[sdiy] Good 8 or 12 bit D/A converter?

[Paul Maddox]

Bret,

> I'm starting to work on a simple sampling project. So far, I've bought an
> Atmel AVR microcontroller and I've succeeded in doing a/d with it.

AD8300 Voltage output DAC, available in DIL format, serial DAC, simple to
use...

> The microcontroller has 32 I/O pins, so I don't need a D/A converter with
a
> serial interface. Oh, and it's got to be DIP. I'm not talented enough to
> deal with surface mount components! :-)

most of the high bit (>=12 bit) tend to be serial, not many people want to
try and match the length of 16 data lines to a DAC..

Paul