理器 - TC500A