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The control voltage sources are generated by DACs with a resolution of 7 bits (Helix128-2/2.1) resp. 8 bits (Helix128-2.2/2.3), working from rail to rail (i.e. from -2 V to +2 V); the slope provided is 31 mV/LSB (Helix128-2/2.1) resp. 15 mV/LSB (Helix128-2.2/2.3). The voltage DACs are controlled by the registers of the same name with the LSBs of the 8 bit wide registers ignored (Helix128-2/2.1). A register setting of 0 corresponds to an output voltage of -2V.