{"id":2490,"date":"2021-12-16T12:19:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T12:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/?p=2490"},"modified":"2021-12-16T16:43:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T16:43:00","slug":"analog-vs-digital-whats-the-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/2021\/analog-vs-digital-whats-the-difference\/16\/12\/","title":{"rendered":"Analog vs Digital: What&#8217;s the Difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2491\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/2021\/analog-vs-digital-whats-the-difference\/16\/12\/cassettes-gc65e60b2b_1920\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cassettes-gc65e60b2b_1920.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1256\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cassettes-gc65e60b2b_1920\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Cassette tapes in a grid&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cassettes-gc65e60b2b_1920-300x196.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cassettes-gc65e60b2b_1920-1024x670.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cassettes-gc65e60b2b_1920-1024x670.jpg\" alt=\"A wall of analog cassette tapes.  Audiophiles have waged the analog vs digital ware for years. \" class=\"wp-image-2491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cassettes-gc65e60b2b_1920-1024x670.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cassettes-gc65e60b2b_1920-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cassettes-gc65e60b2b_1920-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cassettes-gc65e60b2b_1920-1536x1005.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cassettes-gc65e60b2b_1920-1200x785.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cassettes-gc65e60b2b_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Analog media has been replaced by digital.  But do you understand the difference? <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve dealt with electronics in any way, you&#8217;ve likely pondered the analog vs digital issue.  We&#8217;re here to help you understand what&#8217;s actually behind these terms.  For the purpose of this blog, we&#8217;re going to talk about electronic signals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Difference between Analog and Digital<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Electronic signals can be either digital or analog.  The difference between these two technologies can be significant.  But why? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Electronic signals&#8211;both analog and digital&#8211;are around us all the time.  Your favorite radio station frequency, your wi-fi signal, Bluetooth, infrared&#8230;..they&#8217;re all signals.  Sometimes these signals pass through the air via radio frequency waves.  But often the same signals can pass through wiring, too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think about the last time your wireless Wi-Fi connection stopped working and you had to dig through the back of your closet for an old Ethernet cable to reconnect.  There&#8217;s a good example of changing transmission mediums (air to wire.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2492\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/2021\/analog-vs-digital-whats-the-difference\/16\/12\/analog-signal-gba23fde41_1920\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/analog-signal-gba23fde41_1920.png\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"analog-signal-gba23fde41_1920\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;difference between digital and analog signals&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/analog-signal-gba23fde41_1920-300x200.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/analog-signal-gba23fde41_1920-1024x683.png\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/analog-signal-gba23fde41_1920-1024x683.png\" alt=\"An illustration comparing analog vs digital signals over time. \" class=\"wp-image-2492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/analog-signal-gba23fde41_1920-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/analog-signal-gba23fde41_1920-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/analog-signal-gba23fde41_1920-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/analog-signal-gba23fde41_1920-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/analog-signal-gba23fde41_1920-1200x800.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/analog-signal-gba23fde41_1920.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Analog vs Digital signals.  Pankaj064 from Pixabay. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From creation, analog and digital signals have a different shape.   See the image above.  The analog signal is a smooth, continuous, undulating wave that moves from the positive signal amplitude to the negative and back again through time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, digital signals look blockier.  That&#8217;s because they&#8217;re made from repeating square waves.   While analog signals capture raw, unprocessed information, digital signals create a representation of time and amplitude using regular time intervals and creating a sequence of codes that are drawn from a finite value set. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Digital: Better Than Analog? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s difficult to quantify the analog vs digital comparison by shades of &#8216;better&#8217; and &#8216;worse.&#8217;  Perhaps we should say they&#8217;re different. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After all, all real-life signals are analog.  Natural sound, the heat on our skin, the colors in the sky above us, those are analog.   And analog electric signals have their benefits: they can be easily amplified, they can be quantified across a time period, and a continuous signal can have infinite values across a given time period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But when you amplify an analog signal, transmission noise amplifies with it.  This can deteriorate the signal quality.  Meanwhile, analog signals get weaker over distances; that&#8217;s why radio stations used to have such a limited range.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Digital signals, on the other hand, can handle amplification without loss of quality.  That&#8217;s why digital signals are often the top choice for long-distance transmission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Need an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/automation\/ge-boards\">analog-to-digital converter for your Speedtronic system<\/a>?  We carry them! 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