Do You Really Need an Amplifier and DAC for Your Headphones?

Do You Really Need an Amplifier and DAC for Your Headphones?

Content Creator: TechQuickie Do you really need to pair your headphones with an amplifier and DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter)? How do you choose one? After hours, or even days of painful research, you finally decide to buy a good pair of headphones to replace the cheap earbuds that came with your device. Congratulations! But unfortunately, this … Read more

Understanding Serial Communication: Basics of SPI

Understanding Serial Communication: Basics of SPI

In this article, we will introduce the basics of digital communication and the Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) communication. This includes the communication structure and the required digital lines.Many precision analog devices have digital interfaces between microcontrollers (referred to as controllers) and controlled devices (referred to as peripherals). For example, a precision Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) measures … Read more

Essential Guide for Test Engineers: How to Test ADCs and DACs?

Essential Guide for Test Engineers: How to Test ADCs and DACs?

Today, numerous applications rely on Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs) and Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs). They are crucial in signal processing as they bridge the gap between digital systems and analog systems. By enabling digital circuits to interact with analog components, ADCs and DACs play a key role in fields such as audio processing, telecommunications, and data acquisition … Read more

How to Reduce Intra-Pair Skew in 224G DAC Cables

How to Reduce Intra-Pair Skew in 224G DAC Cables

Editor’s Note: This article is written by two experts from Luxshare, Chuck Grant and Andrew Kim. It provides a comprehensive overview of intra-pair skew in 224G high-speed cables, validated through simulations and measured data under various bending and thermal conditions, discussing how to control skew and its impact on error rates during design, production, and … Read more

Understanding Concepts of DDC, DUC, Sampling Rate, and Data Rate in ADC/DAC

Understanding Concepts of DDC, DUC, Sampling Rate, and Data Rate in ADC/DAC

The sampling rate refers to the speed at which an Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) samples the analog input, or the speed at which a Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) outputs the analog signal. This rate is typically provided by the external clock rate to these converters. However, modern ADCs and DACs often have an internal Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) … Read more

The First PROTAC DAC (ABBV-787) Clinical Trial Termination: Unveiling the Truth

The First PROTAC DAC (ABBV-787) Clinical Trial Termination: Unveiling the Truth

Following a series of DAC transactions last year, interest in this area has gradually increased, leading to various discussions and reviews. Among the products in the clinical phase of DAC, AbbVie‘s product ABBV-787 frequently appears alongside ORM-5029 and ORM-6151, but unlike the latter two, ABBV-787 has never disclosed any technical details in public forums. Although … Read more

Saudi Aramco’s First DAC Project: A Step Towards Net Zero for Saudi Arabia

Saudi Aramco's First DAC Project: A Step Towards Net Zero for Saudi Arabia

Carbon Reduction is committed to providing timely information on the global carbon market and policy interpretations; the mini-program 【Daily Carbon Price】 publishes mandatory and voluntary market trends; video channels share cutting-edge projects such as DAC/CCUS from both domestic and international perspectives; an international information channel that carbon circle professionals pay attention to. As a leading … Read more

From ADC to DAC: Tackling the ‘Undruggable’ Lifeline? (Data Updated to AACR 2025)

From ADC to DAC: Tackling the 'Undruggable' Lifeline? (Data Updated to AACR 2025)

In previous discussions about dual payloads, it was mentioned that payload diversity is a crucial consideration in the future development of ADCs (ADC: Payload Evolution and Dual Payload Strategy). There are two main reasons for this: first, the existing toxin payloads have relatively singular modes of action, and treatment strategies after drug resistance need to … Read more

DAC and ADC: The Reciprocal Journey Between Digital and Analog

DAC and ADC: The Reciprocal Journey Between Digital and Analog

“Analyzing the working principles of digital-to-analog converters and analog-to-digital converters—from resistor ladder networks to Delta-Sigma modulation techniques.” Microcontrollers are “consuming” the entire world. Nowadays, even the most basic tasks like blinking an LED are cheaper and simpler with microcontrollers than building oscillating circuits with discrete components or relying on the once ubiquitous 555 timer chip. … Read more

Listening to the Sforzato DSP-05EX: A New Top Choice for Streaming Sources

Listening to the Sforzato DSP-05EX: A New Top Choice for Streaming Sources

Image and text adapted from: u-audioWritten by: Lin Zhi-Yu, Images by: Cai Cheng-RongUpon seeing a two-piece streaming player, one might instinctively think it should be a power-separated design, right? I initially thought so too, but after actually getting my hands on the DSP-05EX, I realized it’s not that simple. It’s not a power-separated design but … Read more