>Also look at Maxim and Linear Technology and National
>Semiconductor - they all have 12 bit serial A/D.

So do Analog Devices. I have used the AD5326, which is an I2C device,
successfully, and I believe they also have an SPI version. They also have 10
and 8 bit versions that are pin and command identical.

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