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\label{table:adc-sound-bit-depth-1}
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%% TODO: Describe 8-bit music in detail here as an example of ADC.
Here we can mention 8-bit music. Its name represents the 8-bit depth resolution
of the ADC and DAC of the sound chips of those old game consoles for which this
kind of music was made. The main theme from the game ``Super Mario Bros.'' that
was written for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in the year 1985 is a
good example of such music. This low bit depth is the explanation for the
characteristic sound of the old game consoles.

\subsection{ADC in the digital photography and video-recording}
\index{Electronics!ADC!Image digitization}

\newglossaryentry{FPS}{name=FPS, description={Frames Per Second.}}

Another example of \gls{ADC} application is the digital photography. In a
digital camera a lens focuses light onto a special matrix made from miniature
solar cells (``pixels''), where each pixel captures beams of light and converts
them into electric signals. \cite{expertphotography}

In the black-and-white camera each pixel represents a light intensity detector.
The more sensible the detector, the more levels of the signals we can get on the
output. In a color digital camera, as each pixel is sensible only to limited
range of light spectrum, to catch images we need three kinds of pixels: red,
green and blue. Those pixels are organized in the pattern which is called
``Bayer filter'' where three kinds of pixels are grouped together into bigger
``cells'' from the four pixels: blue, green, green, red.

For image digitization an ADC converts the input electric signals from the
light-sensitive matrix into digital values, according to the resolution of the
converter. For example, the 8-bit resolution will give us 256 levels of light
intensity of each parts of the spectrum.

The acquired values then stored in the form of matrix into a file that is called
\emph{an image}.

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