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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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DACs vs. Digital Potentiometers: Which Is Right for My Application? Daisy-Chaining SPI Devices Technical Documentation
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The MAXREFDES179 reference design is a complete Universal Serial Bus (USB) type-C PD solution fe...
MAXREFDES145#: 8-Channel IO-Link Master
The MAXREFDES145# is an IO-Link®-compliant, 8-port IO-Link master reference design that uses TEC...
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MAXREFDES1255 is a 4-switch buck boost converter used to generate a positive step-up/stepdown ou...
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MAXREFDES1261: Asset Tracker Power Management Platform
The MAXREFDES01261 is a reference design of power management platform for asset tracker.
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This is a front end LiDAR reference design featuring a 4-channel APD, 4-channel high bandwidth T...
MAXREFDES104#: Health Sensor Platform 3.0
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MAXREFDES1233: 1.8V/10A Core Power Supply for CPUs, Microcontrollers, FPGAs, or DDR2 Interfaces Using the MAX20710
The MAXREFDES1233 provides the internal core voltage (VCCINT) for CPUs, microcontrollers, FPGAs,...
MAXREFDES1265: Simple Keypad Interface Using the MAX32625PICO and MAX7360
The MAXREFDES1265 is a reference design showcasing the MAX7360 and MAX32625PICO that demonstrate...
MAXREFDES177# IO-Link Universal Analog IO
The MAXREFDES177# IO-Link®-compliant, universal analog IO reference design uses the MAX22515 IO-...
| ≤ 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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