Configurable data converter

A/D converter or as a D/A converter forms a data converter embedded in a digital circuit for reconfigurable use. Conversion parameters of the data converter are controlled on a bitwise basis from a bitwise converter configuration register. For instance, output locations (i.e., time slots) of the data converter are determined by a bitwise converter configuration register, as is the selection of a D/A conversion mode or A/D conversion mode of the data converter for that particular output location, and/or the output sample length are controlled by appropriate signals from the bitwise converter configuration register. The bitwise converter configuration register also preferably configures the input source to the data converter and/or to an interface, e.g., to a parallel-to-serial, serial-to-serial, or parallel-to-parallel interface device, on a bitwise basis, to provide flexibility both in the source of the channels as well as the output location of particular channels in the data frame.