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Leros

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Jul 11, 2004
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Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Originally posted by: Leros
Originally posted by: MotF Bane
Fuck digital logic.

digital > analog

Analog...ewww.... *shudders*

When you get to a low enough level, everything is analog.

But if you step a bit higher, you can ignore the analog and enjoy life again.
 

Leros

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Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Originally posted by: Leros
But if you step a bit higher, you can ignore the analog and enjoy life again.

In the digital world this is a squarewave:
http://www.boinc-wiki.info/ima...orm-with-overshoot.jpg :)

I'm very aware of overshoot and wobble. I see it on the oscilloscope all the time. I don't generally care enough to take it into account though.

Somehow signals always seem to get from place to place just fine :p
 

CountZero

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Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Originally posted by: Leros
But if you step a bit higher, you can ignore the analog and enjoy life again.

In the digital world this is a squarewave:
http://www.boinc-wiki.info/ima...orm-with-overshoot.jpg :)

Yeah but you just margin enough and ignore all the ugliness and everything is ok ;)

I'd say some type of amplifier, learn the ins and outs of an op-amp. For one class I took we did a autoscaling multimeter, it involved some digital work but it was a fairly interesting project to actually get working. If you hate yourself try to build a PLL, we only did high speed IC versions but the ideas could be applied to a lower frequency discrete component deal.

Headphone amp is probably the most interesting and easiest to get going on, aim for a specific frequency response and gain and see what happens.
 

CraKaJaX

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Amp, some kind of distortion pedal (for guitar?), AM radio, FM transmitter...