ADC Codes and Clipping

Input Voltage Selects a Code Bin

An in-range voltage maps to the integer code whose bin contains it. Exact arithmetic here means exact results for the stated model inputs; measured inputs still carry uncertainty and significant-figure limits.

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The input voltage selects the containing bin

Input 5 volts lies in code 5's bin.

5 V∈[5,6) V5\ \text{V}\in [5,6)\ \text{V}
ADC bin selectionThe input, bin, and code labels agree.input=5 V[5, 6) Vcode=5

The selected integer code is five

Because the lower edge is 5 volts and the LSB is 1 volt, the code is 5.

code=5\text{code}=5
ADC codeThe code is bound to the interval arithmetic.input=5 V[5, 6) Vcode=5