Converter

This article treats converters as signal converters. For converters for additional spatial development of signals, see converter (radio technology) .

A converter is a device that converts one piece of information into another. The form can be a general information form , signal or general data form . Examples are analog-to-digital converters , converters or encoders . Many devices called converters, adapters or transformers are converters in the narrower sense. See also transmission and translation (technology) . There are lossless and lossy converters. Converters are often reversible (irreversibility), but only completely if there is no loss of conversion, e.g. B. digital signal processing .

Examples of converters

• Analog-to-digital converter
• Digital-to-analog converter
• Transducer
• UHF converter
• decoder
• Encoder

See also

• Signal processing
• Converter (radio technology)

Web links

• Analog-digital conversion (accessed on July 27, 2018)
• AD / DA converter (accessed on July 27, 2018)
• Digital-to-analog converter (accessed on July 27, 2018)
• Sigma Delta converter for measurement technology (accessed on July 27, 2018)