[geoff]

On 11/02/2019 9:18 AM, Mike Rivers wrote:


The same thing happens with an ADC, only its maximum output level isn't
defined as a voltage, but as a binary number - the higher the voltage at
the point along the waveform where the converter takes a "snapshot," the
bigger the number. For a given word length, say 16 bits, the maximum
output, or full scale, as it's called, is when all the bits are turned
on. There isn't a 17th bit so the next successive samples that would
exceed full scale if they could are digitized at the full scale value.
And, yes, that means they're flat on top.



Cue Thekma. Ooops sorry ...

geoff