analogue-to-digital converter
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An analogue-to-digital converter, or ADC, converts a continuous analogue signal produced by a sensor to a digital (‘off and on’) signal for computer processing.
Electronic circuit that converts an analogue signal into a digital one. Such a circuit is needed to convert the signal from an analogue device into a digital signal for input into a computer. For example, many sensors designed to measure physical quantities, such as temperature and pressure, produce an analogue signal in the form of voltage and this must be passed through an ADC before a computer can process the information. A digital-to-analogue converter performs the opposite process.
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