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Sample & hold - for frequency.
On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:57:44 -0000, "ian field"
wrote: "Jim Thompson" wrote in message news On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:53:53 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message news On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:53:26 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message om... Assuming that your mic can integrate out the 12kHz transitions and yield a harmonic and overtone-free fundamental, what I'd do would be to detect sequential zero crossings of the signal, square them up with a comparator, and use the time between the edges to allow a counter chain to accumulate high frequency clocks (the frequency of the clock chosen to force the regenerated signal (the "copy") to yield the accuracy you need) then, at the end of that time, to latch that value and send the output of the latch to the broadside load inputs of the counter chain. Simultaneously, the counter chain's count direction will be changed, making it a down counter, and when it gets to zero it'll clock a dflop wired as a divide-by-two, and will also reload the value stored in the latch into the counter, starting the cycle anew. The net result will be that the output frequency of the divide-by-two will mimic the output frequency of the synthesizer. JF I was hoping for something pretty minimalist - its a sort of one hit project that once its given me the info I want, its likely to get robbed of parts for later projects. --- Well, you're going to need, as a minimum, something which you can use to measure the period of the waveform and then read it out and take its reciprocal. That could be something as simple as a comparator, a dflop, an RS flip-flop, a clock source, and a counter feeding some LEDs Just for grins, let's say the highest frequency you can get out of the organ is 3520 Hz (A7) and you want to measure the frequency to +/- 1%. In order to do that you'll need a clock running 100 times faster, which is 352000 Hz., and something to accumulate 100 clock cycles during one 3520 Hz. cycle; an 8 bit binary up counter. So what you'd do would be to manually reset the counter, have the first rising edge of the squared-up organ signal enable the counter, and the next rising edge disable it forever. Then you'd get the contents of the counter by reading the LEDs, and the frequency of the organ signal by multiplying the counter's contents by 284.0909µs and taking the reciprocal of the product. One thing to be aware of is that as the frequency of the organ signal decreases, either the length of the counter will have to increase or the frequency of the clock decrease in order to prevent overflow. Finally, it could get tricky trying to catch the first real rising edge of the organ signal, so what I'd do would be to insert a small (10ms?) delay from the whatever the rising thing out of mic was and, when it timed out, use the next 2 rising edges to gate the counter, JF Can't I just make a PLL lock on to the frequency and stay put after the note has decayed, then measure the frequency with a digital frequency counter? A PLL that doesn't drift once it loses reference ?:-) It only needs to stay put for just over a second to cover the gate time of the counter. --- But, once you hit the note, the PLL has to lock on to the signal coming from the mic and, once that's happened, you've got to make your frequency measurement, which means the VCO has to lock in in whatever time's left in the front end of envelope so the counter can get a good count. One thing that will definitely help is if you square up the signal coming from the mic, which will effectively put some sustain in it and increase the time you'll have useful input into the PLL and the counter. Also, if you can play the key legato so that the leading edge of one envelope falls on the trailing edge of the previous one before the amplitude decays to the point where the PLL and counter lose it, that might work. Hell, if you can do it that way you might just be able to get away with a counter and a comparator! But then you won't get to use my beautyful circuit :-( sob... JF |
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Jim Thompson wrote: On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:53:53 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message news On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:53:26 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message ... Assuming that your mic can integrate out the 12kHz transitions and yield a harmonic and overtone-free fundamental, what I'd do would be to detect sequential zero crossings of the signal, square them up with a comparator, and use the time between the edges to allow a counter chain to accumulate high frequency clocks (the frequency of the clock chosen to force the regenerated signal (the "copy") to yield the accuracy you need) then, at the end of that time, to latch that value and send the output of the latch to the broadside load inputs of the counter chain. Simultaneously, the counter chain's count direction will be changed, making it a down counter, and when it gets to zero it'll clock a dflop wired as a divide-by-two, and will also reload the value stored in the latch into the counter, starting the cycle anew. The net result will be that the output frequency of the divide-by-two will mimic the output frequency of the synthesizer. JF I was hoping for something pretty minimalist - its a sort of one hit project that once its given me the info I want, its likely to get robbed of parts for later projects. --- Well, you're going to need, as a minimum, something which you can use to measure the period of the waveform and then read it out and take its reciprocal. That could be something as simple as a comparator, a dflop, an RS flip-flop, a clock source, and a counter feeding some LEDs Just for grins, let's say the highest frequency you can get out of the organ is 3520 Hz (A7) and you want to measure the frequency to +/- 1%. In order to do that you'll need a clock running 100 times faster, which is 352000 Hz., and something to accumulate 100 clock cycles during one 3520 Hz. cycle; an 8 bit binary up counter. So what you'd do would be to manually reset the counter, have the first rising edge of the squared-up organ signal enable the counter, and the next rising edge disable it forever. Then you'd get the contents of the counter by reading the LEDs, and the frequency of the organ signal by multiplying the counter's contents by 284.0909µs and taking the reciprocal of the product. One thing to be aware of is that as the frequency of the organ signal decreases, either the length of the counter will have to increase or the frequency of the clock decrease in order to prevent overflow. Finally, it could get tricky trying to catch the first real rising edge of the organ signal, so what I'd do would be to insert a small (10ms?) delay from the whatever the rising thing out of mic was and, when it timed out, use the next 2 rising edges to gate the counter, JF Can't I just make a PLL lock on to the frequency and stay put after the note has decayed, then measure the frequency with a digital frequency counter? A PLL that doesn't drift once it loses reference ?:-) yeah. A Pathetic Locked Loopy. -- The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary! |
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On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:03:53 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:53:53 -0000, "ian field" wrote: [snip] Can't I just make a PLL lock on to the frequency and stay put after the note has decayed, then measure the frequency with a digital frequency counter? A PLL that doesn't drift once it loses reference ?:-) yeah. A Pathetic Locked Loopy. I suppose you _could_ put a sample and hold on the control voltage, but my experience with _good_ PLL's is that it takes around 100 reference cycles to ensure accuracy, _before_ you could "coast". I think it should really be done with a high speed counter to get signal period. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented immigrant" is like Calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist" |
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Jim Thompson wrote: On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:03:53 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:53:53 -0000, "ian field" wrote: [snip] Can't I just make a PLL lock on to the frequency and stay put after the note has decayed, then measure the frequency with a digital frequency counter? A PLL that doesn't drift once it loses reference ?:-) yeah. A Pathetic Locked Loopy. I suppose you _could_ put a sample and hold on the control voltage, but my experience with _good_ PLL's is that it takes around 100 reference cycles to ensure accuracy, _before_ you could "coast". I think it should really be done with a high speed counter to get signal period. I would use period measurement. I had to for the multi second AGC integration in the telemetry systems I worked on. The PLLs I worked with were in the 360 to 540 MHz range, with multiple band segments that overlapped. -- The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary! |
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"John Fields" wrote in message ... On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:57:44 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "Jim Thompson" wrote in message news On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:53:53 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message news On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:53:26 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message news:gop6f598hqid0qo3aag5bkbdoa5b0391n3@4ax. com... Assuming that your mic can integrate out the 12kHz transitions and yield a harmonic and overtone-free fundamental, what I'd do would be to detect sequential zero crossings of the signal, square them up with a comparator, and use the time between the edges to allow a counter chain to accumulate high frequency clocks (the frequency of the clock chosen to force the regenerated signal (the "copy") to yield the accuracy you need) then, at the end of that time, to latch that value and send the output of the latch to the broadside load inputs of the counter chain. Simultaneously, the counter chain's count direction will be changed, making it a down counter, and when it gets to zero it'll clock a dflop wired as a divide-by-two, and will also reload the value stored in the latch into the counter, starting the cycle anew. The net result will be that the output frequency of the divide-by-two will mimic the output frequency of the synthesizer. JF I was hoping for something pretty minimalist - its a sort of one hit project that once its given me the info I want, its likely to get robbed of parts for later projects. --- Well, you're going to need, as a minimum, something which you can use to measure the period of the waveform and then read it out and take its reciprocal. That could be something as simple as a comparator, a dflop, an RS flip-flop, a clock source, and a counter feeding some LEDs Just for grins, let's say the highest frequency you can get out of the organ is 3520 Hz (A7) and you want to measure the frequency to +/- 1%. In order to do that you'll need a clock running 100 times faster, which is 352000 Hz., and something to accumulate 100 clock cycles during one 3520 Hz. cycle; an 8 bit binary up counter. So what you'd do would be to manually reset the counter, have the first rising edge of the squared-up organ signal enable the counter, and the next rising edge disable it forever. Then you'd get the contents of the counter by reading the LEDs, and the frequency of the organ signal by multiplying the counter's contents by 284.0909µs and taking the reciprocal of the product. One thing to be aware of is that as the frequency of the organ signal decreases, either the length of the counter will have to increase or the frequency of the clock decrease in order to prevent overflow. Finally, it could get tricky trying to catch the first real rising edge of the organ signal, so what I'd do would be to insert a small (10ms?) delay from the whatever the rising thing out of mic was and, when it timed out, use the next 2 rising edges to gate the counter, JF Can't I just make a PLL lock on to the frequency and stay put after the note has decayed, then measure the frequency with a digital frequency counter? A PLL that doesn't drift once it loses reference ?:-) It only needs to stay put for just over a second to cover the gate time of the counter. --- But, once you hit the note, the PLL has to lock on to the signal coming from the mic and, once that's happened, you've got to make your frequency measurement, which means the VCO has to lock in in whatever time's left in the front end of envelope so the counter can get a good count. One thing that will definitely help is if you square up the signal coming from the mic, which will effectively put some sustain in it and increase the time you'll have useful input into the PLL and the counter. Also, if you can play the key legato so that the leading edge of one envelope falls on the trailing edge of the previous one before the amplitude decays to the point where the PLL and counter lose it, that might work. Hell, if you can do it that way you might just be able to get away with a counter and a comparator! But then you won't get to use my beautyful circuit :-( sob... Its a shame, but I can't afford my own power station to run it all. |
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On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:21:25 -0000, "ian field"
wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message .. . On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:57:44 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "Jim Thompson" wrote in message news On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:53:53 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message news On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:53:26 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message news:gop6f598hqid0qo3aag5bkbdoa5b0391n3@4ax .com... Assuming that your mic can integrate out the 12kHz transitions and yield a harmonic and overtone-free fundamental, what I'd do would be to detect sequential zero crossings of the signal, square them up with a comparator, and use the time between the edges to allow a counter chain to accumulate high frequency clocks (the frequency of the clock chosen to force the regenerated signal (the "copy") to yield the accuracy you need) then, at the end of that time, to latch that value and send the output of the latch to the broadside load inputs of the counter chain. Simultaneously, the counter chain's count direction will be changed, making it a down counter, and when it gets to zero it'll clock a dflop wired as a divide-by-two, and will also reload the value stored in the latch into the counter, starting the cycle anew. The net result will be that the output frequency of the divide-by-two will mimic the output frequency of the synthesizer. JF I was hoping for something pretty minimalist - its a sort of one hit project that once its given me the info I want, its likely to get robbed of parts for later projects. --- Well, you're going to need, as a minimum, something which you can use to measure the period of the waveform and then read it out and take its reciprocal. That could be something as simple as a comparator, a dflop, an RS flip-flop, a clock source, and a counter feeding some LEDs Just for grins, let's say the highest frequency you can get out of the organ is 3520 Hz (A7) and you want to measure the frequency to +/- 1%. In order to do that you'll need a clock running 100 times faster, which is 352000 Hz., and something to accumulate 100 clock cycles during one 3520 Hz. cycle; an 8 bit binary up counter. So what you'd do would be to manually reset the counter, have the first rising edge of the squared-up organ signal enable the counter, and the next rising edge disable it forever. Then you'd get the contents of the counter by reading the LEDs, and the frequency of the organ signal by multiplying the counter's contents by 284.0909µs and taking the reciprocal of the product. One thing to be aware of is that as the frequency of the organ signal decreases, either the length of the counter will have to increase or the frequency of the clock decrease in order to prevent overflow. Finally, it could get tricky trying to catch the first real rising edge of the organ signal, so what I'd do would be to insert a small (10ms?) delay from the whatever the rising thing out of mic was and, when it timed out, use the next 2 rising edges to gate the counter, JF Can't I just make a PLL lock on to the frequency and stay put after the note has decayed, then measure the frequency with a digital frequency counter? A PLL that doesn't drift once it loses reference ?:-) It only needs to stay put for just over a second to cover the gate time of the counter. --- But, once you hit the note, the PLL has to lock on to the signal coming from the mic and, once that's happened, you've got to make your frequency measurement, which means the VCO has to lock in in whatever time's left in the front end of envelope so the counter can get a good count. One thing that will definitely help is if you square up the signal coming from the mic, which will effectively put some sustain in it and increase the time you'll have useful input into the PLL and the counter. Also, if you can play the key legato so that the leading edge of one envelope falls on the trailing edge of the previous one before the amplitude decays to the point where the PLL and counter lose it, that might work. Hell, if you can do it that way you might just be able to get away with a counter and a comparator! But then you won't get to use my beautyful circuit :-( sob... Its a shame, but I can't afford my own power station to run it all. --- What are you talking about? You can do the whole thing for probably less than than $10 in parts and less than a quarter of a watt in power. And, it seems to work: Version 4 SHEET 1 2520 948 WIRE 448 96 176 96 WIRE 736 96 464 96 WIRE 1024 96 752 96 WIRE 1312 96 1040 96 WIRE 1600 96 1328 96 WIRE 1888 96 1616 96 WIRE 2176 96 1904 96 WIRE 2448 96 2192 96 WIRE 304 128 144 128 WIRE 592 128 304 128 WIRE 880 128 592 128 WIRE 1168 128 880 128 WIRE 1456 128 1168 128 WIRE 1744 128 1456 128 WIRE 2032 128 1744 128 WIRE 2304 128 2032 128 WIRE -64 176 -880 176 WIRE 304 176 304 128 WIRE 592 176 592 128 WIRE 880 176 880 128 WIRE 1168 176 1168 128 WIRE 1456 176 1456 128 WIRE 1744 176 1744 128 WIRE 2032 176 2032 128 WIRE 2304 176 2304 128 WIRE -1056 192 -1328 192 WIRE -1056 224 -1056 192 WIRE 176 224 176 96 WIRE 224 224 176 224 WIRE 416 224 384 224 WIRE 464 224 464 96 WIRE 512 224 464 224 WIRE 704 224 672 224 WIRE 752 224 752 96 WIRE 800 224 752 224 WIRE 992 224 960 224 WIRE 1040 224 1040 96 WIRE 1088 224 1040 224 WIRE 1280 224 1248 224 WIRE 1328 224 1328 96 WIRE 1376 224 1328 224 WIRE 1568 224 1536 224 WIRE 1616 224 1616 96 WIRE 1664 224 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On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:21:25 -0000, "ian field"
wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message .. . On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:57:44 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "Jim Thompson" wrote in message news On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:53:53 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message news On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:53:26 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message news:gop6f598hqid0qo3aag5bkbdoa5b0391n3@4ax .com... Assuming that your mic can integrate out the 12kHz transitions and yield a harmonic and overtone-free fundamental, what I'd do would be to detect sequential zero crossings of the signal, square them up with a comparator, and use the time between the edges to allow a counter chain to accumulate high frequency clocks (the frequency of the clock chosen to force the regenerated signal (the "copy") to yield the accuracy you need) then, at the end of that time, to latch that value and send the output of the latch to the broadside load inputs of the counter chain. Simultaneously, the counter chain's count direction will be changed, making it a down counter, and when it gets to zero it'll clock a dflop wired as a divide-by-two, and will also reload the value stored in the latch into the counter, starting the cycle anew. The net result will be that the output frequency of the divide-by-two will mimic the output frequency of the synthesizer. JF I was hoping for something pretty minimalist - its a sort of one hit project that once its given me the info I want, its likely to get robbed of parts for later projects. --- Well, you're going to need, as a minimum, something which you can use to measure the period of the waveform and then read it out and take its reciprocal. That could be something as simple as a comparator, a dflop, an RS flip-flop, a clock source, and a counter feeding some LEDs Just for grins, let's say the highest frequency you can get out of the organ is 3520 Hz (A7) and you want to measure the frequency to +/- 1%. In order to do that you'll need a clock running 100 times faster, which is 352000 Hz., and something to accumulate 100 clock cycles during one 3520 Hz. cycle; an 8 bit binary up counter. So what you'd do would be to manually reset the counter, have the first rising edge of the squared-up organ signal enable the counter, and the next rising edge disable it forever. Then you'd get the contents of the counter by reading the LEDs, and the frequency of the organ signal by multiplying the counter's contents by 284.0909µs and taking the reciprocal of the product. One thing to be aware of is that as the frequency of the organ signal decreases, either the length of the counter will have to increase or the frequency of the clock decrease in order to prevent overflow. Finally, it could get tricky trying to catch the first real rising edge of the organ signal, so what I'd do would be to insert a small (10ms?) delay from the whatever the rising thing out of mic was and, when it timed out, use the next 2 rising edges to gate the counter, JF Can't I just make a PLL lock on to the frequency and stay put after the note has decayed, then measure the frequency with a digital frequency counter? A PLL that doesn't drift once it loses reference ?:-) It only needs to stay put for just over a second to cover the gate time of the counter. --- But, once you hit the note, the PLL has to lock on to the signal coming from the mic and, once that's happened, you've got to make your frequency measurement, which means the VCO has to lock in in whatever time's left in the front end of envelope so the counter can get a good count. One thing that will definitely help is if you square up the signal coming from the mic, which will effectively put some sustain in it and increase the time you'll have useful input into the PLL and the counter. Also, if you can play the key legato so that the leading edge of one envelope falls on the trailing edge of the previous one before the amplitude decays to the point where the PLL and counter lose it, that might work. Hell, if you can do it that way you might just be able to get away with a counter and a comparator! But then you won't get to use my beautyful circuit :-( sob... Its a shame, but I can't afford my own power station to run it all. --- What are you talking about? You can do the whole thing for probably less than than $10 in parts and less than a quarter of a watt in power. And, it seems to work: Version 4 SHEET 1 2520 948 WIRE 448 96 176 96 WIRE 736 96 464 96 WIRE 1024 96 752 96 WIRE 1312 96 1040 96 WIRE 1600 96 1328 96 WIRE 1888 96 1616 96 WIRE 2176 96 1904 96 WIRE 2448 96 2192 96 WIRE 304 128 144 128 WIRE 592 128 304 128 WIRE 880 128 592 128 WIRE 1168 128 880 128 WIRE 1456 128 1168 128 WIRE 1744 128 1456 128 WIRE 2032 128 1744 128 WIRE 2304 128 2032 128 WIRE -64 176 -880 176 WIRE 304 176 304 128 WIRE 592 176 592 128 WIRE 880 176 880 128 WIRE 1168 176 1168 128 WIRE 1456 176 1456 128 WIRE 1744 176 1744 128 WIRE 2032 176 2032 128 WIRE 2304 176 2304 128 WIRE -1056 192 -1328 192 WIRE -1056 224 -1056 192 WIRE 176 224 176 96 WIRE 224 224 176 224 WIRE 416 224 384 224 WIRE 464 224 464 96 WIRE 512 224 464 224 WIRE 704 224 672 224 WIRE 752 224 752 96 WIRE 800 224 752 224 WIRE 992 224 960 224 WIRE 1040 224 1040 96 WIRE 1088 224 1040 224 WIRE 1280 224 1248 224 WIRE 1328 224 1328 96 WIRE 1376 224 1328 224 WIRE 1568 224 1536 224 WIRE 1616 224 1616 96 WIRE 1664 224 1616 224 WIRE 1856 224 1824 224 WIRE 1904 224 1904 96 WIRE 1952 224 1904 224 WIRE 2144 224 2112 224 WIRE 2192 224 2192 96 WIRE 2224 224 2192 224 WIRE 2416 224 2384 224 WIRE -1088 240 -1120 240 WIRE -944 256 -1024 256 WIRE -640 256 -944 256 WIRE -1088 272 -1184 272 WIRE 224 272 -16 272 WIRE 448 272 448 96 WIRE 448 272 400 272 WIRE 512 272 448 272 WIRE 736 272 736 96 WIRE 736 272 688 272 WIRE 800 272 736 272 WIRE 1024 272 1024 96 WIRE 1024 272 976 272 WIRE 1088 272 1024 272 WIRE 1312 272 1312 96 WIRE 1312 272 1264 272 WIRE 1376 272 1312 272 WIRE 1600 272 1600 96 WIRE 1600 272 1552 272 WIRE 1664 272 1600 272 WIRE 1888 272 1888 96 WIRE 1888 272 1840 272 WIRE 1952 272 1888 272 WIRE 2176 272 2176 96 WIRE 2176 272 2128 272 WIRE 2224 272 2176 272 WIRE 2448 272 2448 96 WIRE 2448 272 2400 272 WIRE -880 288 -880 176 WIRE -848 288 -880 288 WIRE -1120 304 -1120 240 WIRE -1056 304 -1056 288 WIRE -1056 304 -1120 304 WIRE -96 304 -384 304 WIRE -1056 336 -1056 304 WIRE -736 336 -784 336 WIRE -704 336 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Value2 Vhigh 5V Trise 1e-7 Tfall 1e-7 SYMBOL Digital\\dflop 1168 176 R0 SYMATTR InstName A7 SYMATTR Value2 Vhigh 5V Trise 1e-7 Tfall 1e-7 SYMBOL Digital\\dflop 1456 176 R0 SYMATTR InstName A8 SYMATTR Value2 Vhigh 5V Trise 1e-7 Tfall 1e-7 SYMBOL Digital\\dflop 1744 176 R0 SYMATTR InstName A9 SYMATTR Value2 Vhigh 5V Trise 1e-7 Tfall 1e-7 SYMBOL Digital\\dflop 2032 176 R0 SYMATTR InstName A10 SYMATTR Value2 Vhigh 5V Trise 1e-7 Tfall 1e-7 SYMBOL Digital\\dflop 2304 176 R0 SYMATTR InstName A11 SYMATTR Value2 Vhigh 5V Trise 1e-7 Tfall 1e-7 SYMBOL LED 400 432 R0 SYMATTR InstName D9 SYMBOL res 432 624 R180 WINDOW 0 36 76 Left 0 WINDOW 3 36 40 Left 0 SYMATTR InstName R3 SYMATTR Value 150 SYMBOL voltage 32 560 R0 WINDOW 3 24 104 Invisible 0 WINDOW 123 0 0 Left 0 WINDOW 39 0 0 Left 0 SYMATTR Value PULSE(0 5 0 1e-7 1e-7 1.4205e-6 2.841e-6) SYMATTR InstName V1 SYMBOL Digital\\and -64 480 R270 SYMATTR InstName A6 SYMATTR Value2 Vhigh 5V Trise 1e-7 Tfall 1e-7 SYMBOL voltage -1184 560 R0 WINDOW 3 24 104 Invisible 0 WINDOW 123 0 0 Left 0 WINDOW 39 0 0 Left 0 SYMATTR Value SINE(0 .1 3520) SYMATTR InstName V4 SYMBOL Comparators\\LT1017 -1056 256 R0 SYMATTR InstName U1 SYMBOL res -1200 448 R0 SYMATTR InstName R1 SYMATTR Value 10k SYMBOL res -1008 400 R90 WINDOW 0 0 56 VBottom 0 WINDOW 3 32 56 VTop 0 SYMATTR InstName R11 SYMATTR Value 1e6 SYMBOL voltage -1328 560 R0 WINDOW 3 24 104 Invisible 0 WINDOW 123 0 0 Left 0 WINDOW 39 0 0 Left 0 SYMATTR Value 5 SYMATTR InstName V5 SYMBOL LED 688 432 R0 SYMATTR InstName D1 SYMBOL res 720 624 R180 WINDOW 0 36 76 Left 0 WINDOW 3 36 40 Left 0 SYMATTR InstName R2 SYMATTR Value 150 SYMBOL LED 976 432 R0 SYMATTR InstName D2 SYMBOL res 1008 624 R180 WINDOW 0 36 76 Left 0 WINDOW 3 36 40 Left 0 SYMATTR InstName R4 SYMATTR Value 150 SYMBOL LED 1264 432 R0 SYMATTR InstName D3 SYMBOL res 1296 624 R180 WINDOW 0 36 76 Left 0 WINDOW 3 36 40 Left 0 SYMATTR InstName R5 SYMATTR Value 150 SYMBOL LED 1552 432 R0 SYMATTR InstName D4 SYMBOL res 1584 624 R180 WINDOW 0 36 76 Left 0 WINDOW 3 36 40 Left 0 SYMATTR InstName R6 SYMATTR Value 150 SYMBOL LED 1840 432 R0 SYMATTR InstName D5 SYMBOL res 1872 624 R180 WINDOW 0 36 76 Left 0 WINDOW 3 36 40 Left 0 SYMATTR InstName R7 SYMATTR Value 150 SYMBOL LED 2128 432 R0 SYMATTR InstName D6 SYMBOL res 2160 624 R180 WINDOW 0 36 76 Left 0 WINDOW 3 36 40 Left 0 SYMATTR InstName R8 SYMATTR Value 150 SYMBOL res 2432 624 R180 WINDOW 0 36 76 Left 0 WINDOW 3 36 40 Left 0 SYMATTR InstName R9 SYMATTR Value 150 SYMBOL LED 2400 432 R0 SYMATTR InstName D7 SYMBOL res -752 560 R90 WINDOW 0 -3 22 VBottom 0 WINDOW 3 39 54 VTop 0 SYMATTR InstName R10 SYMATTR Value 100k SYMBOL cap -896 592 R0 WINDOW 0 -38 31 Left 0 WINDOW 3 -56 56 Left 0 SYMATTR InstName C1 SYMATTR Value 1e-7 SYMBOL Digital\\or -816 256 R0 WINDOW 0 -10 19 Left 0 SYMATTR InstName A13 SYMATTR SpiceLine trise 1e-7 tfall 1e-7 vhigh 5v SYMBOL Digital\\or -816 512 M180 WINDOW 0 -30 14 Left 0 SYMATTR InstName A14 SYMATTR SpiceLine trise 1e-7 tfall 1e-7 vhigh 5v SYMBOL Digital\\dflop -528 592 M180 SYMATTR InstName A16 SYMATTR Value2 Vhigh 5V Trise 1e-7 Tfall 1e-7 SYMBOL Digital\\or -416 400 R180 WINDOW 0 -33 -17 Left 0 SYMATTR InstName A17 SYMATTR SpiceLine trise 1e-7 tfall 1e-7 vhigh 5v SYMBOL Digital\\dflop -240 592 M180 SYMATTR InstName A15 SYMATTR Value2 Vhigh 5V Trise 1e-7 Tfall 1e-7 SYMBOL Digital\\and -608 416 R90 SYMATTR InstName A2 SYMATTR Value2 Vhigh 5V Trise 1e-7 Tfall 1e-7 TEXT -1320 720 Left 0 !.tran 8e-3 uic TEXT -1136 616 Left 0 ;MIC TEXT 280 616 Left 0 ;RESET TEXT 80 608 Left 0 ;HF TEXT 64 640 Left 0 ;CLOCK TEXT 280 48 Left 0 ;LSB TEXT 2280 48 Left 0 ;MSB JF |
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"John Fields" wrote in message ... On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:21:25 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message . .. On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:57:44 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "Jim Thompson" wrote in message news On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:53:53 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message newskg8f55tfc1tkddh584hpp5aagshbcnlf4@4ax. com... On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:53:26 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message news:gop6f598hqid0qo3aag5bkbdoa5b0391n3@4a x.com... Assuming that your mic can integrate out the 12kHz transitions and yield a harmonic and overtone-free fundamental, what I'd do would be to detect sequential zero crossings of the signal, square them up with a comparator, and use the time between the edges to allow a counter chain to accumulate high frequency clocks (the frequency of the clock chosen to force the regenerated signal (the "copy") to yield the accuracy you need) then, at the end of that time, to latch that value and send the output of the latch to the broadside load inputs of the counter chain. Simultaneously, the counter chain's count direction will be changed, making it a down counter, and when it gets to zero it'll clock a dflop wired as a divide-by-two, and will also reload the value stored in the latch into the counter, starting the cycle anew. The net result will be that the output frequency of the divide-by-two will mimic the output frequency of the synthesizer. JF I was hoping for something pretty minimalist - its a sort of one hit project that once its given me the info I want, its likely to get robbed of parts for later projects. --- Well, you're going to need, as a minimum, something which you can use to measure the period of the waveform and then read it out and take its reciprocal. That could be something as simple as a comparator, a dflop, an RS flip-flop, a clock source, and a counter feeding some LEDs Just for grins, let's say the highest frequency you can get out of the organ is 3520 Hz (A7) and you want to measure the frequency to +/- 1%. In order to do that you'll need a clock running 100 times faster, which is 352000 Hz., and something to accumulate 100 clock cycles during one 3520 Hz. cycle; an 8 bit binary up counter. So what you'd do would be to manually reset the counter, have the first rising edge of the squared-up organ signal enable the counter, and the next rising edge disable it forever. Then you'd get the contents of the counter by reading the LEDs, and the frequency of the organ signal by multiplying the counter's contents by 284.0909µs and taking the reciprocal of the product. One thing to be aware of is that as the frequency of the organ signal decreases, either the length of the counter will have to increase or the frequency of the clock decrease in order to prevent overflow. Finally, it could get tricky trying to catch the first real rising edge of the organ signal, so what I'd do would be to insert a small (10ms?) delay from the whatever the rising thing out of mic was and, when it timed out, use the next 2 rising edges to gate the counter, JF Can't I just make a PLL lock on to the frequency and stay put after the note has decayed, then measure the frequency with a digital frequency counter? A PLL that doesn't drift once it loses reference ?:-) It only needs to stay put for just over a second to cover the gate time of the counter. --- But, once you hit the note, the PLL has to lock on to the signal coming from the mic and, once that's happened, you've got to make your frequency measurement, which means the VCO has to lock in in whatever time's left in the front end of envelope so the counter can get a good count. One thing that will definitely help is if you square up the signal coming from the mic, which will effectively put some sustain in it and increase the time you'll have useful input into the PLL and the counter. Also, if you can play the key legato so that the leading edge of one envelope falls on the trailing edge of the previous one before the amplitude decays to the point where the PLL and counter lose it, that might work. Hell, if you can do it that way you might just be able to get away with a counter and a comparator! But then you won't get to use my beautyful circuit :-( sob... Its a shame, but I can't afford my own power station to run it all. --- What are you talking about? You can do the whole thing for probably less than than $10 in parts and less than a quarter of a watt in power. And, it seems to work: Version 4 SHEET 1 2520 948 WIRE 448 96 176 96 WIRE 736 96 464 96 WIRE 1024 96 752 96 snip What are all those numbers? |
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ian field wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message ... On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:21:25 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message . .. On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:57:44 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "Jim Thompson" wrote in message news On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:53:53 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message newskg8f55tfc1tkddh584hpp5aagshbcnlf4@4ax. com... On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:53:26 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message news:gop6f598hqid0qo3aag5bkbdoa5b0391n3@4a x.com... Assuming that your mic can integrate out the 12kHz transitions and yield a harmonic and overtone-free fundamental, what I'd do would be to detect sequential zero crossings of the signal, square them up with a comparator, and use the time between the edges to allow a counter chain to accumulate high frequency clocks (the frequency of the clock chosen to force the regenerated signal (the "copy") to yield the accuracy you need) then, at the end of that time, to latch that value and send the output of the latch to the broadside load inputs of the counter chain. Simultaneously, the counter chain's count direction will be changed, making it a down counter, and when it gets to zero it'll clock a dflop wired as a divide-by-two, and will also reload the value stored in the latch into the counter, starting the cycle anew. The net result will be that the output frequency of the divide-by-two will mimic the output frequency of the synthesizer. JF I was hoping for something pretty minimalist - its a sort of one hit project that once its given me the info I want, its likely to get robbed of parts for later projects. --- Well, you're going to need, as a minimum, something which you can use to measure the period of the waveform and then read it out and take its reciprocal. That could be something as simple as a comparator, a dflop, an RS flip-flop, a clock source, and a counter feeding some LEDs Just for grins, let's say the highest frequency you can get out of the organ is 3520 Hz (A7) and you want to measure the frequency to +/- 1%. In order to do that you'll need a clock running 100 times faster, which is 352000 Hz., and something to accumulate 100 clock cycles during one 3520 Hz. cycle; an 8 bit binary up counter. So what you'd do would be to manually reset the counter, have the first rising edge of the squared-up organ signal enable the counter, and the next rising edge disable it forever. Then you'd get the contents of the counter by reading the LEDs, and the frequency of the organ signal by multiplying the counter's contents by 284.0909µs and taking the reciprocal of the product. One thing to be aware of is that as the frequency of the organ signal decreases, either the length of the counter will have to increase or the frequency of the clock decrease in order to prevent overflow. Finally, it could get tricky trying to catch the first real rising edge of the organ signal, so what I'd do would be to insert a small (10ms?) delay from the whatever the rising thing out of mic was and, when it timed out, use the next 2 rising edges to gate the counter, JF Can't I just make a PLL lock on to the frequency and stay put after the note has decayed, then measure the frequency with a digital frequency counter? A PLL that doesn't drift once it loses reference ?:-) It only needs to stay put for just over a second to cover the gate time of the counter. --- But, once you hit the note, the PLL has to lock on to the signal coming from the mic and, once that's happened, you've got to make your frequency measurement, which means the VCO has to lock in in whatever time's left in the front end of envelope so the counter can get a good count. One thing that will definitely help is if you square up the signal coming from the mic, which will effectively put some sustain in it and increase the time you'll have useful input into the PLL and the counter. Also, if you can play the key legato so that the leading edge of one envelope falls on the trailing edge of the previous one before the amplitude decays to the point where the PLL and counter lose it, that might work. Hell, if you can do it that way you might just be able to get away with a counter and a comparator! But then you won't get to use my beautyful circuit :-( sob... Its a shame, but I can't afford my own power station to run it all. --- What are you talking about? You can do the whole thing for probably less than than $10 in parts and less than a quarter of a watt in power. And, it seems to work: Version 4 SHEET 1 2520 948 WIRE 448 96 176 96 WIRE 736 96 464 96 WIRE 1024 96 752 96 snip What are all those numbers? You've never heard of LT spice? Switchercad 3? -- The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary! |
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"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message m... ian field wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message ... On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:21:25 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message . .. On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:57:44 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "Jim Thompson" wrote in message news On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:53:53 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message newskg8f55tfc1tkddh584hpp5aagshbcnlf4@4ax. com... On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:53:26 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message news:gop6f598hqid0qo3aag5bkbdoa5b0391n3@4a x.com... Assuming that your mic can integrate out the 12kHz transitions and yield a harmonic and overtone-free fundamental, what I'd do would be to detect sequential zero crossings of the signal, square them up with a comparator, and use the time between the edges to allow a counter chain to accumulate high frequency clocks (the frequency of the clock chosen to force the regenerated signal (the "copy") to yield the accuracy you need) then, at the end of that time, to latch that value and send the output of the latch to the broadside load inputs of the counter chain. Simultaneously, the counter chain's count direction will be changed, making it a down counter, and when it gets to zero it'll clock a dflop wired as a divide-by-two, and will also reload the value stored in the latch into the counter, starting the cycle anew. The net result will be that the output frequency of the divide-by-two will mimic the output frequency of the synthesizer. JF I was hoping for something pretty minimalist - its a sort of one hit project that once its given me the info I want, its likely to get robbed of parts for later projects. --- Well, you're going to need, as a minimum, something which you can use to measure the period of the waveform and then read it out and take its reciprocal. That could be something as simple as a comparator, a dflop, an RS flip-flop, a clock source, and a counter feeding some LEDs Just for grins, let's say the highest frequency you can get out of the organ is 3520 Hz (A7) and you want to measure the frequency to +/- 1%. In order to do that you'll need a clock running 100 times faster, which is 352000 Hz., and something to accumulate 100 clock cycles during one 3520 Hz. cycle; an 8 bit binary up counter. So what you'd do would be to manually reset the counter, have the first rising edge of the squared-up organ signal enable the counter, and the next rising edge disable it forever. Then you'd get the contents of the counter by reading the LEDs, and the frequency of the organ signal by multiplying the counter's contents by 284.0909µs and taking the reciprocal of the product. One thing to be aware of is that as the frequency of the organ signal decreases, either the length of the counter will have to increase or the frequency of the clock decrease in order to prevent overflow. Finally, it could get tricky trying to catch the first real rising edge of the organ signal, so what I'd do would be to insert a small (10ms?) delay from the whatever the rising thing out of mic was and, when it timed out, use the next 2 rising edges to gate the counter, JF Can't I just make a PLL lock on to the frequency and stay put after the note has decayed, then measure the frequency with a digital frequency counter? A PLL that doesn't drift once it loses reference ?:-) It only needs to stay put for just over a second to cover the gate time of the counter. --- But, once you hit the note, the PLL has to lock on to the signal coming from the mic and, once that's happened, you've got to make your frequency measurement, which means the VCO has to lock in in whatever time's left in the front end of envelope so the counter can get a good count. One thing that will definitely help is if you square up the signal coming from the mic, which will effectively put some sustain in it and increase the time you'll have useful input into the PLL and the counter. Also, if you can play the key legato so that the leading edge of one envelope falls on the trailing edge of the previous one before the amplitude decays to the point where the PLL and counter lose it, that might work. Hell, if you can do it that way you might just be able to get away with a counter and a comparator! But then you won't get to use my beautyful circuit :-( sob... Its a shame, but I can't afford my own power station to run it all. --- What are you talking about? You can do the whole thing for probably less than than $10 in parts and less than a quarter of a watt in power. And, it seems to work: Version 4 SHEET 1 2520 948 WIRE 448 96 176 96 WIRE 736 96 464 96 WIRE 1024 96 752 96 snip What are all those numbers? You've never heard of LT spice? Switchercad 3? Pretty sure I've downloaded them at some point, just not had time to install them and have a play. |
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On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 21:03:27 -0000, "ian field"
wrote: "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message om... ian field wrote: What are you talking about? You can do the whole thing for probably less than than $10 in parts and less than a quarter of a watt in power. And, it seems to work: Version 4 SHEET 1 2520 948 WIRE 448 96 176 96 WIRE 736 96 464 96 WIRE 1024 96 752 96 snip What are all those numbers? You've never heard of LT spice? Switchercad 3? Pretty sure I've downloaded them at some point, just not had time to install them and have a play. --- Free. http://www.linear.com/designtools/software/#Spice 1. Download it 2. Install it 3. Copy the circuit list I posted to some handy location and name it anything.asc. 4. Launch LTspice, point it to anything.asc, and left click on the file. 5. When the schematic shows up, right click on it, then left click on RUN in the drop-down thingie. 6. Move your mouse around in the gray area and you'll notice a red probe appear when you get close to wires. 7. Left click on any of the wires to see the waveform there on the white screen. JF |
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"John Fields" wrote in message ... On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 21:03:27 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message news:tdCdnT0Y3PcrR2jXnZ2dnUVZ_jti4p2d@earthlink. com... ian field wrote: What are you talking about? You can do the whole thing for probably less than than $10 in parts and less than a quarter of a watt in power. And, it seems to work: Version 4 SHEET 1 2520 948 WIRE 448 96 176 96 WIRE 736 96 464 96 WIRE 1024 96 752 96 snip What are all those numbers? You've never heard of LT spice? Switchercad 3? Pretty sure I've downloaded them at some point, just not had time to install them and have a play. --- Free. http://www.linear.com/designtools/software/#Spice 1. Download it 2. Install it 3. Copy the circuit list I posted to some handy location and name it anything.asc. 4. Launch LTspice, point it to anything.asc, and left click on the file. 5. When the schematic shows up, right click on it, then left click on RUN in the drop-down thingie. 6. Move your mouse around in the gray area and you'll notice a red probe appear when you get close to wires. 7. Left click on any of the wires to see the waveform there on the white screen. JF Thanks. |
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"ian field" wrote in message ... "John Fields" wrote in message ... On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 21:03:27 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message m... ian field wrote: What are you talking about? You can do the whole thing for probably less than than $10 in parts and less than a quarter of a watt in power. And, it seems to work: Version 4 SHEET 1 2520 948 WIRE 448 96 176 96 WIRE 736 96 464 96 WIRE 1024 96 752 96 snip What are all those numbers? You've never heard of LT spice? Switchercad 3? Pretty sure I've downloaded them at some point, just not had time to install them and have a play. --- Free. http://www.linear.com/designtools/software/#Spice 1. Download it 2. Install it 3. Copy the circuit list I posted to some handy location and name it anything.asc. 4. Launch LTspice, point it to anything.asc, and left click on the file. 5. When the schematic shows up, right click on it, then left click on RUN in the drop-down thingie. 6. Move your mouse around in the gray area and you'll notice a red probe appear when you get close to wires. 7. Left click on any of the wires to see the waveform there on the white screen. JF Thanks. Yes, Thank you very much, but is there a chance you've already downloaded the .asc samples and zipped them? :-)))))) Bill |
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On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:19:29 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote: On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:03:53 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:53:53 -0000, "ian field" wrote: [snip] Can't I just make a PLL lock on to the frequency and stay put after the note has decayed, then measure the frequency with a digital frequency counter? A PLL that doesn't drift once it loses reference ?:-) yeah. A Pathetic Locked Loopy. I suppose you _could_ put a sample and hold on the control voltage, but my experience with _good_ PLL's is that it takes around 100 reference cycles to ensure accuracy, _before_ you could "coast". I think it should really be done with a high speed counter to get signal period. --- Indeed, but it doesn't have to be all that fast. For instance, if he wants to get the period of A7 (3520Hz) to +/- 0.1% he'll need a clock 1000 times faster, or 3.52MHz. Then, to get rid of the +/- 1 count error he'll need to double the clock speed to 7.04 MHz. Easy... JF |
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On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:14:38 -0500, "Garberstreet Electronics"
wrote: "ian field" wrote in message ... "John Fields" wrote in message ... On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 21:03:27 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message m... ian field wrote: What are you talking about? You can do the whole thing for probably less than than $10 in parts and less than a quarter of a watt in power. And, it seems to work: Version 4 SHEET 1 2520 948 WIRE 448 96 176 96 WIRE 736 96 464 96 WIRE 1024 96 752 96 snip What are all those numbers? You've never heard of LT spice? Switchercad 3? Pretty sure I've downloaded them at some point, just not had time to install them and have a play. --- Free. http://www.linear.com/designtools/software/#Spice 1. Download it 2. Install it 3. Copy the circuit list I posted to some handy location and name it anything.asc. 4. Launch LTspice, point it to anything.asc, and left click on the file. 5. When the schematic shows up, right click on it, then left click on RUN in the drop-down thingie. 6. Move your mouse around in the gray area and you'll notice a red probe appear when you get close to wires. 7. Left click on any of the wires to see the waveform there on the white screen. JF Thanks. Yes, Thank you very much, but is there a chance you've already downloaded the .asc samples and zipped them? :-)))))) --- I don't understand. Would you elaborate, please? JF |
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"John Fields" wrote in message ... On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:14:38 -0500, "Garberstreet Electronics" wrote: "ian field" wrote in message ... "John Fields" wrote in message ... On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 21:03:27 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message m... ian field wrote: What are you talking about? You can do the whole thing for probably less than than $10 in parts and less than a quarter of a watt in power. And, it seems to work: Version 4 SHEET 1 2520 948 WIRE 448 96 176 96 WIRE 736 96 464 96 WIRE 1024 96 752 96 snip What are all those numbers? You've never heard of LT spice? Switchercad 3? Pretty sure I've downloaded them at some point, just not had time to install them and have a play. --- Free. http://www.linear.com/designtools/software/#Spice 1. Download it 2. Install it 3. Copy the circuit list I posted to some handy location and name it anything.asc. 4. Launch LTspice, point it to anything.asc, and left click on the file. 5. When the schematic shows up, right click on it, then left click on RUN in the drop-down thingie. 6. Move your mouse around in the gray area and you'll notice a red probe appear when you get close to wires. 7. Left click on any of the wires to see the waveform there on the white screen. JF Thanks. Yes, Thank you very much, but is there a chance you've already downloaded the .asc samples and zipped them? :-)))))) I don't understand. Would you elaborate, please? Sure. The .asc sample files on their site are individual downloads. I thought maybe, just maybe, someone had downloaded them all and could zip them together so they are one large file. ;-) Bill |
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"Garberstreet Electronics" wrote in message ... "John Fields" wrote in message ... On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:14:38 -0500, "Garberstreet Electronics" wrote: "ian field" wrote in message ... "John Fields" wrote in message ... On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 21:03:27 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message m... ian field wrote: What are you talking about? You can do the whole thing for probably less than than $10 in parts and less than a quarter of a watt in power. And, it seems to work: Version 4 SHEET 1 2520 948 WIRE 448 96 176 96 WIRE 736 96 464 96 WIRE 1024 96 752 96 snip What are all those numbers? You've never heard of LT spice? Switchercad 3? Pretty sure I've downloaded them at some point, just not had time to install them and have a play. --- Free. http://www.linear.com/designtools/software/#Spice 1. Download it 2. Install it 3. Copy the circuit list I posted to some handy location and name it anything.asc. 4. Launch LTspice, point it to anything.asc, and left click on the file. 5. When the schematic shows up, right click on it, then left click on RUN in the drop-down thingie. 6. Move your mouse around in the gray area and you'll notice a red probe appear when you get close to wires. 7. Left click on any of the wires to see the waveform there on the white screen. JF Thanks. Yes, Thank you very much, but is there a chance you've already downloaded the .asc samples and zipped them? :-)))))) I don't understand. Would you elaborate, please? Sure. The .asc sample files on their site are individual downloads. I thought maybe, just maybe, someone had downloaded them all and could zip them together so they are one large file. ;-) Bill Have a look he http://csserver.evansville.edu/~rich...als/LTspiceIV/ |
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On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:51:41 -0500, "Garberstreet Electronics"
wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message ... I don't understand. Would you elaborate, please? Sure. The .asc sample files on their site are individual downloads. I thought maybe, just maybe, someone had downloaded them all and could zip them together so they are one large file. ;-) --- I'm still not sure I understand, but if you're referring to the component files, everything they make is included in the LTspice download. If you're talking about something else you might want to check out the wonderful LTspice usergroup on Yahoo. JF |
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"John Fields" wrote in message ... On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:51:41 -0500, "Garberstreet Electronics" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message . .. I don't understand. Would you elaborate, please? Sure. The .asc sample files on their site are individual downloads. I thought maybe, just maybe, someone had downloaded them all and could zip them together so they are one large file. ;-) --- I'm still not sure I understand, but if you're referring to the component files, everything they make is included in the LTspice download. If you're talking about something else you might want to check out the wonderful LTspice usergroup on Yahoo. JF I believe the topic is the *.asc files in the LT website, each one is on a separate link and has the same name making it a monumental PITA to rip the whole collection. |
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"ian field" wrote in message ... "John Fields" wrote in message ... On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:51:41 -0500, "Garberstreet Electronics" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message ... I don't understand. Would you elaborate, please? Sure. The .asc sample files on their site are individual downloads. I thought maybe, just maybe, someone had downloaded them all and could zip them together so they are one large file. ;-) --- I'm still not sure I understand, but if you're referring to the component files, everything they make is included in the LTspice download. If you're talking about something else you might want to check out the wonderful LTspice usergroup on Yahoo. JF I believe the topic is the *.asc files in the LT website, each one is on a separate link and has the same name making it a monumental PITA to rip the whole collection. Ian, thank you. Yes, that is exactly what I am talking about. :-) Bill |
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"Garberstreet Electronics" wrote in message ... "ian field" wrote in message ... "John Fields" wrote in message ... On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:51:41 -0500, "Garberstreet Electronics" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message m... I don't understand. Would you elaborate, please? Sure. The .asc sample files on their site are individual downloads. I thought maybe, just maybe, someone had downloaded them all and could zip them together so they are one large file. ;-) --- I'm still not sure I understand, but if you're referring to the component files, everything they make is included in the LTspice download. If you're talking about something else you might want to check out the wonderful LTspice usergroup on Yahoo. JF I believe the topic is the *.asc files in the LT website, each one is on a separate link and has the same name making it a monumental PITA to rip the whole collection. Ian, thank you. Yes, that is exactly what I am talking about. :-) Bill Was the link I offered any good? Its a university server with some other useful stuff, so I posted the link a couple of folders back from the zipped asc files. Haven't had time to examine them yet, so I've no idea whether the LT one's are among them. |
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On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:25:06 -0000, "ian field"
wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message .. . On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:51:41 -0500, "Garberstreet Electronics" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message ... I don't understand. Would you elaborate, please? Sure. The .asc sample files on their site are individual downloads. I thought maybe, just maybe, someone had downloaded them all and could zip them together so they are one large file. ;-) --- I'm still not sure I understand, but if you're referring to the component files, everything they make is included in the LTspice download. If you're talking about something else you might want to check out the wonderful LTspice usergroup on Yahoo. JF I believe the topic is the *.asc files in the LT website, each one is on a separate link and has the same name making it a monumental PITA to rip the whole collection. --- OK. No, I don't have them zipped up. BTW, have you had a chance to run the circuit I designed for you yet? JF |
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"John Fields" wrote in message ... On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:25:06 -0000, "ian field" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message . .. On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:51:41 -0500, "Garberstreet Electronics" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message m... I don't understand. Would you elaborate, please? Sure. The .asc sample files on their site are individual downloads. I thought maybe, just maybe, someone had downloaded them all and could zip them together so they are one large file. ;-) --- I'm still not sure I understand, but if you're referring to the component files, everything they make is included in the LTspice download. If you're talking about something else you might want to check out the wonderful LTspice usergroup on Yahoo. JF I believe the topic is the *.asc files in the LT website, each one is on a separate link and has the same name making it a monumental PITA to rip the whole collection. --- OK. No, I don't have them zipped up. BTW, have you had a chance to run the circuit I designed for you yet? JF Its still on my internet PC along with all the apps I downloaded from LT and elsewhere, I wait until my download folder is nearly enough to fill a DVD-RW and top up the difference with books downloaded with xnews.. When on my other PC, I have limited time each day which I currently split between reading books on music theory and reading about air aces of WW2. My right hand is developing a mind of its own - it keeps trying to leap from the computer mouse and plug the soldering iron in. |
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"ian field" wrote in message ... "Garberstreet Electronics" wrote in message ... "ian field" wrote in message ... "John Fields" wrote in message ... On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:51:41 -0500, "Garberstreet Electronics" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message om... I don't understand. Would you elaborate, please? Sure. The .asc sample files on their site are individual downloads. I thought maybe, just maybe, someone had downloaded them all and could zip them together so they are one large file. ;-) --- I'm still not sure I understand, but if you're referring to the component files, everything they make is included in the LTspice download. If you're talking about something else you might want to check out the wonderful LTspice usergroup on Yahoo. JF I believe the topic is the *.asc files in the LT website, each one is on a separate link and has the same name making it a monumental PITA to rip the whole collection. Ian, thank you. Yes, that is exactly what I am talking about. :-) Bill Was the link I offered any good? Its a university server with some other useful stuff, so I posted the link a couple of folders back from the zipped asc files. Haven't had time to examine them yet, so I've no idea whether the LT one's are among them. The link works fine, but those example .asc files are not included. I downloaded everything available, and all that is there are more component libraries. Bill |
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"Garberstreet Electronics" wrote in message ... "ian field" wrote in message ... "Garberstreet Electronics" wrote in message ... "ian field" wrote in message ... "John Fields" wrote in message ... On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:51:41 -0500, "Garberstreet Electronics" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message news:kb4cf5lugfs9nqfvi1q50t4uifgjrnkbb5@4ax. com... I don't understand. Would you elaborate, please? Sure. The .asc sample files on their site are individual downloads. I thought maybe, just maybe, someone had downloaded them all and could zip them together so they are one large file. ;-) --- I'm still not sure I understand, but if you're referring to the component files, everything they make is included in the LTspice download. If you're talking about something else you might want to check out the wonderful LTspice usergroup on Yahoo. JF I believe the topic is the *.asc files in the LT website, each one is on a separate link and has the same name making it a monumental PITA to rip the whole collection. Ian, thank you. Yes, that is exactly what I am talking about. :-) Bill Was the link I offered any good? Its a university server with some other useful stuff, so I posted the link a couple of folders back from the zipped asc files. Haven't had time to examine them yet, so I've no idea whether the LT one's are among them. The link works fine, but those example .asc files are not included. I downloaded everything available, and all that is there are more component libraries. Bill Lets see if I've done this right: http://csserver.evansville.edu/~rich...ce_archive.zip |
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ian field wrote:
"Garberstreet Electronics" wrote in message ... "ian field" wrote in message ... "Garberstreet Electronics" wrote in message ... "ian field" wrote in message ... "John Fields" wrote in message ... On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:51:41 -0500, "Garberstreet Electronics" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message ... I don't understand. Would you elaborate, please? Sure. The .asc sample files on their site are individual downloads. I thought maybe, just maybe, someone had downloaded them all and could zip them together so they are one large file. ;-) --- I'm still not sure I understand, but if you're referring to the component files, everything they make is included in the LTspice download. If you're talking about something else you might want to check out the wonderful LTspice usergroup on Yahoo. JF I believe the topic is the *.asc files in the LT website, each one is on a separate link and has the same name making it a monumental PITA to rip the whole collection. Ian, thank you. Yes, that is exactly what I am talking about. :-) Bill Was the link I offered any good? Its a university server with some other useful stuff, so I posted the link a couple of folders back from the zipped asc files. Haven't had time to examine them yet, so I've no idea whether the LT one's are among them. The link works fine, but those example .asc files are not included. I downloaded everything available, and all that is there are more component libraries. Bill Lets see if I've done this right: http://csserver.evansville.edu/~rich...ce_archive.zip 170 files,360 Kb data, looks oke. |
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"ian field" wrote in message ... "Garberstreet Electronics" wrote in message ... "ian field" wrote in message ... "Garberstreet Electronics" wrote in message ... "ian field" wrote in message ... "John Fields" wrote in message ... On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:51:41 -0500, "Garberstreet Electronics" wrote: "John Fields" wrote in message news:kb4cf5lugfs9nqfvi1q50t4uifgjrnkbb5@4ax .com... I don't understand. Would you elaborate, please? Sure. The .asc sample files on their site are individual downloads. I thought maybe, just maybe, someone had downloaded them all and could zip them together so they are one large file. ;-) --- I'm still not sure I understand, but if you're referring to the component files, everything they make is included in the LTspice download. If you're talking about something else you might want to check out the wonderful LTspice usergroup on Yahoo. JF I believe the topic is the *.asc files in the LT website, each one is on a separate link and has the same name making it a monumental PITA to rip the whole collection. Ian, thank you. Yes, that is exactly what I am talking about. :-) Bill Was the link I offered any good? Its a university server with some other useful stuff, so I posted the link a couple of folders back from the zipped asc files. Haven't had time to examine them yet, so I've no idea whether the LT one's are among them. The link works fine, but those example .asc files are not included. I downloaded everything available, and all that is there are more component libraries. Bill Lets see if I've done this right: http://csserver.evansville.edu/~rich...ce_archive.zip There are NO sample .asc files in there, only symbols and libraries. Bill |
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"ian field" wrote in message ... - - snip - - Can't I just make a PLL lock on to the frequency and stay put after the note has decayed, then measure the frequency with a digital frequency counter? That is exactly what the Boss DF-2 pedal does and I posted a link to its schematic ages ago! Chris |
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"ian field" wrote in message ... There are NO sample .asc files in there, only symbols and libraries. Bill Ian, I am talking about these on this page, and incidentally, had I simply begun downloading them, instead of asking here, I'd have had them all downloaded by now. ;-) http://www.linear.com/designtools/so...o_circuits.jsp Bill |
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"Garberstreet Electronics" wrote in message ... "ian field" wrote in message ... There are NO sample .asc files in there, only symbols and libraries. Bill Ian, I am talking about these on this page, and incidentally, had I simply begun downloading them, instead of asking here, I'd have had them all downloaded by now. ;-) http://www.linear.com/designtools/so...o_circuits.jsp Bill Its a breeze in Firefox. |
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"ian field" wrote in message ... "Garberstreet Electronics" wrote in message ... "ian field" wrote in message ... There are NO sample .asc files in there, only symbols and libraries. Bill Ian, I am talking about these on this page, and incidentally, had I simply begun downloading them, instead of asking here, I'd have had them all downloaded by now. ;-) http://www.linear.com/designtools/so...o_circuits.jsp Bill Its a breeze in Firefox. Thank you, Ian. I appreciate it. But, Firefox and I don't get along. And, may I ask, doesn't anyone ZIP or RAR or otherwise combine and compress anything anymore? But, again, thank you so much. :-))) Bill |
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"Garberstreet Electronics" wrote in message news "ian field" wrote in message ... "Garberstreet Electronics" wrote in message ... "ian field" wrote in message ... There are NO sample .asc files in there, only symbols and libraries. Bill Ian, I am talking about these on this page, and incidentally, had I simply begun downloading them, instead of asking here, I'd have had them all downloaded by now. ;-) http://www.linear.com/designtools/so...o_circuits.jsp Bill Its a breeze in Firefox. Thank you, Ian. I appreciate it. But, Firefox and I don't get along. And, may I ask, doesn't anyone ZIP or RAR or otherwise combine and compress anything anymore? My ISP has a cap on attachment size, but I seem to have got away with lots of little files that add up to more than the limit. |
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"ian field" wrote in message ... "Garberstreet Electronics" wrote in message news "ian field" wrote in message ... "Garberstreet Electronics" wrote in message ... "ian field" wrote in message ... There are NO sample .asc files in there, only symbols and libraries. Bill Ian, I am talking about these on this page, and incidentally, had I simply begun downloading them, instead of asking here, I'd have had them all downloaded by now. ;-) http://www.linear.com/designtools/so...o_circuits.jsp Bill Its a breeze in Firefox. Thank you, Ian. I appreciate it. But, Firefox and I don't get along. And, may I ask, doesn't anyone ZIP or RAR or otherwise combine and compress anything anymore? My ISP has a cap on attachment size, but I seem to have got away with lots of little files that add up to more than the limit. Oh wow, that's a really big zip file, 297KB. Bill |
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