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DACs vs. Digital Potentiometers: Which Is Right for My Application?
Daisy-Chaining SPI Devices
Maxim offers the industry’s largest selection of precision digital-to-analog converter (precision DAC) ICs. Our comprehensive offering features small TDFN packaging, high-accuracy multichannel devices (up to 32 channels), the industry's first true 16-bit DAC with ±1 LSB INL, and the industry's first 1.8V supply DAC.
| ≤ 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 18 | |
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| Channels | Resolution (bits) | ||||||
| 1 | Serial Parallel | Serial Parallel | Serial Parallel | Serial – | Serial Parallel | Serial – | Serial – |
| 2/3 | Serial Parallel | Serial – | Serial Parallel | Serial – | – – | Serial – | – – |
| 4 | Serial Parallel | Serial – | Serial Parallel | – – | – – | Serial – | – – |
| 8/9 | Serial – | Serial – | Serial – | – Parallel | Serial – | – – | – – |
| 16/32 | – – | – – | Serial – | – – | Serial – | Serial – | – – |
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MAXREFDES1238: Scalable, Single Input, 6 Output, Power Solution for the Versal ACAP Platform
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The MAXREFDES1257 is a DC-DC boost power supply that delivers up to 500mA at 48V from an 8V to 1...
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This document describes the cube camera development platform based on the MAX78000 and MAX32666.
MAXREFDES1264: Digitally Controlled Sine-Wave Generator Using the MAX32630FTHR and MAX7400
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MAXREFDES1253: Miniature 17V, 0.75A No Opto Flyback DC to DC Converter Using the MAX17690
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MAXREFDES185# Configurable IO with Safety Monitoring
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MAXREFDES1105: Miniature, 5V/2A, Synchronous, No-Opto Flyback DC-DC Converter with 90.4% Efficiency Using MAX17690 and MAX17606
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The MAX15051 is a high-efficiency switching regulator that delivers up to 4A load current at out...
MAXREFDES1186: 7.5W 3.3V Offline Flyback Converter Using the MAX17595
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The MAXREFDES1043 is designed for SpO2 measurements based on Maxim’s new-generation biosensor—th...
| ≤ 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 18 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Channels | Resolution (bits) | ||||||
| 1 | Serial Parallel | Serial Parallel | Serial Parallel | Serial – | Serial Parallel | Serial – | Serial – |
| 2/3 | Serial Parallel | Serial – | Serial Parallel | Serial – | – | Serial – | – – |
| 4 | Serial Parallel | Serial – | Serial Parallel | – | – | Serial – | – – |
| 8/9 | Serial Parallel | Serial – | Serial – | – Parallel | Serial Parallel | – | – – |
| 16/32 | – | – | Serial – | – | Serial – | Serial – | – – |
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