diff --git a/scintillometry/functions.py b/scintillometry/functions.py
index 92f0ac21..c38c7963 100644
--- a/scintillometry/functions.py
+++ b/scintillometry/functions.py
@@ -115,3 +115,32 @@ def task(self, data):
         out[2] = c.real
         out[3] = c.imag
         return result
+
+
+class Digitize(TaskBase):
+    """Digitize a stream to a given number of bits.
+
+    Output values are between -(2**(bps-1)) and 2**(bps-1) -1.
+    For instance, between -8 and 7 for bps=4.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    ih : stream handle
+        Handle of a stream reader or another task.
+    nbits : int
+        Number of bits to digitize too.  For complex data, the real
+        and imaginary components are digitized separately.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, ih, bps, scale=1.):
+        super().__init__(ih)
+        self._low = - (1 << (bps-1))
+        self._high = (1 << (bps-1)) - 1
+        if self.complex_data:
+            real_dtype = np.zeros(1, self.dtype).real.dtype
+            self.task = lambda data: self._digitize(
+                data.view(real_dtype)).view(self.dtype)
+        else:
+            self.task = self._digitize
+
+    def _digitize(self, data):
+        return np.clip(data.round(), self._low, self._high)
diff --git a/scintillometry/tests/test_functions.py b/scintillometry/tests/test_functions.py
index 2b563630..2cfb2195 100644
--- a/scintillometry/tests/test_functions.py
+++ b/scintillometry/tests/test_functions.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 import astropy.units as u
 from astropy.time import Time
 
-from ..functions import Square, Power
-from ..generators import EmptyStreamGenerator
+from ..functions import Square, Power, Digitize
+from ..generators import EmptyStreamGenerator, StreamGenerator
 
 from baseband import vdif, dada
 from baseband.data import SAMPLE_VDIF, SAMPLE_DADA
@@ -167,3 +167,39 @@ def test_frequency_sideband_mismatch(self):
                                   frequency=frequency, sideband=bad_side)
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
             Power(eh, polarization=polarization)
+
+
+class TestDigitize:
+    def setup(self):
+        self.stream = StreamGenerator(
+            lambda stream: np.arange(-128, 128, 0.5), (256,),
+            sample_rate=1.*u.Hz, start_time=Time('2018-01-01'),
+            samples_per_frame=256)
+
+    def test_basics(self):
+        fh = dada.open(SAMPLE_DADA)
+        ref_data = fh.read()
+        dig = Digitize(fh, bps=8)
+        data1 = dig.read()
+        assert np.all(data1 == ref_data)
+
+        dig2 = Digitize(fh, bps=4)
+        data2 = dig2.read()
+        assert np.all(data2.real >= -16.) and np.all(data2.real <= 15.)
+        assert np.all(data2.imag >= -16.) and np.all(data2.imag <= 15.)
+        assert np.all(data2.real % 1. == 0.)
+        assert np.all(data2.imag % 1. == 0.)
+        expected = np.clip(ref_data.view(np.float32),
+                           -8., 7.).view(np.complex64)
+        assert np.all(data2 == expected)
+        dig2.close()
+
+    def test_stram(self):
+        ref_data = self.stream.read()
+        for bps in (1, 3, 5, 8):
+            r = 1 << (bps - 1)
+            expected = np.clip(ref_data, -r, r-1).round()
+            dig = Digitize(self.stream, bps=bps)
+            data = dig.read()
+            assert np.all(data == expected)
+        dig.close()