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Designing a Portable, Battery Operated, Programmable, Low Distortion Audio Generator

Authors: Zavrel, Jr., Robert J.

AES Convention 78 · Paper 2246 · May 1985

Abstract

The design objective centered on building a low-distortion sine-wave generator that could be battery operated and controlled by a hand-held computer using the HP-IL standard. The almost exclusive use of JFET and CMOS devices helped realize the objectives of <.25% THD from 1 Hz to 50 kHz, programmable attenuator and stereo output control using digital synthesis for frequency accuracy, and tracking analog filters for good distortion specifications. The unit runs on two 6-volt batteries and draws less than 1 watt.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 78
AES Convention
78
Paper number
2246
Publication date
May 6, 1985
Session subject
Measurement and Instrumentation
Affiliation
University of Essex, Department of Electrical Engineering Science, Colchester, Essex, UK (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper