Component: DAC (Internal) (Analog Output)

Author	Matrix TSL
Version	2.0 (Release)
Category	Analog Output

DAC (Internal) component

Provides access to the onboard digital to analog converter (DAC) peripheral allowing for simple analogue output. Often the DAC output will be very low current and will need amplification using external circuitry to drive anything useful.

Examples

No additional examples

Downloadable macro reference

SetOutput

Sets the output voltage of the DAC

Parameters

UINT DAC_Value

The value to output to the DAC

Return value

This call does not return a value

Disable

Disables the DAC output.

Parameters

This macro has no parameters

Return value

This call does not return a value

Enable

Enables the DAC Output.

Parameters

This macro has no parameters

Return value

This call does not return a value

Simulation macro reference

GetValue

Gets the Name property value

Parameters

STRING Name

The name of the property

Return value

STRING

SetValue

Sets the Value for the named property

Parameters

STRING Name

Name of property to update

STRING Value

The new value for the property

Return value

This call does not return a value

GetList

No additional information

Parameters

STRING Name

Return value

STRING

Property reference

Channel

This property is of type Fixed list of ints and can be referenced with the variable name CHANNEL.

DAC Channel number

DAC Output Pin

This property is of type Single digital pin and can be referenced with the variable name PORT.

DAC Output Pin

Vref Option

This property is of type Fixed list of ints and can be referenced with the variable name VREFOP.

Selects the maximum reference value for the DAC

Vref Voltage

This property is of type Floating point and can be referenced with the variable name VrefVol.

Reference Voltage, Used to calculate the Voltage resolution.

Control Bits

This property is of type Signed integer and can be referenced with the variable name BITS.

Number of digital control bits

Resolution

This property is of type Line of text and can be referenced with the variable name Res.

Maximum output resolution based on number of control bits.

Voltage Resolution

This property is of type Floating point and can be referenced with the variable name VoltRes.

Specifies the Resolution per digital bit in terms of Voltage.

Scope Traces

This property is of type True or false and can be referenced with the variable name ScopeTraces.

Selects if the scope traces are automatically generated or not