16 bit voltage resolution calculator full#

16 bit voltage resolution calculator full#

These maximum values are also the values associated with the term “0 dBFS”, which means “0 dB Full Scale”. A clipped sine wave begins to look like a square wave at extremely over driven levels. If the input signal is increased beyond this, the waveform that would have been above the maximum limit is said to have been “clipped”. If a +/- 30 volt power supply is being used, and ignoring output device losses, the output voltage can never exceed +/- 30 volts. These maximum values equate to the voltage levels of analog amplifiers at which the +/- output voltages reach the limits of the power supplies being used. The loudest (“full volume”) audio levels are represented by the maximum value that can be represented for a given number of bits per sample. It is a term that describes the range of loud to soft audio levels that can be accommodated. One of the characteristics of audio that is most affected by the number of bits per sample is dynamic range. The sample values are integers with maximum and minimum values that depend on the number of bits per sample, as related in 'Bit Dynamic Range' Typical A/D convertors produce samples of 8, 16, or 24-bit resolution. The precision of digitally recorded values depends largely on the resolution of the conversion device, known as an Analog to Digital (A/D) Convertor.