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Martin Brown
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On 22/09/2019 16:42, bitrex wrote:
Another option might be to use a comparator to turn the analogue signal
into digital and then correlate against the references with digital XOR.
ISTR one 1980s's portable low frequency LBI system used one bit
digitisation this way. If you do it well you can get about 60% (2/pi) of
the available correlated signal detected on a good day.
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Regards,
Martin Brown
On 9/22/19 4:58 AM, Martin Brown wrote:
Why screw with the integrator and the diode mess when you can use a
single chip and a few resistors to get a pretty good approximation to
a sine wave. A simple filter will get rid of the harmonics. The
more steps you use, the more attenuation you get with the same
filter. A 14 pin, 8 FF shift register (74xx164) and anything that
inverts plus 8 resistors and a single capacitor gets you a pretty
simple and effective circuit.
Fewer chips than the integrator/diode thing. Simpler. Easy to see
if you have something wrong.
I am inclined to agree. I thought he was pushing hard up against the
actual speed capabilities of the parts not down at a few hundred kHz.
300kHz FS square wave out of an op amp with a barely 7 V/uS slew rate
(because it's a micro-power part) - sucks!
Another option might be to use a comparator to turn the analogue signal
into digital and then correlate against the references with digital XOR.
ISTR one 1980s's portable low frequency LBI system used one bit
digitisation this way. If you do it well you can get about 60% (2/pi) of
the available correlated signal detected on a good day.
--
Regards,
Martin Brown