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Analog-to-digital converter, an Uncommon card
In electronics, an analog-to-digital converter is a system that converts an analog signal, such as from fingers touching a touchscreen, sound entering a microphone, or light entering a digital camera, into a digital signal.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 62
- Power
- 138
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 96,000
Power 138 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Analog-to-digital converter quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Analog-to-digital converter card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
There are several ADC ______.
Answer
architectures. There are several ADC architectures. From the Analog-to-digital converter article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
File system. File system 82 · Analog-to-digital converter 76 · Hyperbolic functions 70 · African wild ass 67 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Hyperbolic functions. Hyperbolic functions 390,000 · Magnesium sulfate 200,000 · Potential energy 120,000 · Analog-to-digital converter 96,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- An ADC may also provide an isolated measurement, such as an electronic device that converts an analog input voltage or current to a digital number representing the magnitude of the voltage or current.
- Typically, the digital output is a two's complement binary number that is proportional to the input, but there are other possibilities.
- There are several ADC architectures.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Analog-to-digital converter article was read about 96,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 62: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Analog-to-digital converter
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Text : Wikipedia, Analog-to-digital converter (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mister rf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
