The DAC716P is a complete monolithic Digital-Analog Converter (DAC) including a 10V temperature compensated voltage reference, current-to-voltage amplifier, a high-speed synchronous serial interface, a serial output which allows cascading multiple converters and an asynchronous clear function which immediately sets the output voltage to zero. The output voltage range is 0 to 10V while operating from ±12 to ±15V supplies and the gain and bipolar offset adjustments are designed so that they can be set via external potentiometers or external DA converter. The output amplifier is protected against short-circuiting to ground.