App note: Calculating the error budget in precision DACs

How to chose a voltage reference and digital to analog converter chips to get the precision and stability you need:

This application note focuses on Maxim’s 3-terminal voltage references and precision DACs. To design a system, one must first understand how the parts are specified and then how their performance characteristics interact. Voltage references and DACs have many specifications. Only those factors relevant to the error budget will be discussed here.