Sleep deprivation can take its toll on your body in a number of ways. View more sleep pictures. iStockphoto /Didem Lenz. We all know that a sleepless night can make us cranky in the morning. However, the other effects of sleep deprivation are far more serious than sleepy eyes and a short temper. Stiffing yourself out of sleep can lead to heart disease, fluctuations in weight and even hallucinations.
And you might ask, what does DAC stand for? In the trucking industry, DAC stands for Drive-A-Check. For the professional CDL driver, the DAC report can be equally as important to your career and financial future as your personal consumer credit report.
The DAC output is one input to a comparator, with the other being the analog signal to be digitized. This input signal is usually pre-conditioned by a sample-and-hold (also called a track/store) amplifier. The S/H amp contains a switch and a capacitor that continuously charges/discharges to the input voltage.