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Altera_Forum
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14 years agoIs the AD/DA converter Cyclone 3 starter kit compatible
Hello, I am looking for a high speed DAC and found this 14 bit 250 MSPS DAC. Here is the link: http://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?language=english&categoryno=73&no=360&partno=2...
Altera_Forum
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14 years agoAs I understood, SPI interface of DACs (AD5318) operates at clock rates up to 30MHz.
How much time is needed that DAC convert all 8 channels? As I understood, 8 channels x 16 cycles x (1/30 MHz) = 4.3 us... 16 cycles for each channel conversion or even more... Am I write? As I work with signals 20-40 kHz (which is 25-50 us), I need to convert digital to analog signals in much shorter time (4.3 us is too much time)... If all that is write, is there possibility to use some 8 channel DAC which converts all digital to analog signals simultaneously with SPI interface (which would last much less than 4.3 us) or to use 8 DACs which would be driven synchronously? Thanks a lot! Nikola