The three key steps involved in analog to digital conversion are:
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Sampling - This is the process of measuring the amplitude of the analog signal at discrete intervals of time.
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Quantization - This involves mapping the sampled values to a finite set of levels, effectively rounding the sampled values to the nearest defined level.
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Encoding - This step converts the quantized values into a digital format, typically using binary representation.
Hexadecimal conversion is not a key step in the standard analog-to-digital conversion process but may be used in representing the digital output.
So, the correct answers are:
- quantization
- encoding
- sampling