[time-nuts] 31bit ADC, 1000 samples per second

David davidwhess at gmail.com
Mon Dec 10 21:38:31 UTC 2012


Integrating converters including delta-sigma converters can be no
missing codes by design without being able to take advantage of the
full resolution that implies.  Integral nonlinearity, drift, and noise
will limit the usable resolution.

On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:08:38 -0600, Didier Juges <shalimr9 at gmail.com>
wrote:

>How long does it take to prove it?
>And what's the point?
>
>
>On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp at arcor.de> wrote:
>
>> Am 10.12.2012 21:53, schrieb Didier Juges:
>>
>>  I do not understand how anyone can guaranty no missing codes when the
>>> lower
>>> 11 bits are essentially noise? (31 bits resolution versus 20 effective
>>> bits)
>>>
>>
>> With that much noise it is really guaranteed that no code will be missing.
>>
>> :-)  Gerhard



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