August 17, 2012

Create a simple DAC for your Arduino

 Unfortunately the Arduino specification doesn't include a true digital-to-analogue converter, however we do have the pulse-width modulation with analogWrite(). You can, however, create a more accurate rendition of a DAC using external discrete components. The people at 'provideyourown' have demonstrated how to do this quite easily. Using a simple resistor-capacitor circuit a reasonable result can be generated.


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