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Arduino's and other microcontrollers provide analog to digital (ADC) conversion to convert an input voltage to a digital value. You might think that they also provide the converse which is digital to analog (DAC) conversion. This is not the case. Instead they provide pulse-width modulated (PWM) outputs (see second photo). The Arduino library provides this functionality with a function called analogWrite(). The name seems to imply DAC functionality, but it just controls the PWM output.
For many applications, such as the case of motor control, PWM is sufficient. For other applications, such as creating a linear voltage or current driver, a real DAC is needed. Creating a real DAC Fortunately, it is easy to convert a PWM output to an analog voltage level, producing a true DAC. All that is needed is a simple low-pass filter made from a resistor and a ceramic capacitor. The simple RC low-pass filter shown in the third photo converts the PWM signal to a voltage proportional to the duty cycle.
For the Arduino, an R value = 3.9K and a C value = 0.1uF works well for most applications. For more details on this subject as well as calculating R & C values more suitable for your application, please consult. Was this a useful electronics tip? If so, please cast your vote for it in the. How to vote: The voting button can be found at the top of this instructable.
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The resistor is part of the low pass filter. If you understand how a voltage divider works, the low pass filter works in the same way with signal frequencies, except the second resistance changes (it's actually what's called the reactance of the capacitor). It acts like a big voltage divider for high frequencies, reducing them a bunch, and it acts like a small voltage divider for low frequencies, keeping them the same amplitude. It does this because the capacitors 'resistance' (actually the reactance, this is a somewhat complicated subject for beginners I suggest you look it up) changes with frequency. It is a small resistance at high frequencies, and a large resistance at low frequencies.
When the second resistor in a voltage divider is bigger than the first the output will approach the original input voltage. When the second resistor is smaller the output approaches 0V. That's whats happening with the capacitor.
Without the resistor there, it wouldn't be a voltage divider, and it wouldn't filter things predictably! You can look at the math behind RC low pass filters to understand more about why. Putting a capacitor first and a resistor to ground will make it a high pass filter!
You can also exchange the capacitor for an inductor, which will act as a small resistance to low frequencies, but a high resistance to high frequencies. There are the same arrangements (R - L to ground, and L - R to ground) but draw them out and see configuration will be a high pass and which will be a low pass? Always remember that if the second resistance is small, the output voltage is small, and if the second resistance is large, the output voltage is large.
Really, I mean that if the second resistance is larger than the first, but for a short hand version thats a good way to remember. The reactance of a capacitor is determined by the capacitor's value (and the frequency, to be clear)!
As the capacitance increases, the reactance will decrease (note you have to keep frequency in mind, pretend it's the same, say 56kHz, or 1.3MHz, or any other value you want). Now, I sort of lied when I said it's just like a voltage divider with two resistors. The equations still apply, but the capacitor has 'phase shift' across it, so the output of the filter will change phase (relative to the original input) as you look at different frequencies. The effect this has is that when the reactance of the capacitor is equal to the resistance, the output signal is nearly the same as the original. On the other hand, when a voltage divider has two equal resistances, the output is one-half of the input voltage.